Posted in LD Support Sites on Jun 28th, 2011 10 Comments »
Why and How Asperger Syndrome Will Disappear With the American Psychiatric Association’s new Diagnostic Manual (DSM-5) due to come out sometime this year, the diagnostic term Asperger’s Syndrome will begin to disappear. In an attempt to streamline the umbrella term of Autism Spectrum Disorder, the discrete subcategory term of Asperger’s will no longer exist, except [...]
Posted in LD Support Sites on Jun 28th, 2011 No Comments »
This amazing woman, Lillian Davis, has been volunteering at the International Dyslexia Association in Towson, MD, for over 20 years.
Posted in LD Support Sites on Jun 22nd, 2011 10 Comments »
Do you remember when Susan Boyle won the “Britain’s Got Talent” competition in 2009? The media focused on the surprise of her beautiful voice. It came out of a 47 year old, unemployed woman who did not meet cultural appearance standards. The video of her tape went viral. Her video inspired me for the same [...]
Posted in LD Support Sites on Jun 22nd, 2011 No Comments »
Now in its 15th year of helping individuals of any age with learning disabilities go on and succeed in school and life, The Lee Pesky Learning Center is located in Boise, Idaho and offices in Caldwell, Hailey, and Ketchum.
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health, News, Reading, Writing, and Math on Jun 22nd, 2011 4 Comments »
Here is an article from London about a severely dyslexic elementary school aged boy named David. His mom has been requesting services since kindergarden to no avail. I get angry when I hear stories like this. Waiting until a kid fails for long enough before getting some possible relief and services is an atrocious model [...]
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas, Reading, Writing, and Math on Jun 13th, 2011 12 Comments »
I’m a very very good reader, fast, accurate and an excellent literal and inferential comprehender…..most of the time. Richard Wanderman, founder of LD Resources, is among other things, dyslexic and probably not the fastest most accurate reader of all time. He’s also a wonderful photographer and an excellent and thoughtful writer. A few weeks back [...]
Posted in LD Support Sites on Jun 6th, 2011 No Comments »
Photo by Rebecca Reid This article from the London Evening Standard, tells the story of a really wealthy and quite successful London business man, Andreas Panayioto. It’s quite fascinating, and not primarily because of his wealth. Among other things, he talks about memorizing the shapes of whole words to help him cope. He describes how [...]