Dyslexic Advantage for Kids

I am about half way through the book and find it very interesting. I have an 11 year old boy with Dyslexia. He is to the point where he knows he is different than the other kids and gets down on himself at times. I was thinking about your book and how it has helped me understand how he thinks and processes information, but it occured to me that if my son could read it how it would affect his life and make him understand more of how he learns. I think it would be great if the book could be adapted into a book or video that an 11 or 12 year old could understand. We have read the Hank Zipzer books by Henry Winkler to him and it was the first books he has enjoyed, if you could collaborate with Henry Winkler and produce a book that has Hank explaining the different mind concepts in a story I think you would change alot of lives of children.

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Comment by Louise Gilbert on November 9, 2011 at 6:30am: I would definatly back this up, I'm half way through and have just had my 'lightbulb' moment about the way my daughters brain works, and I'm full of ideas of how we can use that to our advantage instead of against us. As I was reading I kept thinking she needs to read something like this as at the moment dyslexia is a disability to her, in fact recently she described it as such comparing it to a friend who has a physical disability. This is not the view I want her to have of herself, ( I don't even describe her friend as disabled despite being profoundly deaf!) so a positive image of dyslexia would be such a welcome to kids who have their self esteem bashed regularly in the educational system. She is a gifted child and as such your description of stealth dyslexia could be written about her, even so this book is beyond her understanding (sometimes mine too!) She recently discovered Hank Zipzer and although she enjoyed reading a book where the protagonist was dyslexic it seems like the character still has more challenges than successes due to his dyslexia. I haven't read it myself yet but the parts she told be about seemed to have lots of issues. Lots of positive views of dyslexia need to be put to the kids especially this concept of late-blooming, that eventually the kids have enough experience and context to 'get' the stuff that other kids got at an earlier age and the concept that they see things no-one else does. The idea that it won't always be this hard and not to give up is going to be so important to these kids and needs to be expressed in their language!

Comment by JayneC on November 7, 2011 at 4:25am: This is a great idea. It would be nice to have something for my daughter that doesn't just talk about being completely unable to read. Maybe something that brings Stealth Dyslexia to light in a book aimed at upper elementary/middle school.

Comment by Drs. Fernette and Brock Eide on November 4, 2011 at 11:06pm: Cool idea, Jerry - thanks! Henry Winkler was nice enough to give us a jacket blurb for the book. We will look into this. Video might be a nice idea too...