Federal law says schools must provide an appropriate education for all children with learning disabilities, but parents can help by becoming advocates and experts.
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An extensive set of links regarding iPad implementations, the experiences of teachers and students with iPads in the classroom, scholarly articles, and reviews of iPad apps. Via Ana Cristina Pratas 
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May 12, 11:25 AM
Apple iPad Education Sites
These are just some sites; John Larkin has an excellent compilation of papers and resources regarding teaching with iPads. 
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Resources for the iPad - An Extensive Set of Links & Resources for iPad | @scoopit via @juandoming http://sco.lt/... Delete the scoop?
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May 7, 8:09 PM
Ben Foss, Inventor of the Intel E-Reader and Disabilities Rights advocate spoke today at Eagle Hill Schoo in Southport CT. Ben Foss; dyslexic, has a new book Called Dyslexia Empowerment coming out in August
http://www.rhspeakers.com/speaker/ben-foss/
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Researchers discover significant sex-based brain anatomy differences between males and females with dyslexia. Via Carolyn D Cowen Delete the scoop?
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@nolagrl123 I see. BTW, our #LDchat on May 1 will cover #dyslexia. Feel free to join and ask questions: http://t.co/wnCq8dQkyx Delete the scoop?
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February 27, 2:14 PM
"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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"I would always carry a book with me, but I was not actually reading the book..."- Anderson Cooper, journalist and anchor, CNN Via Drs Fernette and Brock Eide at DyslexicAdvantage.com
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February 20, 12:03 PM
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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Detecting the reading disorder as early as possible may help more children to overcome reading and learning problems (http://t.co/M5SmSExUTS) Delete the scoop?
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Lou Salza's curator insight,
February 20, 5:28 PM
An excellent conference for teachers, administrators, parents, and members of the 'tribe!' Delete the scoop?
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February 17, 7:32 AM
Dyslexia turned Mat Peterson from a guy with severe reading disabilities into an educator of grand calibre.His free-language approach I talked about in Teaching Without Words has created a real revolution in literacy education in the States. Watch this TED Talk to learn more about his story.
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Includes link to interesting TED talk by Mat Peterson (great educator) and mind maps showing where people with dyslexia have gaps in their skillset. Delete the scoop?
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Research talk on latest brain research of LDs. We'll be giving this talk in San Francisco next week for the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists. Topics covered include dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, ADD / ADHD, psychology, creativity, gifted, neurodiversity, and more. Via Drs Fernette and Brock Eide at DyslexicAdvantage.com Delete the scoop?
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The father of the children killed in the Christmas day fire in Stamford a year ago today has shared his reflections and how he wants them remembered. Delete the scoop?
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"@Dyslexic_Kids: An example of how #dyslexia can affect a young student: http://t.co/lsuwXhsr" @lilging95 #Will Delete the scoop?
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December 26, 2012 9:42 PM
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 given up." Dempsey has starred in many films and television shows outside of Grey’s Anatomy, including Sweet Home Alabama, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, andValentine’s Day. Despite his success, Dempsey is still wary about reading his lines, especially if he’s handed the script just a few minutes before rehearsal. "I think that’s when I get the most insecure ... it’s very hard for me to read it off the page," Dempsey said. "I need to memorize it, in order to go on." Delete the scoop?
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John "Jack" Greene, a student at the University of Colorado Boulder, shares his story of living with dyslexia as a child, and the impact of accessible audiobook accommodations from Learning Ally that have helped him thrive in college. Via Lou Salza, Carolyn D Cowen
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May 7, 7:58 PM
In lesss than 2 minutes this articulate, intelligent, dylexic college student makes a strong case for the crucial role of assistive technology in the lives of those of us in the tribe! When in doubt, people--just ask the kids!-Lou Excerpt: "....Now harboring aspirations to go to law school, Jack is one of six Learning Ally National Achievement Award scholars who were honored at The Newseum in Washington, DC on April 27, 2013...." 
