How To Recognize Dyslexia at Different Ages
A Dyslexia Symptom Timeline If your child is having trouble reading, it’s only natural to be concerned. Is it dyslexia? Or is it just a little bump on the road to reading, a little glitch experienced by most children at some point. This article will help you...
Truth Telling to Your Dyslexic Child
Manage your dyslexic child with authenticity Deep down, we all have a good sense of our capabilities and limits. And so, when you tell your dyslexic child, sure you can read that or hear the |b| in "bed" and your child cannot, what is she to think? Is it scarier...
Four Ways Dyslexia Manifests in Everyday Life
Living with dyslexia day to day Countless Americans struggle with the effects of dyslexia. The condition is defined by the individual's inability to recognize the relationship between sounds, words and spellings. The effects of dyslexia in everyday life varies from...
Dyslexia Loves Company
Dyslexia Comorbidity, Symptoms With Same Root Cause “… when you think of dyslexia as a symptom of deeper language processing issue, then it's not that surprising that it's almost never alone." Your child might have struggled with learning to read for a while before...
8 Life Hacks for People With Dyslexia
Dyslexia Hacks to Make Life a Little Easier There's one thing all successful people with dyslexia have in common. They've discovered tricks - dyslexia hacks -- that help them cope with their learning disability. Hacks that let them do things in ways that fit better...
Getting Your Reluctant Teen With Dyslexia to Read Fiction and Why It Matters
Your teen may be one of the 8.5 million American students with dyslexia. The teen years are white hot with peer pressure. So, is it worth nudging your teen with dyslexia to read more fiction? Chances are their peers read, so your...
Dyslexia and Common Misconceptions
Dyslexia is the most common language-based learning disability. However, it is frequently misunderstood. The term is often referenced beside descriptions of letter reversals and reading difficulty. But reversals are an unreliable...
From Struggling Reader to “A” Student
Samuel Struggled to Read and Write Samuel is an extremely bright young man, who had always been a struggling reader. He has an excellent memory. If his teacher asked him a question, and he could respond orally, he exceeded...
A 75 Year Old Overcomes Her Lifelong Struggle With Dyslexia
A Gemm Learning Case Study Sandy's Story For most of her life, Sandy was only able to read at a 4th grade level. She considered herself “almost a nonreader” as a result. She didn’t enjoy reading. Though to her credit, she always worked hard at it. She sought...
9 Surprising Clues Of Dyslexia in Children
Will Your Child Grow Out of His Reading Difficulty or Is It Dyslexia? Are you worried your child's slow start to reading might indicate dyslexia? Is your older child struggling with reading, but you are not sure how serious it is? Should you act now or will your...