Posted in Personal Stories on Jun 5th, 2019 No Comments »
“Dr. Helen Taussig was the founder of the field of pediatric cardiology. She overcame opposition to become a preeminent cardiologist and physician. Despite severe dyslexia and discrimination because of her gender, Taussig obtained her medical degree from Johns Hopkins in 1927. Suffering from hearing loss […]
Posted in Learning Disabilities and Mental Health, News, Personal Stories on Apr 5th, 2019 No Comments »
Kate Middleton’s Brother James Reveals His Struggle With Depression, Dyslexia and ADD The coin is sharp and two-sided: We know that people with learning disabilities and developmental differences can have tremendous lives, professional success, great fulfillment and joy. There is however, always a shadow, and ignorance of the increased risks our/these children, teens and […]
Posted in LD Support Professionals, Personal Stories on Mar 10th, 2019 No Comments »
Photo Credit: Joy Brown Last week we lost a one of a kind in Richard Wanderman. Richard was the founder of this site LDResources.org back in the 90’s. He was a potter, a rock climber, a photographer and […]
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health, Personal Stories, Reading, Writing, and Math on Feb 25th, 2019 No Comments »
Michael Cammarata discusses ignoring negative messages of failure and instead despite his dyslexia-related school struggles, became a highly successful serial entrepreneur. Support the dreams of your child with Learning Differences My family motivated me to do things differently: they encouraged me to reject the traditional way of learning and to be innovative. My Mom never […]
Posted in Discussion Topics, Personal Stories, Social Issues and Ideas on Feb 1st, 2018 No Comments »
Working with kids is about the best thing I could ever do and I’ve been lucky to do just that for my whole work life. Starting out working with kids in Australia, I began to see that children and teenagers were pretty much the same no matter where. Now that we’re living in Cuenca Ecuador […]
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas, Personal Stories, Reading, Writing, and Math on Jan 24th, 2018 No Comments »
I’ve been working in the field of literacy and learning differences for a long time. And over the course of these years I became so good at helping students improve their weaknesses that it took a while for me to remember that for most people, success and happiness in life comes from developing strengths. Here’s […]
Posted in Discussion Topics, Education Issues and Ideas, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health, Personal Stories, Social Issues and Ideas on Dec 28th, 2017 No Comments »
This is a post from a few year back that remains highly relevant, so I thought I’d repost: Teenagers and young adults with Asperger’s Syndrome or with High Functioning Autism need some targeted and extra help understanding and negotiating romantic and sexual relationships. Moving from Social Skills or Social Thinking/Cognition curriculums to dating, sex, love, […]
Posted in Discussion Topics, News, Personal Stories on Dec 7th, 2017 No Comments »
Sitting at a desk alongside two of his grandchildren, Kimani Maruge first attended school in 2004 at the age of 84. Great examples of older people living joyfully and with purpose. In this article from Positive.News featuring ballet dancing, athletics, art, and going to […]
Posted in Discussion Topics, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health, Personal Stories on Dec 6th, 2017 No Comments »
Lost in My Mind This article (link above) hit home, and is one of the best and most honest accounts of the reality that many kids, teens, and adults with dyslexia face. Even a successful athlete, reaching the pinnacle of his sport (a Stanley Cup winner) Brent Sobel wasn’t immune from feeling “not good enough” […]
Posted in Discussion Topics, Personal Stories on Dec 3rd, 2017 2 Comments »
Feeling and knowing something experientially is different than hearing about it or only understanding it intellectually. You could be super bright and intelligent, but when your reading is marked by slow and inefficient decoding of single words, its hard to comprehend what you’re reading. Makes sense, right? It’s […]
Posted in News, Personal Stories on Dec 2nd, 2017 No Comments »
Nike Runner and Chief Designer on his sense of dyslexia and design. Nike designer says dyslexia is a gift YOU HAVE A LOT OF LOOSE BITS OF PAPER AND SKETCHES IN THIS OFFICE. WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DRAW? Sneakers, body sketches, architectural retail spaces. I’m dyslexic, so my first real language was drawing. I […]
Posted in Colleges, Discussion Topics, News, Personal Stories on Dec 1st, 2017 No Comments »
From NPR Series “Been There” Adjusting to college campus life can be particularly challenging when you struggle with the mechanics of social life because of underlying social thinking challenges endemic to students on the Autism Spectrum. Life On Campus When You’re On The Autism Spectrum