Psychologist Michael Ryan and his tips for strengthening self image: recognizing MIND strengths, identifying passions and interests, and encouragement.
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Drs Fernette and Brock Eide at DyslexicAdvantage.com's insight:
"...improving one’s self-image involves three things: identifying advantages, nurturing passions, and encouragement." Dr. Ryan's advice ring completely true. "The contribution of supportive and significant adults in a child’s life to encourage a child’s interests and endeavors cannot be overestimated. Recognizing and praising the child’s accomplishments is only part of this process. It is important to complement specific characteristics of the child’s performance, considering the process rather than simply the end product. Using phrases like, “I love the way you use the color red in this picture,” or “You really shot ahead in the last hundred yards of that race, you must’ve been exhausted,” or “You must feel proud of….” builds confidence in children. Finally, it is equally important for the adults in the child’s life to not only recognize their accomplishments but to also be involved. This may mean attending sporting events, playing video games, or helping to fix mini-bikes. It can be difficult for parents who do not share their child’s interest, but it’s important to find a way to generate that interest, for example, taking pictures of your child’s track meet. And rather than worry about the video games, keep in mind that these games are simply complex computer programs and may pique a child’s interest in becoming a computer programmer. Rap music often involves complex recording techniques that can foster an interest in technology and even help the child understand set theory. If dyslexic child grows up with a positive self-image, a supportive and caring environment, and an understanding of their advantages, there are few goals the individual cannot attain.
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Steve Mcqueen was dyslexic and partially deaf. He often performed his own stunt-driving in films like The Great Escape, where he can be seen both as himself and, with clever editing, as his Nazi pursuers. He was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame.
Drs Fernette and Brock Eide at DyslexicAdvantage.com's insight:
Didn't know Steve McQueen (Magnificent Seven, Great Escape) was dyslexic. He had a difficult early life - the school things, but also a troubled home. He ultimately joined the Marines and had some troubles there (41 days in the brig!) but focused himself and dedicated himself to self-improvement. He would ultimately save the lives of 5 other marines in the Artic and protect the president. The GI Bill helped him study acting. McQueen was an avid race car driver and motorcyclist. To read more about McQueen's life: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McQueen Delete the scoop?
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"Dyslexia forced me to develop powers of concentration that have been invaluable throughout my career in business, philanthropy, and public life."
Drs Fernette and Brock Eide at DyslexicAdvantage.com's insight:
Children's book and young adult author Kate Scott reflects on her dyslexia and Nelson Rockefeller's letter to dyslexic children in her blog. Pretty cool that she's able to write about a dyslexic teen who is read this letter. "In the novel, she is read an excerpt of this same letter that inspired me so much as a child." 
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March 15, 5:46 PM
Excerpt from a letter written by Nelson Rockerfeller: " ....Looking back over the years, I remember vividly the pain and mortification I felt as a boy of 8, when I was assigned to read a short passage of Scripture at a community vesper service during summer vacation in Main—and did a thoroughly miserable job of it. 
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March 20, 8:15 AM
I like this blog and this article quoting Rockefeller's letter is really goood.
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Drs Fernette and Brock Eide at DyslexicAdvantage.com's insight:
"...The life of a dyslexic is full of such challenges. Finding answers to problems that aren’t problems to anyone else. Learning to battle, to try harder, to mistrust the way things have always been done, to always look beyond the obvious, to find a new path that no one else has seen." From Rod's bio: "As a dyslexic, becoming a novelist wasn't an obvious career choice. But as an obsessive communicator and dreamer up of stories, not writing wasn't an option." To read more of Rod's reflections on being dyslexic, click here.
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March 6, 12:02 PM
Rod Duncan writes: "1) The proportion of the prison population in the UK who are dyslexic is far higher than the proportion of the general population who are dyslexic. In other words, something is making it more likely for dyslexics to end up in prison than non-dyslexics. The PE teacher shouts to the class. Everyone put your right foot forward and your left foot back. The dyslexic kid gets it wrong. Again. Hasn’t he been listening? Are you lazy? Careless? Obstructive? Are you deaf? The child is concentrating hard, trying to figure out a method for remembering the names to these two sides. The teacher couldn’t teach a method, even if he recognised the problem. The teacher doesn’t have a method to remember left from right. He doesn’t need one..." 
