by Fernette Eide | | Art, Brain, creativity, Dyslexic Advantages, Premium, Premium Content, Research
BBC Science: “…artists had increased neural matter in areas relating to fine motor movements and visual imagery. The research, published in NeuroImage, suggests that an artist’s talent could be innate…these detailed scans revealed that the artist group had...
by Dyslexic Advantage Team | | Being Dyslexic, Careers, creativity, Famous People with Dyslexia, Professionals
“I believe that not being able to read has offered me some fabulous opportunities to see the world differently. ” Clark Mishler Clark Mishler is one of the most sought-after photographers in Alaska and one of the top assignment photographers in the...
by Dyslexic Advantage Team | | creativity, dyslexia, VIsual
“For many years, I have been homeschooling with my (stealth) dyslexic son, who is now 17. Because of his profile and interests, very few standard approaches have worked, including things like Orton-Gillingham, and speech to text. We have had to make a lot up,...
by Dyslexic Advantage Team | | creativity, dyslexia, Reading, VIsual
“The first book I ever read was a comic book…” “Comics were my lifeline…” “The way I got through college, was comics…” What is it about comics? So many kids and adults over the years have told us how...
by Dyslexic Advantage Team | | creativity, Dyscalculia, Math
1. CARD GAMES With a little twist, card games like War and Go Fish can be used to help kids hold onto math facts and math manipulations over the summer. If War (higher card win) is too simple, then Subtraction War (figuring out the difference between two cards) might...
by Dyslexic Advantage Team | | creativity, Famous People with Dyslexia
Jewel is a multi-platinum singer-songwriter, poet, and actress who found success playing in coffeehouses in San Diego where she was discovered by a music manager and signed with Atlantic Records in 1994. It was 1996 when her first album took off, climbing to #11 on...