I am new to this site. I have just read the Dyslexic Advantage.   As has my son.   He was diagnosed at age 6 - he is now 48.   He is in Medical School, his second career.   He has a Masters Degree in Chem. Eng.  and worked in that field for 20 years.   Med  School has been brutal!  We are just putting together that fact that he is still dyslexic - after reading The Dyslexic Advantage.   He is grossly mis-understood by school instructors and is having to repeat two years, even though he…

Are you interested in participating in research about DYSLEXIA?



Language researchers at Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center are looking for:

• People who ONLY HAVE dyslexia

• People who HAVE dyslexia as well as another learning disability or multiple learning disabilities (ADD/ADHD, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, etc.)

• People who DO NOT have…

There is a learning style that seems unmistakable in some - and it seems to involve learning from exceptions. These may be children who from a very young age seem to question rules and challenge assumptions. They're kids who if you try to tell them what to think, they may quickly answer, "Actually..."



This learning preference often goes hand-in-hand with novelty and inductive learning because discovering an exception means that you might have to rethink your rules and shuffle your…

I have a 10yo who is full of ideas and story lines but has the hardest time just getting those ideas down on paper. I would like to know of some of the reading and writing programs that are out there to help dyslexic kids. The teacher has been allowing him to use PhotoBooth on the Mac at school to get his ideas down for his journals and it seems to be working for him. He says it`s easier that way.

I know there are alot of programs out there but I just wanted to hear from you what kind…

I never did read the main story, but when back to to illustrations many times. I still have my original copy. Then Classics Illustrated, Mad magazine, Donald Duck adventures (amazingly there was a special high quality series on archeology) and later science fiction. The real classics came in high school and, although I read very slowly, I began to realize I was getting more out of the stories than my classmates. Sound familiar? 

"...Scorsese says that his was not a home where there were books, and as a child he was mildly dyslexic..."

Martin Scorsese is a 'legendary film director' who takes on the very visual book…

There are several great options for Ebook readers and the technology is helpful for children and adults alike with dyslexia. The following is a Excerpt from a review at WSJ.com:

On the…

"I'm highly dyslexic and find reading and writing difficult. So I went through my school years being told I'm stupid. And the first creature that didn't call me stupid was a horse." - Richard Maxwell, horse trainer, author of many books including Train Your Young Horse and Maximize Your…

Dear Fernette, Brock and all -- A friend just told me of a book he is reading by a dyslexic named Wallace Smith Broecker. In the preface he refers to his dyslexia and his dyslexic way of working. The book is The Great Ocean Conveyor: Discovering the Trigger for Abrupt Climate change. I have ordered the book and done a quick search. Looks like he is a major player in climate change and CO2. Coined the phase "global warming." Teaches at Columbia and received many, many awards. I plan to learn…

Why is there a persistent belief in the medical community that dyslexia is ONLY flipping letters around, poor reading and spelling?  And how do we change it?

I have a co-worker who has a 5th grade daughter who is very behind for her age and she was tested and found to be ADD.  I had to probe deeper because almost every day she says I remind her of her daughter...I asked her if they tested her for dyslexia, she didn't know so she sent an e-mail to the psychologist.  The response she…

"I drew great satisfaction from making pictures and was acutely aware of how drawing centered my being, enabling me to focus." - Jerry Pinkney, Artist



Because of his dyslexia, Pinkney said he had a hard time with reading and spelling, and, even today, it's a struggle. In the interview, Pinkney…

I live in the Washington DC area and would love to meet with others to discuss the book. Thinking about organizing a three dinner book group if anyone is in the area. We have a great restaurant called Teaism in the Penn Quarter area near Chinatown with room downstairs for groups and good food!  Indira

I really love your book but I feel the layout could have been made a little easier for dyslexics to read.

I would have preferred if it were printed in a larger font size and in Arial, instead of Times Roman.

It would also have been nice if the text was aligned to the left rather than centred/justified.

Reading for me is always a tedious affair but I do find it a bit easier if the text is laid out in "bite size chunks" rather than in streams of sentences.

Despite…

Ooh - it's here. Iphone 4S has even better speech command capabilities. In the video below, check out Siri, the iphone's digital assistant. The Siri program will help a lot of dyslexics - sure it's not perfect, but it's a huge leap over previous speech-to-text programs.

Siri's good for reading and…

"[My tutor] worked with me to try to teach me how to read, without any success at all. And one day out of frustration asked me what I thought I…

I am in the process of preparing a documentary and a new book, with great synergies to The Dyslexic Advantage. It is called The Gifted Dyslexic, and it will feature inspirational interviews with gifted dyslexics all over the world. I hope to collaborate with Drs Fernete and Brock Eide, authors of The Dyslexic Advantage, in making this book and documentary.

See a case in point here:…

"Life is not a timed examination. There are very few times in life when what reallymatters is whether you can do something in 50 minutes as opposed to 75. What matters is how well you're able to  do it." - David Boies

In our interviews for our book, we were surprised how many lawyers with…

"A self-confessed “serial entrepreneur,” Neil has founded four other businesses—an international transportation consulting firm, a company providing interim executive management, a travel and tour company, and a private fishing club.In addition, Neil has served as CEO, COO, or CFO of…