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We all need to understand our individual brain "style". The insights of people with dyslexia are invaluable to self-understanding. Delete the scoop?
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Hit the magnifying glass to enlarge to read the article. It's also here: http://bit.ly/YZcsMQ Professor Rosalie Fink will be coming to our conference!
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"I have a way when I light a scene - I can see it in my mind..." - Cinematographer Larry Banks
Drs Fernette and Brock Eide at DyslexicAdvantage.com's insight:
Just had a wonderful talk with Filmmaker Larry Banks will be joining us at our dyslexic conference in the Spring. Larry had his start in film initially working as an electrician, then becoming Director of Photography working with such notable directors such as Spike Lee. We talked with Larry a great deal about the upside of dyslexia, and Larry told us about how when he reads scripts, he can visualize precisely how scenes are lit in ways that surprise some co-workers ("How do you get things to work without a light meter?"). Now Larry is chairman of Media Arts at Long Island University, where he shares his dyslexia story with many dyslexic film students in his department, providing practical advice as well as inspiration. We're looking forward to hearing more about his planned sabbatical project looking at the lives of adult dyslexics using multimedia, text, and the web. Delete the scoop?
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"I would always carry a book with me, but I was not actually reading the book..."- Anderson Cooper, journalist and anchor, CNN
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From Oprah: "As a child, I had a problem reading. I had a mild form of dyslexia where I would see some letters backward, and I had to go to a special reading instructor. One way she helped was to encourage me to find books that I was really passionate about... I don't think it's an accident that I became a war correspondent. I'm interested in stories of survival: how some people make it through desperate times and others don't. If you go to a conflict zone, you find there's never a complete vacuum. There's always some form of authority. It may not make sense, and it's terrifying. You learn that people are capable of horrific brutality but also great kindness..." Cooper exemplies dyslexic MIND strengths N & D - narrative reasoning (vivid storytelling) and dynamic reasoning (analyzing complex and constantly changing environments like war zones). Delete the scoop?
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Visual Scientist Matthew Schneps of the Smithsonia finds 'dyslexic advantage' reading visual scenes.
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Dr. Matthew Schneps, director of the Lab for Visual Learning at the Smithsonian has found a heightened ability to read visual scenes among severe life-long dyslexics vs. typical readers. Excerpt: "These findings are important because they suggest strengths for spatial learning in a population otherwise impaired, carrying implications for the education and support of students who face challenges in school." Understanding common strength patterns among dyslexics will optimize education and utilize more of dyslexics' strengths in careers and the workplace. Kudos Dr. Schneps! Dr. Schneps will be attending our Spring conference on dyslexia and talent.
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February 15, 4:17 PM
Dr. Matthew Schneps, director of the Lab for Visual Learning at the Smithsonian has found a heightened ability to read visual scenes among severe life-long dyslexics vs. typical readers. Excerpt: "These findings are important because they suggest strengths for spatial learning in a population otherwise impaired, carrying implications for the education and support of students who face challenges in school." Understanding common strength patterns among dyslexics will optimize education and utilize more of dyslexics' strengths in careers and the workplace. Kudos Dr. Schneps! Dr. Schneps will be attending our Spring conference on dyslexia and talent. Delete the scoop?
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“You should prefer a good scientist without literary abilities than a literate one without scientific skills.” Leonardo da Vinci, Dyslexic
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Kudos to Commander Ben, ecological activist and spokesperson about dyslexia. Ben was honored with a profile by the US Department of Agriculture for his education about the harms of invasive plant species. An avid filmmaker and journalist, Ben also has a popular science blog (CommanderBen.com) where he films nature sites and interviews scientists and environmental experts. Read more about Ben here at Learning Ally. Delete the scoop?
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Follow Me on Twitter at https://twitter.com/#!/ThomJDavies Humorous and tender stories told from the point of view of people who actually have dyslexia (not ...
Drs Fernette and Brock Eide at DyslexicAdvantage.com's insight:
Great to see more people sharing their dyslexia stories, how they found what they really had a passion for, and grew in confidence. 
Angela C. Dowd's comment,
February 26, 12:48 PM
Lovely video...thanks...never heard that John Lennon had dyslexia but it makes sense.
