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Unraveling Dyslexic Brains - Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle are making strides understanding how dyslexic brains work. Developmental neuropsychologist Virginia Berninger, Ph.D., and neurophysicist Todd Richards, Ph.D., lead a team of researchers whose studies have shown that the brains of children with dyslexia work about five times harder than other children's brains when performing the same language task. You think you're tired at the end of a school day? Imagine if your brain had to work five times harder!
Lets look at this as an adult. It's no wonder many dyslexics are stressed out when trying to compete it a literate world. Many who will have little or no support that will enable them to find coping stratagies that will enable them to work more effectively in the work place.
At college and uni dyslexics are placed behind the eight ball all the time. For example, when I wanted to get books from the college and uni library. I struggled because all I saw when I looked on the bookshelves was just a load of street pizza.
I happen to be a visual motor dyslexic. One problem I have is with my handwriting. I can't join up and have to print in capital letter quite slowly. Before I became IT literate I had to write all mt assignments by hand. % time harder blimey that was 15 or 20 times harder. Then I got one assignment back from one teacher who wrote, "this must be very time consuming, how will you cope during exams?"
Lets look at this as an adult. It's no wonder many dyslexics are stressed out when trying to compete it a literate world. Many who will have little or no support that will enable them to find coping stratagies that will enable them to work more effectively in the work place.
At college and uni dyslexics are placed behind the eight ball all the time. For example, when I wanted to get books from the college and uni library. I struggled because all I saw when I looked on the bookshelves was just a load of street pizza.
I happen to be a visual motor dyslexic. One problem I have is with my handwriting. I can't join up and have to print in capital letter quite slowly. Before I became IT literate I had to write all mt assignments by hand. % time harder blimey that was 15 or 20 times harder. Then I got one assignment back from one teacher who wrote, "this must be very time consuming, how will you cope during exams?"
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Permalink Reply by Louise Franks on -
Only 5 times harder?????
Must be at least 10 I'd say. I herd that last statement so many times as well. Fact is I didn't cope well in exams. Until I finally gave in and got sum extra help for exams.
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