Looking for any new information on the topic of dyslexia?

Question

looking for any new information on the topic of dyslexia

Answer 1

Dyslexia which side of the brain? Study by a New Zealand doctor. (April 2007)

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/stor...

Dyslexia in Chinese, English Speakers is Different (April 2008)

http://www.medindia.net/news/Dyslexia-in...

Learning Disabilities Online.org is a great place to start for current information

Answer 2

don't know where to find it online

but i saw a documnetary on how coordinating both sides of teh brain helps peopel with dyslexia-

in one activity teh student is sitting with his nose up to a screen so he couldn't see both hands at once--

identical activities are on each side of the screen and the student must do the activity with both hands simultaneously

Answer 3

Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz. Best Source out there. 10 year old MRI study that still hasn't been beat!

Recent report comparing brains in asian and phonetic writing, Look for it on the saundspel yahoo group or e-mail me carjug aatt yahoo dooot com.

www.geocities.com/carjug . An unresearched idea about color, may function as a dyslexia testing tool.

Answer 4

The International Dyslexia Association would be a good start

http://www.interdys.org/

I don't know much about the Davis Dyslexia Association International  http://www.dyslexia.com/    but you might find some new info there

And LD Online is a good source for information.  http://www.ldonline.org/index.php

Though not all of it is specific to dyslexia, you may find something helpful.

Answer 5

Ghotit (www.ghotit.com) offers unique assistive technology for people who suffer from dyslexia, dysgraphia or people who are not native-English speakers.

Ghotit's first service is an online context sensitive spell checker that received great comments from bloggers and users

Bloggers review:

http://blog.buzvia.com/site-review-ghoti...

http://speedchange.blogspot.com/2008/02/...

Users comments:



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