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Why it is important to bear these issues in mind when technologies are used to deliver learning and teaching. These student can learn just like anyone else, they just need to have their difficulties understood. Delete the scoop?
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"Because dyslexics think less in-line than out of the box, they’re often seen as creative problem solvers. Shumlin was a Putney selectman when he stopped a plan to turn the town’s shuttered Windham College into a 500-bed prison. Instead he persuaded Landmark, the nation’s first college for students with dyslexia, to take over the property...."
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Another out-of-the-box dyslexic thinker is Vermont's governor, Pete Shumlin. "As a child, Shumlin saw the individual letters. But like an estimated 15 percent of Americans — including fellow Gov. Dannel Malloy of Connecticut — he couldn’t sound out something as simple as “cat” or “dog"...After all the challenges you face as someone who learns differently, there are actually some real benefits for the job that I do right now,” the Vermonter says. “People who learn traditionally can sit back and let it happen. If you’re dyslexic, you have to train your brain to anticipate what lies ahead. In government, if you can do that, you tend to be a strong leader. I now see it as a real gift. It has helped me become who I am." Delete the scoop?
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Co-Founder of Stanford's Design School and creativity company IDEO, David Kelley talks about his mission to encourage people in creative confidence. When recently visited Stanford, we had the privilege of talking with David who told us about his lifelong struggles with reading and writing and how many students in the arts and design seem to combine "raw talent" with signs of dyslexia. Delete the scoop?
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Drs Fernette and Brock Eide at DyslexicAdvantage.com's insight:
At a Scottish cemetery that Charles, Dickens said was the inspiration for his Christmas Carol character, Ebenezer Scrooge, literary historians have speculated that it may have been his "mild dyslexia" or fading light that account for his mistaking "Ebenezer Lennox Scroggie", a meal man, for "Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean man." "It was here in 1841, the author later wrote in his diaries, that the character was first born during an evening stroll through the kirkyard. Dickens, a frequent visitor to Edinburgh, was in the Capital to deliver a lecture to an audience of Edinburgh notables and he was taking a walk when he happened upon a grave marker for the vintner Ebenezer Lennox Scroggie. The simple stone marker – now sadly lost after it was damaged during construction work at the kirkyard in 1932 – identified Scroggie as a “meal man”, which was a description of a corn merchant. But in a fateful twist, due to the fading light and his mild dyslexia, Dickens misread this as “mean man”, and from this was born the character of Scrooge." Hmm. Never heard that story before. Dickens was a gifted storyteller! Delete the scoop?
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Happy Mother's Day to all those incredible Mom's out there. "My mum has helped so much to understand me and what is different about me to anyone else." - son with dyslexia nominating his mom Joanne Cooke for Parent of the Year Award
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Here the sons, daughters, and moms speak for themselves:
"So my mother created the 'exceptions': 'mental health days' Anytime I had a spelling test or I didn't want to go to school...Mental health days were one of the few bright spots in my life." - Jonathan Mooney, Learning Outside the Lines
"I firmly believe my mother’s ideals and education have inspired me and my siblings to believe that we can all make a difference, and have something special to give." - Susan Hampshire, actress with dyslexia
"I’m dyslexic and when I was six my parents realized I couldn’t read and had been fooling everyone. The only way my mum could get me to work at my reading was if she promised to get me an agent. She said to me, ‘If you come to me with a book in your hand and a smile on your face every single day during the summer holidays, then at the end of it I will get you an agent." - Keira Knightley, actress with dyslexia " During all this time, he cherished our read-aloud time. He has an intense love of books and good literature, and once he realized that he could someday read his books to himself, he was ecstatic. A great burden had been lifted from his young shoulders..." - homeschooling mom Maureen Wittman
"To remediate his dyslexia, I have used private tutors..I have received 170 hours of coursework toward becoming an academic language therapist....I find I am not at all atypical in my quest to further my own educatino to help my son...." - Mary Natwick
"...no one ever talked about dyslexia. In those days were were just classed as 'thick'. But eventually my mother realized what was happening and taught me herself." - Natasha Cooper, author Trish Maguire series
