by Dyslexic Advantage Team | | dyslexia, Education, Parents, Social and Emotional, Strategies, Teaching
Dr. Michael Ryan is a Michigan Clinical Psychologist who developed one of the first clinical programs for LD students at Colorado State University and he spoke at our first Dyslexic Advantage conference. From his writing at LDOnline and the IDA: How can parents and...
by Dyslexic Advantage Team | | Work
Q: I’m trying to help a friend who’s having some difficulties at work. What resources are available for adults? A: As you may already know, there are many more resources for children than adults when it comes to dyslexia testing and support. Not all...
by Dyslexic Advantage Team | | Being Dyslexic, dyslexia, Famous People with Dyslexia, Premium, Premium Content, Professionals, Science, Technology
Many of the world’s greatest innovators are dyslexic. These creators with a capital ‘C’, more often than not, arrive at their conclusions through wild leaps of their ideas rather than incremental, step-by-step invention. This pattern, which appears...
by Dyslexic Advantage Team | | Being Dyslexic, dyslexia, Famous People with Dyslexia, Professionals, Science
Dr. Carol Greider was folding laundry at home when she got the call in 2009 that she had won the Nobel Prize in Medicine. She decided to wake up her kids and tell them. “Do we have to go to school?”. “No you don’t,” she said, and she took...
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...