dyslexia

Split from a thread that was not about Trump's mental capacity and so on. Is Trump actually dyslexic? I've never seen any evidence for it, although I've seen people supposing it - usually as an explanation for why he seems thick but isn't actually.

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PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder isn't an illness. It is also not a disorder, as a disorder isn't a scientific fact but a veiled social value. Researchers such as Stanislav Grof have shown that hyperventilation and flashbacks with intense emotional involvement are powerful, natural...

More and more I am encountering people in their 30s and 40s who claim they were very recently diagnosed with dyslexia or another learning disability. How can this be? It is obvious that they had a mild case to begin with, but they usually struggled with certain subjects in school. Their problems...

This should maybe be in the Education forum, but I thought it would probably get a wider audience and more chance of an answer here. Does anyone have know of some reliable sources of information on the early signs of dyslexia? Two people (my mam and a friend who has a dyslexic daughter) have...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7828121.stm I couldn't find much in the forum on the issue with a quick search .Anyone care to comment?

It's a false choice fallacy, since the person in question may be dyslexic and dumb, or neither, but I couldn't think of a catchier title. I could have posted this in Education, but I know how much teachers drink on the weekends. I'm looking for a diagnosis before my dinner & movie date tonight...

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Found this on boing boing. Interesting, if shown to be right - it appears to imply that dyslexia in an English speaker could indicate a genetic predisposition to learn a Chinese-type language and vice versa? If it's a hereditary condtion, could it be due to a gene that's crossed over from some...

I am wondering about something. I noticed when I am posting on this forum, that I have messed up and have had to fix some of my mistakes. I see the words as correct, but after I press send and review it, I realize I've made mistakes. Could this be dylexia? Can someone tell me symptoms and...

As far as I can tell from reading up on it, this is another overhyped, celebrity endorsed miracle cure. The only miracle being poeple fall for it. While it may improve self confidence there is nothing to suggest that it actually does anything to help with the underlying causes of dyslexia.

Why aren't some books printed with number and letter reversals so people with dyslexia can read?

I have a daughter with severe dyslexia. We are talking thousands of hours of tutoring since she was quite young, and we are thrilled she can "kind of" read enough to barely function in the real world. Forget school, books on tape and an intensive LD program (along with even more expensive...

At least according to Radio 5 this morning. Apparently doing simple exercises, twice a day for 10 minutes each time cures Autism and ADHD. It works by stimulating the cerebellum which enables more tasks to be processed in the background leaving the rest of the brain to handle learning. They...

An outfit calling themselves ddat or dore The website doesn't give much away ... the advertise on cable TV here which, due to my unreasonable prejudice about the stuff, made me think it was just exercise in separating people from cash. Anyone know anything about it and whether it works? I...