Dyslexic Advantage Public Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Interview with history teachers Mary Clifford. Dr Fernette Eide recently interviewed Mary's son, Dr Jim Clifford for Dyslexic Advantage Premium magazine. In this interview, Mary shares her adventures raising sons with dyslexia, teaching them to self-advocate, and also shares how talents manifested when they were children.
Elizabeth Hamblet, author and college advisor shares her tips for the high school to college transition for Dyslexic Advantage. Read the story at DyslexicAdvantage.org
Visit us at DyslexicAdvantage.org Dr Fernette Eide chats with Darius Namdaran, founder of Bullet Map Studio, and Mind Mapping School that Empowers Kids and Adults with Dyslexia.
Creative writing winners from the 5th Annual Karina Eide Young Writers Awards - older students
Listen to the talented young winners of the 5th Annual Karina Eide Young Writers Awards
Behavioral Health Nurse - Career of Compassion, Breaking the Cycle of Shame, Best Tests for Dyscalculia?, and How to Give Feedback About Spelling
Overview of the Overcast app for Apple devices, a podcast player especially helpful for students, and the Punctuation app for iOS and Android, which helps with learning punctuation.
A dyslexic child may very rarely also be autistic, and vice versa, but typically dyslexic and autistic children have different cognitive, memory and perceptual patterns. In many ways dyslexia and autism lie on opposite ends of a spectrum.
Fred Newman uses his dyslexic strengths to create sound effects and characters through their voices.
From Diane Montgomery's book "Spelling, Handwriting and Dyslexia" come 12 cognitive processing strategies for spelling, from correct articulation of words to making 'funnies' with them.
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Introduces Margaret Rooke's book "Creative Successful Dyslexic", which contains interviews with 23 successful dyslexic people, including creative and entrepreneurial 'Prime Suspect' writer Lynda La Plante.
A small scale study with slow reading children (not specifically dyslexic) showed that an increase in reading speed of 7% was achieved by using the dyslexie font, but was also achieved using arial font in a larger size with more spacing.
'Perceptual tricks', like optical illusions, make it hard to spot mistakes. Five tips are given for catching mistakes, from extra time to smart spelling and grammar checkers.
Brief overview of the life and career of Lisa Wood Shapiro, introducing a recorded interview with her (available below)
An overview of Jerry Pinkney's childhood and career, ending with his advice for young dyslexic people in school.
This article reviews a study on the use of Strattera, and concludes that despite headlines on social media and lay press, Strattera does not appear to improve reading skills in dyslexic individuals, and may be harmful if taken by healthy children.
Steven Spielberg talks about his loneliness in the context of his film adaptation of Roald Dahl's BFG, and why he admires Walt Disney.
How manipulating number blocks can be helpful for dyslexic/dyscalculic students.
A game using number blocks is described.
Research shows that dyslexic and low-IQ poor readers should not be equated, due to brain-based and developmental trajectory differences.
Dyslexic students should learn at the level of all their abilities, and be provided with assistive technologies wherever appropriate.
Using humorous poetry in a constructive and supportive environment with struggling readers improved their reading and writing skills, and encouraged them to start writing poetry of their own.
Dyslexic students have been shown to learn most efficiently with text+audio, or audio alone rather than text alone. These are some ways to begin listening to Audiobooks.
Is note-taking with a laptop good or bad? What does the research say and what about dyslexic students in particular?
Dyslexic Advantage Newsletter 32: Back to School Apps Cam App, NoonLight, and My Study Life.
Thanks audio volunteer Jennifer!
Carol Greider is a Nobel Prize winning scientist with dyslexia.
Thanks to volunteer Cara for her reading!
New research by Dr. Fumiko Hoeft on compensated dyslexics - dyslexics who can read with good comprehension. Sometimes these readers are referred to as 'stealth dyslexics'.
Volunteer reader: Nick von der Wense https://www.linkedin.com/in/nvonderwense/
How to Prepare for Heading Back to School. Writing a summary letter, audiobooks, assistive technology and more!
Thanks to volunteer reader Nick von der Wense
The challenges of writing for college students with dyslexia - what the research says...
Thanks to volunteer Erika Fish for reading!
Dyslexic Designers, What to Say to an Anxious Child, Dysgraphia & Dyslexia Accommodations, Dysgraphia and Harry Potter Star Daniel Radcliffe, Memorizing Books, State Laws on Dyslexia,