. A Dyslexic Wonder This is about Jennifer Smith, a finalist in 2010 for an Ann and Allegra Ford Scholarship, and her story of growth and pain. Terribly and typically teased, she persevered through language training and to the growth of her self-confidence. She enters college in the fall, speaks to students about dyslexia, has [...]
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The Anne Ford and Allegra Ford Scholarships offer financial assistance to two graduating seniors with documented learning disabilities (LD) who are pursuing post-secondary education. The Anne Ford Scholarship was first awarded in 2002; in 2009, with a generous donation from Anne’s daughter, Allegra, the award was renamed the Anne Ford and Allegra Ford Scholarship and [...]
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Ben Shifrin, Head of The Jemicy School, in Owings Mills, MD, has been inducted into the International Dyslexia Association’s Hall of Fame. Frankly, I had no idea there was such a Hall of Fame. For me, this is another chance to bring recognition to what I’ve always thought of as a great school for kids [...]
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Jeremy Snyder and Julie Platt, students at Wesleyan University, are starting a university chapter of Project Eye-to-Eye, a national mentoring project for children with learning disabilities. In this article from the Wesleyan Argus, the students describe their start-up process this summer and the goals of Eye-to-Eye. They’re looking for about a dozen high caliber and [...]
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This is a short clip from a speech that poet LeDerick Horne, who’s also dyslexic, gave about Project Eye to Eye, a mentoring program for students with learning disabilities. He speaks to the inner and emotional turmoil many students go through.
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Offering resources and services for dyslexia.
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Recordings For the Blind and Dyslexic, which has the largest collection of digitized textbooks and literature (64,000 titles) in the world, finally will make that available through iTunes. I, along with many others, have been waiting for this for a while. I hope the app (which is selling for $19.95) will be worth the wait. [...]
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Dick Bourgault send me a link to this video he made for the State of Michigan. It’s about 25 minutes long, slow moving but full of useful information.
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Blaine Hrabi, Regional Coordinator Destination Employment, LDAA-Calgary Chapter Suite 340, 1202 Centre St. SE Calgary AB T2G 5A5 403-283-6606 403-270-4043 fax
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Davis Dyslexia Association International 1601 Bayshore Highway, Suite 260 Burlingame, CA 94010 650-692-7141 www.dyslexia.com/
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Samveda Training & Research Centre # 610, 7th Main, 7th Cross, P.J.Extn., Davangere – 577 002, Karnataka, India www.samveda.org/
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The Learning Disabilities Association of Alberta Edmonton Chapter 5540 – 106 Ave. (St. Gabriel’s School) Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6A 1G3 780-466-1011 www.ldaa-ec.ca/
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