"Well, my mother tutored me in reading. When I think of my mother, every night, making me read, it was like hell. I found it very uncomfortable having to sit there for a half-hour or 20 minutes. Maybe it was five minutes, I don't know, but it seemed like hours. But when you're being made to learn to read where you're stumbling along - they were very concerned about my poor performance in school. And I think during my high school years, to go from grammar school into high school, my mother, truth be told, did most of my homework. [Laughs.]...My mother would say Paul is good with his hands and he makes things." - glass artist Paul Stankard
"My mother taught me to love my work. I learned everything about business from her. I watched her work. She enabled me to work." - David Geffen, Dreamworks
"I fax papers home to my mom to have her read them to me." - Ben Foss, JD MBA, Intel reader
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From: Flourishing with Dyslexia (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_7694/is_200807/ai_n32301838/)
Drs Fernette and Brock Eide at DyslexicAdvantage.com's insight:
"When I was in school I wondered why I didn't understand; now I wonder why "they" don't understand. My life and my viewpoint are distinct, and I love it this way. Dyslexies are often the inventors, the artists, and the creators. We are the different people who make a difference." And: "How I create, think, process information, and view the world around me are all tied in. Thanks to ADD, multitasking comes naturally. I listen to books on tape while I work (over 3,500 so far) and can comfortably toss in other activities without even realizing it. Sifting and condensing information is part of understanding it, so I can explain the theory of relativity in a sentence or express the essentials of form and imagery. My focus, both consciously and unconsciously on the visual and tactile world, has become another priceless ingredient in my artwork. I think effectively in 3D which comes in handy when I am reconfiguring a Corvette suspension system or troubleshooting a glass manufacturing production line. This is also an invaluable tool in the creation of my sculptures, some of which are fully formed in my mind before they become reality. The 3D viewpoint also plays a strong role in my paintings. Delete the scoop?
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"Dyslexia has had a defining role in my life and career. As a teenager and as a young adult, I fought against it, trying to escape it...These days I see the idiosyncracies of my mind if not as a gift, then as a purpose - one that has led me to my two great passions, medicine and literature." - author and physician Blake Charlton
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"...At twelve years old, I still couldn’t read a book by myself. To encourage a love of literature, my parents read to me every night. It wasn’t working. I preferred the football field or basketball court where my disability didn’t show. But then my parents began reading fantasy: Terry Brooks, Raymond Feist, Tad Williams, Robin Hobb, and Robert Jordan. Both being psychiatrists, mom and dad noticed my interest and read to me less and less each night. They faked exhaustion or sore throats or tired eyes, but they always left the book. I became obsessed with fantasy..." Read more From Special Ed to Stanford Med and Blake Charlton, Author Blake's coming to our conference in April! Delete the scoop?
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“Action video games enhance many aspects of visual attention, mainly improving the extraction of information from the environment,” said Andrea Facoetti, Ph.D., of the University of Padua and the Scientific Institute Medea of Bosisio Parini in Italy. “Dyslexic children learned to orient and focus their attention more efficiently to extract the relevant information of a written word more rapidly.”
Drs Fernette and Brock Eide at DyslexicAdvantage.com's insight:
Andrea Facoetti and his research team have new findings that training young children with action-based video games improves visual search skills that helps them acquire reading. "Prereading syllabic blending and nonalphabetic cross-modal mapping in kindergarten predicted future reading skills in grade 1 and 2 even if chronological age and nonverbal IQ were controlled for. These results agree with the typically observed speech-sound processing and nonalphabetic cross-modal mapping disorers shown in prereaders who will develop dyslexia... Our findings are consistent with a multifactorial hypothesis of dyslexia which suggests that no only auditory-phonological deficits but als visual spatial attention are causally implicated in dyslexia." Find Full research article here: http://decone.psy.unipd.it/De.Co.Ne_LAB_Unipd/A._Facoetti.html
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March 3, 1:22 PM
Andrea Facoetti and his research team have new findings that training young children with action-based video games improves visual search skills that helps them acquire reading. "Our findings are consistent with a multifactorial hypothesis of dyslexia which suggests that no only auditory-phonological deficits but als visual spatial attention are causally implicated in dyslexia."
