This newsletter has been created to inform and educate people about current
findings that can help a struggling reader. We also hope that the content of
the newsletter will inspire those who struggle, that there is hope.
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The Reading Corner
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Helpful Hints for Adults with Dyslexia or Other Learning Disabilities
1. When taking classes to improve skills, use a tape recorder in class to record the lesson.
Later, listen to the tape a number of times until you understand it completely. Then, write
down the important points.
2. Use a voice-recording device to leave messages at home or on the job site. This provides
good practice for both communication and organization.
3. Put material needed for the next day's chores or jobs in an obvious place so you will see
it when leaving the house. This is important because dyslexics often forget items that they
can't see, and it may thwart short-term memory problems.
4. Carry a small notebook to jot down information needed on the job, for class work, for
shopping, or for chores.
5. Put the car and house keys on a peg where they will be easily seen.
6. Admit that you are dyslexic (or have other LDs), and request assistance that makes it
possible for you to function at your full intellectual capacity. When attending a class,
seminar, or speech, ask for permission to record it instead of taking notes. When taking a
written driver's examination, ask to have someone read the questions to you.
7. You might ask for more time to take written tests. It is better to discover what someone
actually knows than never to discover his capabilities. Although speed can be a factor in
taking a test, knowledge and accuracy should come first.
8. Ask that your tests be given orally. Most dyslexics verbalize well and, outside of a
stressful, written, timed situation, are excellent speakers.
Cronin, Eileen M., Ph.D. Helping Your Dyslexic Child. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1997, p. 143.
Click here for more information and ideas on how to overcome Dyslexia.
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Famous Dyslexic Spotlight
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This section contains names of famous or recognized people who have been reported in the media,
on the Web, and in books as having some form of dyslexia or struggling in school.
Olympic gold-medal winner Bruce Jenner was a champion, a champion in the spirit of the ancient
Greek games. He was the model of the well-balanced athlete, one that was great enough to be on
the box of Wheaties that sat on your parents' and grandparents' breakfast table for years.
Bruce Jenner had won the 1976 Olympic decathlon games, smashing his own world records. Many
people call decathletes the world's greatest athletes, for their event is really a two-day
track and field multi-event, which includes: 100m, long jump, shotput, high jump, and 400m on
the first day and 100m hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, and 1,500m on the second day.
That's 10 competitions.
These Olympics brought Bruce a gold medal, a new life of opportunities, and fortune, but
mostly they helped Bruce realize his gift. Bruce says that he first really realized he had a
gift when he won these games, but the gift he is speaking of is not one of athletics but one
of dyslexia. This was what Bruce called his greatest gift, the one that drove him to be a
gold medalist.
--This article was found on kidsrunning.com, written by Carol Goodrow. To view the entire article, click here.
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Inspiration
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"Steven, age 56, could not read. He was dyslexic and had never learned to read. We went
through the Intensive Phonics method and he learned the skills that helped him to read. It
worked immediately."
- Doraine Bingham, Bloomington Minnesota
View more success stories.
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Product Highlight
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