dyslexia

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Meggan Moore @Meggan (375) • United States 8 Mar 22

First I would like to say the wrong school and the wrong teachers has a powerfully negative effect on a child! My son was so excited to start school bit had severe separation anxiety. This made the teacher think he had autism....

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Do you think Donald Trump's dyslexia contributes to his narcissism and sociopathy?

The Horse @TheHorse (238316) • Walnut Creek, California 19 Jul 21

I have been trying to avoid politics recently. But I stumbled on a couple of articles recently that confirmed what I have long believed: Donald Trump's dyslexia probably contributed to his narcissism and sociopathic tendencies. I...

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Heavy Topics

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169477) • United States 1 Sep 20

We are looking at some serious topics as we start the year. We always do. We had a six hour inservice as an introduction to Dyslexia. Dyslexia is NOT "reversing letters or words". That is a myth. Dyslexia is a neurological...

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ADHD(Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)

Yumeko @aureategloom (11025) • Bosnia And Herzegovina 10 Sep 19

i mentioned my brother being bullied, so i decided to write about this too, since he's diagnosed with this disorder. i don't know if you've heard about it, but you can tell what's the problem - a person experiences difficulties...

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Is Trump Dyslectic?

J.P. Randolph @jprtist (656) • Pueblo, Colorado 4 Feb 19

A lot is being said in the media of late about Trump's unwillingness to read. Lots of things are also being said about what a poor student he was, except by Trump. I've heard that many dyslectics achieve a great deal as business...

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Autism and other disorders... what can help?

Marja @buenavida (9984) • Sweden 7 Oct 18

Here is an article written by Dr Mercola. I just saw a TV program about autism. The same good bacteria that can help for this disorder, can also help bipolar disorder and many more problems. If I feel depressed, I see to get the...

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Finish with testing

C @ShyBear88 (59342) • Sterling, Virginia 1 Aug 18

Before the being of summer my lovely daughter that is 7 a raising 2nd Grader was being testing to see if she had any learning disabilities. Now that all the information has been father and we have had her Eligibility meeting we...

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Even the car was dyslexic!

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 3 May 17

I've just searched for 'dyslexic' and it seems I haven't written about this before so here goes. We were almost into town and travelling behind a small white car. In Australia we drive on the left, steering wheel on the right....

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Have you ever known someone with dyslexia?

Jekca @Jessicalynnt (50523) • Centralia, Missouri 9 Mar 16

Have you ever known someone with dyslexia? I haven't personally, but hubby worked with someone once who was. I was aware of it, and had an idea in my mind of what it might be like, turns out, it's less about things being mixed up...

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Are you Dyslexic? Do you know someone who is Dyslexic?

Peter B. Giblett @pgiblett (6524) • Canada 4 Jan 16

I am dyslexic, I discovered this after later in my life having achieved much success. My son is dyslexic, he went to a specialist dyslexic school in the UK and we are grateful we could afford to pay for his education. In...

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Who knows how to teach to read a child with Dyslexia?

tinetine161992 @tinetine161992 (431) • Philippines 14 Nov 12

I notice my cousin has hard time in reading. Really got a hard time to read. And i notice that when she write letters she sometimes write either other letter or written backward . Example if she write "b" instead write "b" letter...

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Dyslexia produces Great Minds and Artists, it's NEVER a hindrance to success

rizzaspeaks @rizzaspeaks (391) • Philippines 13 Nov 12

Dyslexia is mostly defined as a learning disability both in reading and spelling. But, are we also aware that it is a gift? In my opinion, this state is specially possessed or should I say only possessed by much stronger people....

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Dyslexia should I have my child tested

clb67601 @clb67601 (32) • United States 12 Jul 12

I have a 6 year old that I believe is showing signs of dyslexia. Her kindergarten teacher wanted her to repeat kindergarten thinking she is just developmentally behind or so they can see if she has a learning disability. I do know...

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Pretty sure i have a form of dyslexia.

ajk111 @ajk111 (2495) 23 Jun 12

It really annoys me when i seem to get my vowels mixed up when typing a discussion. I am not sure if i have some form of dyslexia but i always need to check my spelling. Same with reading. i first realised i may have a problem...

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Every Child is Special the movie makes me cry?

flower21 @flower21 (765) • Philippines 20 Feb 12

Every Child is Special is a Hindi movie with the title Taare Zameen Par. My teacher makes as an assignment to watch the said movie. I download it in the internet. I could relate to the movie since everyone of us becomes little...

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tear jerking progress report

3SnuggleBunnies @3SnuggleBunnies (16374) • United States 19 Jul 11

My eldest who's 8 is dyslexic. She's been receiving speech services since she was 3, she did not talk much til she was 4. She was officially made LD Dec 2009 as her reading and math skills were not keeping pace with classmates....

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Contacted our Govenor

3SnuggleBunnies @3SnuggleBunnies (16374) • United States 1 Apr 11

Several months ago I found a bill on the internet by a State Rep to introduce legislation to basically mandate that WI public schools require children to be tested for Dyslexia starting in 5k as well as requiring teachers to be...

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Dyslexia - How parents can help to overcome this problem on their children ?

opportunity2u @opportunity2u (247) • Malaysia 3 Mar 11

Dyslexia has no medicine to cure. It's all about teaching methods that help the children with dyslexia problem to recognize words even a letter. Do you have any experience about it ? Any good methods to share ?

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new probable diagnosis

3SnuggleBunnies @3SnuggleBunnies (16374) • United States 13 Sep 10

You know I spent all summer dying for it to be fall again so my house would be somewhat quiet & peaceful. Well I'm changing my opinion on that well kinda. I had a brief meeting w/ DD1's regular teacher and then her LD teacher...

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Faint and Feint confusion

urbandekay @urbandekay (18278) 27 Mar 10

Recently I started a discussion that used the word 'feint' when I meant 'Faint' being slightly dyslexic I have to rely on spell checkers which of course do not pick up misspelling. Any suggestions for overcoming this...

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