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Drs Fernette and Brock Eide at DyslexicAdvantage.com's insight:
"If I could erase dyslexia from my life, I wouldn't. But I would erase ignorance of it. One out of five people is dyslexic and more than three-quarters of them don't know it." _ Environmental Attorney David Schoebrod We're thrilled to have David coming to our conference in the Spring. In 1979, he led the charge to get lead out of gasoline and his been involved with environmental issues of the urban poor for decades. Currently he researches and litigates in major environmental areas, including air pollution and climate change. To read more about David: http://dyslexia.yale.edu/schoenbrod.html and http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-schoenbrod/why-i-sculpt-a-law-profes_b_605070.html David also sculpts, loves nature, and is involved in landscape rehabilitation. Delete the scoop?
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Piper faced her school struggles bravely, but found out what was really important was finding out what she loves doing - like organizing this TEDx conference, working, and creating art.
Drs Fernette and Brock Eide at DyslexicAdvantage.com's insight:
Congrats, Piper! A young woman talks about her challenges making her way through school, finally finding what she loves doing. She's entering the prestigious Savannah College of Art and Design. "Find what you love to do. My creative brain is the one that suits me best. Find what you love. Find what you enjoy and pursue. Work hard. Eat well, and fall in love with everything."
Angela C. Dowd's comment,
February 25, 11:45 AM
I loved watching this video and hearing about Piper's passion for art. Although it's a known fact that we all learn differently and have gifts to offer, many who fall into the "norm" range have no idea what others have to overcome just to connect with their path. Bravo Piper...and best wishes on your learning journey!
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February 28, 2:14 AM
Thanks for writing, Angela. Yes, kudos to you Piper!
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"...he was picked on for being posh and different, and dyslexic...My escape was dreaming of the future."-Joe Wright, director of Anna Karenina, Pride and Prejudice, now opening a theatre production.
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"Despite his success, he still has a nagging feeling that he will get caught out. 'I still feel like I’m not qualified, and I’m not clever enough. And I think that goes back to dyslexia and that feeling of being stupid all the time. But there are great positive things to that, which includes a strong sense of life being an education and that I’m here to keep learning. I approach every piece of work I make from the position of “what might I learn?"" Delete the scoop?
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Great talk with Wendy Welshans today - she's an incredible teacher at the Forman School, a school for dyslexia, adhd, and learning differences. She has her own incredible personal story to tell but also an ambitious program for teaching students that buildings on their intellectual strengths.
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What has this award-winning science teacher and researcher learned from 20 years of working with dyslexic students? "Keep the standards high. Give them a curriculum that respects their intelligence." Wendy has done just that - she runs an innovative course for for high school students that teaches them in extensive detail about the Amazon rain forest ecosystem, with detailed specific examples that range from species, scientific questions (why does the orb weaving spider weave silk better at certain times of year), secondary metabolites, plants, animal and plant defenses, and practical, ethical, and sustainable aspects of rain forest products (25% of medicines are tropical plant-derived, 80% of spices are tropical plant-derived). Her students learn about international law and conservation issues and research they perform becomes part of the application for research visas for the following year, and perform real experiments based on cutting edge knowledge of science research. As Wendy says, she has them reading college texts and original research papers that many would not have thought possible. Wendy's students' project culminates in a few-week field biology research trip to the Amazon Rainforest watch here and student dissertations at the end of the year. Her class' blog is here. Wendy told us that conventional science curricula can dissuade talented young dyslexic scientists because of their over-emphasis on activities (like writing detailed science journals) that many can't easily do. Delete the scoop?
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"For me I was able to rotate images in my head and look at drawings and describe what could not be seen or how it would look form a different angle. I also found i could memorize chucks of maps, drawings etc in a almost photographic type way..."
