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Grant Funds Genetic Test for Dyslexia by Shelley Dannenberg Patient Expert Yale University has won a $5.2 million dollar grant to conduct studies in locating genes involved with dyslexia.The research will be led by Dr. Jeffrey Gruen, an associate professor at the Department of Pediatrics, Genetics, and Investigative Medicine at Yale. Gruen's discovery ... Read on »
Dyslexia is... by Eric W. Patient Expert Going through all the jelly jars in the cupboard to find the one cherry jar. Strawberry, raspberry, raspberry strawberry blueberry awww cherry. Opening the jar smoothing a nice slice of jelly toast. Taking a big bite of jelly covered bread.... only to discover that the jar you opened was raspberry all along. In fact that jar of Cherry jelly ne ... Read on »
Dyslexia by Kimberly H. Patient Expert Let me preface this by saying - I truly have a soft place in my heart for people with learning disabilities... and while I've never been officially diagnosed with dyslexia - I firmly believe that I have it in some mild form. Case in point - 99% of the time, if you give me a phone number or a series of numbers to remember... I'm going t ... Read on »
The Misdiagnosis of Dyslexia by Drs. Fernettte & Brock E. Medical Doctor Although dyslexia may be the most common learning "difference" or disability, in our practice it is one of the most commonly misdiagnosed conditions that leads to school struggles. Wha ... Read on »
The Talents of Dyslexia by Drs. Fernettte & Brock E. Medical Doctor This is such a wonderful paper, we have to include it in our blog. It's amazing that the very first case of dyslexia in 1896 had the headmaster's note that the boy "would be the smartest lad in the school if the instruction were entirely oral". How often this is true today. Eventual ... Read on »
Glasses for Dyslexia? by Shane H. Patient Expert 4 Comments What would you say if I told you that glasses could help your child's dyslexia? Yes, glasses. Dr. Robert Dahlem, in an effort to help his own dyslexic son, has created glasses (called RAD prism) to help children who suffer from this reading disa ... Read on »
Visual Dyslexia by Drs. Fernettte & Brock E. Medical Doctor For those who doubt a visual perceptual component to dyslexia or existence of the visual word form area, here's another important study. It's a case report, but because of it's careful analysis, it was able to demonstrate that t ... Read on »
Could it be Dyslexia? by Denise Punger MD IBCLC Medical Doctor ... irst William, Now Scott. But Scott is older than William was when he finally caught on. William is doing well. I was recently reminded of a very close blood relative who has dyslexia. It's been haunting me. Are the signs STARING me in the face? It sure looks like it. I know, I know... someone wants to blame it on his being "home-tutored." (The te ... Read on »
A New Angle on Dyslexia by Linda MacDonald Glenn Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven New York Times reports that an unexpectedly high number of small business owners are dyslexic. . The report, compiled by Julie Logan, a professor of entrepreneurship at the Cass Business School in London, found that more than a third of the entrepreneurs she had surveyed — 35 percent — identified themselves as dyslexic. The study also concluded t ... Read on »
Dyslexia Research Study by Shane H. Patient Expert ... f Health is searching for families of children with reading difficulties that do not respond adequately to the best available instruction. Your child will be given a group of tests that will take 30 minutes. Data from that test alone will help contribute to the understanding of dyslexia. Then, your family will be contacted from time to time with of ... Read on »