It started with 20 students and has since grown to a secondary school, with over 100
dyslexic students.LAUGHING STOCK In those years of uncertainty when she agonised about her son's learning curve, Phyllis even had to change her son schools, thinking teachers were not giving him the right attention.
But while teachers certainly need to update their own understanding of the condition, and play a better part in changing the way
dyslexic chil-dren are taught, it is not down to them alone.
As the personal stories come from around the globe there is a real diversity in the experiences related, support received and the individuals' 'take' on their
dyslexic superpower.
Cognitive flexibility, creativity, visualisation and complex problemsolving - all recognised as traits of
dyslexic people - were named as useful skills.
The development of this article of literary review is part of a doctorate thesis, still under development, with the title "
Dyslexic Sight Words (DSW) and Speech Therapy Intervention in
Dyslexic children", from the Graduate program of Sciences of Language at Universidade Catolica de Pernambuco--UNICAP/PE.
When compared with gender, prevalence of dyslexia was found in 37 males (19.00 %) whereas 18 females (8.50%) were found to be
dyslexic. About 37
dyslexic children (66.70%) gave a family history of dyslexia present either in their parents or siblings.
Henry, who is
dyslexic, has written books featuring a smart, funny kid with the condition f cs called Hank Zipzer.
A detailed background study about issues faced by
dyslexic individuals has been conducted to find out the usage of technological assistance in learning and improving writing skills in general, and associated usability issues in particular.
This theory was developed based on evidence that
dyslexic individuals present change on speech perception (Noordenbos & Serniclaes, 2015).
This enabled the scientists to build a successful statistical model which can clearly and objectively identify a
dyslexic child from their peers.