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"I now find Dyslexia a gift. I do not think I could come up with design ideas and play around with stuff in my head if I was not like this. I now talk around with large chunks of circuits and software in my head that I can think over, try ideas and work stuff out. It’s like having a 3D whiteboard in my head. I still need pen and paper but in a funny way I like being dyslexic. I can get by with the reading and writing and getting my words mixed up, however I think I've come out better off in my career because of the way my head is wired up...." - PJ Clarke 
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January 26, 11:07 AM
Dyslexia -The Business
By Laura Cavalleri I have recently been posting harsh felt comments about the public schools teachers' role in not being able to teach to dyslexic students, which is unfair, I would like to Propose our current usage and Commodity of Dyslexics and Dyslexia. In higher education the study of dyslexia and dyslexics has provided it own Unique field of study for over fifty years now and is still growing strongly. The business and usage of grants funding to continue studying this difference in brain usage has those in the field jobs for life, (I don't mind them studying dyslexics just let those study's really help the whole population of dyslexics now). In society as we know it there are good guys and bad guys and we need Protection from bad guys. Well Who will be our most Recognizable bad guys? Answer: Our public schools' Drop Outs. This is a fact, Prisons are built based on this Equation, and the whole business of police, courts, judges, Correctional facilities, transportation and health care for these individuals is all tied up in a dyslexic student dropping out of public school. And these students do so because they were ashamed and not understood by their teachers and worst not helped by their teachers who weren't taught how to teach Dyslexic Students in teachers college, ( now there's where we can add new business growth). Dyslexics can be great leaders, and people will follow them, like Rex Ryan head Coach of the NY Jets or George Washington Father of our nation by popular vote, to the best and greatest Entrepreneur and Businessmen and women in the world, or a public school drop out turned gang leader on the streets of Chicago. To the idea that only some Dyslexics are Privileged enough to be enrolled into Private Schools for just only dyslexics with all the Wealths and benefits that only private schools can afford and Indulge is a business and a Segregation of the haves and have nots. Why is it that many of these Private establishments that have been in Existence of a couple of decades have only been Exclusively for the few that can and not for all Dyslexics? I am not Bashing the teachers but I am asking for their help, for it will be because of their support and love to teach and not to be failures themselves as teachers; but to learn as our teachers how to teach dyslexics; that it is with the greatest of hope and the strongest of pleas I ask that Teachers support Dyslexics students, support yourselves and help help change the society statement that for Decades that has been The Business of Dyslexia. My grandfather, my mother, me and now my son are all dyslexic, my mother was in the NYC public school system in 1950, and I in the 1970's and now my dyslexic son in public school in 2010, and still there is no real awareness of dyslexia. Delete the scoop?
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Try Being Me is designed to give you a better understanding of what it can feel like to be dyslexic. Why not give it a go?
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Thanks @BBC for My Dyslexic Mind, a new interactive site where kids tell other kids how they think differently - videos, animations, interactive play The direct link is here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/20789777 Delete the scoop?
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Actor Patrick Dempsey of Grey's Anatomy is in the news today because he's considering buying the embattled coffee chain, Tully's. The move could save 500 jobs. Until he was 12 years old, Dempsey was placed in a class for slow and retarded children only to discover he had dyslexia. "I think [dyslexia has] made me who I am today," he revealed to Barbara Walters. "It’s given me a perspective of — you have to keep working. I have never give up." Many dyslexics are highly successful actors and actresses because of their ability to empathize and get into the heads of the characters they portray. Reading scripts is difficult for many dyslexic actors; many have a friend or partner read the script aloud to them so that they can easily commit the lines to memory. Dyslexics also also highly successful in business. Using powers of dynamic reasoning, they can be very successful predicting business trends and finding opportunities that allow them to succeed in careers like venture capital or acquisitions. 
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February 24, 6:19 PM
Love it. Kinda. Dempsey is six years younger than I am. That school (yes, we went to the same school) had already discovered how wrong diagnoses and related educational assumptions could be. I was diagnosed with MR until quite suddenly I was finally included in group testing and, well, if I got the top score, then did that make my entire class MR?? I had moved by the time Dempsey began school, and so had both the K and Grade 1 teachers that I had. Go figure :)
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"I wouldn't have learned how to read if I couldn't read science books." - Ecotarium Museum Curator, Alexander Goldowsky, PhD
Drs Fernette and Brock Eide at DyslexicAdvantage.com's insight:
Dr. Goldowsky had severe dyslexia, but he flourished with the support from his parents, teachers, and today designs exhibits for a remarkable museum in Massachusetts. "It was a bit of a shock to get to college...I had course grades reduced because of spelling but in every other way I was doing good work. Actually, I have always enjoyed writing. I was writing a column at the time for a local paper, so I had papers that failed in English class that were then published in the local newspaper." "I'm known as being very creative...there is something about seeing how differently I think about things...that allows me to think outside the box, that allows to me assume that my students or visitors to the museum are not going to come in with the same way of thinking..." Delete the scoop?
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This is good information. Finding a way to connect with your child's interests can sometimes be challenging...but it's essential. Praising just enough and using the right words for the moment is an art form.