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Annotated Bibliography On Dyslexia And Adhd

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A clinical psychologist, named Michael Ryan who specializes in Dyslexia and ADHD, founded Dyslexiadx.com. This website is about getting the answers you need for dyslexia. On the home page of this website, there are two kids reading a book, one kid is holding the book upside down. Around these kids, there are different links to take you to the different tabs. The tabs on the picture include dyslexia help, FAQ’s, who am I, and Evaluations just to name a few. When you click on the link dyslexia help, you are taken to a fuller version of the sight. It has links for dyslexics, help for parents, and a celebrity spotlight, Keanu Reeves. This website also gives contact information for Dr. Ryan, who founded the site. The tabs are arranged nice and neatly. There is a Read this Page aloud on the top screen and a button to make the fonts larger on the page. …show more content…

This website offers an article called How Families Cope With Their Dyslexic Child by Gayle Zeiman, Ph.D. In this article, it states that students with dyslexia might not feel as smart or as good as their siblings and the student could feel rejected if the parents don’t understand what is going on. This article also makes a point to state that if the child is supported but not given attention because of the disability the child is more likely to become independent and a normal adolescent (Zeiman). This article also talks about independent living as one of the most important things a parent with a disabled child can teach

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This is a photo montage that introduced how students who have the Dyslexia see when they are reading. Most people do not realize that dyslexia as a disability because it affects the nerves, which people cannot perceive. So the purpose to make this montage was to show my audience what does a dyslexic see in a text. In this way, more people could understand this group of people and see this is as a real disability. People who has dyslexia may be mainly difficulty in reading and writing.

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The Dyspraxia Foundation describes dyspraxia as ‘an impairment or immaturity of the organisation of movement’. There may also be problems to do with language, perception and thought. Children with dyspraxia often have poorly developed fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. Encouraging play using large constructional toys such as Mega Bloks, can help develop fine motor skills (especially pincer grasp) and strengthen the hand muscles when they fix and take the blocks apart and improve hand-eye coordination. Dyslexia is a specific learning difficulty which makes it hard for some people to learn to read, write and spell correctly.

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Interventions for beginning reading evidence report. Retrieved from http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pdf/intervention_reports/wwc_lindamood_121608.pdf Reid, G. (2009). Dyslexia: A practitioner's handbook. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.

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A dyslexic person can face several problems with reading and writing. Reading time turns tiring, this activity demands huge concentration and effort. They could need to read something over and over again in order to fully understand, it can take them more time to read a text because it is difficult to remember what they have just read. Dyslexia can make readings seem inaccurate due to the addition or miss of words, they tend to misread words or complete phrases; they possibly will find a text complicated because they might not be familiarized with the vocabulary or they keep forgetting the meaning of words. All these difficulties are caused by the cognitive characteristics of dyslexia; “they do not have any connection with the lack of practice or understanding the purpose of the reading” (Hammond & Hercules , n.d).

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Dyslexia is a neurological-based specific learning disability characterized by language handling deficiencies, and impairment in the ability to recognize and translate words into sentences. It is said that a reading disability reflects a continuous deficit as opposed to an arrest in development and can occur in a person of any level of intelligence. Dyslexia can be related to hereditary influences, or brain injury. One in five children are thought to have dyslexia and is found to be more prevalent in males. Nelson Rockefeller faced everyday challenges because of his disability (UXL).

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Though I was relieved to know that I was not doomed to a life of unintelligence, this only confirmed that I would have to work harder than everyone else in academics. Instead of crippling me, this empowered me. I used dyslexia as a motivator to work harder in every area of my life. Due to this work ethic, peers and administrators select me for leadership roles.

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This essay discusses the exclusionary factor dyslexia. It aims to highlight how the needs of children with dyslexia can be met within the curriculum and the mainstream classroom. The main focus is exclusion and suggests that intervention for dyslexic children should focus on the barriers to learning rather than seeing their differences in terms of categories, needs, theories and deficits. The most prominent area that can be of benefit to a dyslexic student is the curriculum and how it is presented. By understanding vital aspects of dyslexia, teachers can be pro-active and anticipate the type of difficulties that can be experienced and how exclusion can be over-come in the classroom.

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This was also published in 2015. Understanding the disorder is important for everyone; dyslexia affects up to one fifth of the population, so you are bound to encounter someone who has it, and they may need someone who understands that it isn’t a lack of schooling or laziness, but what they were born with. You would read both articles for the same purpose: to learn more about dyslexia. You may wish to read these articles if you or

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Individuals with dyslexia ability to learn language is difficult. Dyslexia is not a sign of low intelligence. Many students with dyslexia are extremely creative. One misconception I had about dyslexia is that they seeing thing back words.

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Dyslexia is a disability that occurs because of inheritance theory by Mendel, which is supported by multiple studies. Inheritance theory by Mendel is when there are similar

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Moreover Anne Bancroft also has Dyslexia she is in the peace core and is a woman with many first. Furthermore Anne Bancroft says, “fore someone who struggling in school, as I was, the natural world was a perfect place to feel at home and express myself” (page 1 The Yale Center For Dyslexia & Creativity). Additionally Jamie Oliver also has dyslexia and didn’t finish his first book till he was 38 because he got bored easily. Finally one more famous person with dyslexia is George Washington who failed to spell and write in his time but that didn’t affect his leadership skills.

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Dyslexia, also known as Developmental Reading Disorder (DRD) is a type of learning disability that specifically impairs a person’s ability to read and spell1. Dyslexia occurs when the brain has a hard time processing and recognizing symbols causing language difficulties such as writing, listening and speaking2. No two people with dyslexia are the same meaning that individuals experience dyslexia differently with impairment ranging from mild to profound. Dyslexia results from differences in the structure and function of the brain, causing neurological changes. It is also believed to have genetic links.

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PURPOSE The audience will gain a deeper understanding about the disability and how it affects the people who are afflicted by it. INTRODUCTION Take a few seconds to read the following paragraph. It does not make much sense. The photo illustrates one variation of how people with dyslexia read and in most cases, how they write, too.

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Introduction and Outline This essay’s purpose is to highlight how school curriculum is altered in order to include a student with additional learning needs. Every student is unique and for that reason a teacher must differentiate the curriculum to suit the needs of student with a specific learning difficulty. Dyslexia is the learning difficulty which will be examined theoretically and methodically in this essay. This essay will examine the different learning theories of how to engage a child with dyslexia in the classroom.

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