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An astounding, well-articulated testament to the power of finding the right tools to assist young people with dyslexia or any other learning barrier. It not only helps them academically but helps boost self-esteem as they feel that they can achieve what others around them can, that they can 'fit in'. Delete the scoop?
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In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TED... Via Lou Salza
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May 11, 2:12 PM
Nicely done! The use of the the quote from the book of Matthew ( Matthew Effects) should have been attributed to Kieth Stanovich:
http://www.readingrockets.org/articles/researchbytopic/4862/
Otherwise terrific talk--Lou Delete the scoop?
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May 11, 7:14 AM
Great quote: "It is important to note that dyslexia is not in itself a disability, it is a condition." Delete the scoop?
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Federal law says schools must provide an appropriate education for all children with learning disabilities, but parents can help by becoming advocates and experts. Via Lou Salza
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March 2, 11:28 PM
"....Kyle was born with orthopedic and neurological problems. In elementary school he was found to have several learning disabilities that included severe dyslexia and attention-deficit disorder. Ms. McGee sought for years for her son to get the kinds of therapy and intervention that would help him succeed in his public school system in Yorktown, Va. Throughout Kyle’s elementary, middle and high school years, Ms. McGee had to fight for the special services, particularly for a reading program for dyslexia that worked well for her son. She even enlisted the help of a lawyer who specializes in learning disability cases. At one point, Ms. McGee and her husband, Chuck, decided to put Kyle in private school for two years before he went to public high school. They often paid out-of-pocket for reading therapies that schools could not or would not provide. The roller-coaster ride ended well. Kyle is now enrolled at ECPI College of Technology, studying computer networking..."
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Parenting a school-aged child with dyslexia requires strategy, savvy and time. Frankly, not all of us possess these attributes in equal measure and the job often seems beyond our means and abilities. Delete the scoop?
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Visual processing disorder & disability - There are lots of ways the brain processes visual information. Weaknesses in a particular kind of visual processing can often be seen in specific difficulties. Delete the scoop?
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computers, tablet computers, such as the iPad (and iPhones) are lightweight, portable, and kid-sized. Via Lou Salza
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February 20, 5:25 PM
"The long battery life means they can be used at home, in school, in trains, planes, and automobiles—literally any place where one can sit down. Delete the scoop?
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Visual Scientist Matthew Schneps of the Smithsonia finds 'dyslexic advantage' reading visual scenes. Via Drs Fernette and Brock Eide at DyslexicAdvantage.com
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February 15, 3:56 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.
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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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"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..." Via Drs Fernette and Brock Eide at DyslexicAdvantage.com
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January 26, 12:14 AM
"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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Dyslexia is a learning disability that makes it hard to learn to read and understand written language. Even kids with average or above-average intelligence can have dyslexia. Via Lou Salza
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December 22, 2012 5:18 PM
Useful Website: "... Reading is a little like riding a bike: it requires doing many things at once with precise timing. With practice, typical readers gradually learn to read words automatically so they can focus their mental energy on comprehending and remembering what they've read. Kids with dyslexia, though, have trouble with phonemic awareness and phonics. Research has shown that dyslexia occurs because of subtle problems in information processing, especially in the language regions of the brain. For this reason, reading doesn't become automatic and remains slow and labored. When a child struggles with these beginning steps in reading, comprehension is bound to suffer and frustration is likely to follow..." Delete the scoop?
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"....Kyle was born with orthopedic and neurological problems. In elementary school he was found to have several learning disabilities that included severe dyslexia and attention-deficit disorder. Ms. McGee sought for years for her son to get the kinds of therapy and intervention that would help him succeed in his public school system in Yorktown, Va.
Throughout Kyle’s elementary, middle and high school years, Ms. McGee had to fight for the special services, particularly for a reading program for dyslexia that worked well for her son. She even enlisted the help of a lawyer who specializes in learning disability cases.
At one point, Ms. McGee and her husband, Chuck, decided to put Kyle in private school for two years before he went to public high school. They often paid out-of-pocket for reading therapies that schools could not or would not provide.
The roller-coaster ride ended well. Kyle is now enrolled at ECPI College of Technology, studying computer networking..."