2017 DAW Packs and Resources The Dyslexia Awareness Week (DAW 2017) packs are available to download. These packs provide an overview of the week and include posters, videos and training materials. For DAW 2017 we have created two DAW Packs: one DAW Pack for Children & Schools and another...
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The US Glossary of Education Reform is a free, online resource that explicates and contextualizes major terms, concepts, and strategies in public-education reform. The glossary is designed to give journalists, parents, and the public an accessible, easily navigated, go-to reference for accurate, factual, and objective information on major education-reform issues...
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The following is a newspaper article interview by Cherie Moselen of the Warrandyte Diary dated: June 2016 Learning to read. It’s as easy as ABC, right? Unfortunately for people with dyslexia, the path to literacy can be a serious struggle. So serious, the stigma of failure for some can lead...
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Dyslexics are often described as big picture, out of the box thinkers, but there’s much more to it than that… And new scientific research can tell us why. More and more, we are hearing about twice exceptional dyslexics (2e)…Those dyslexics who struggle to read and spell, but are highly intelligent,...
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Ottawa’s Shaylyn Hewton, 13, is a nationally ranked swimmer. She is also dyslexic and takes out her stress in the pool. The list of accomplished dyslexics is long and distinguished and includes basketballer, Michael Jordan, Boxer, Muhammad Ali, racing car driver, Sir Jackie Stewart, and golfer, Adam Scott. All these...
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Source original article from the Hull Daily Mail by Trudi Davidson, Oct, 2013 Beverley Grammar School assistant headteacher, Edward Vickerman was told he would never achieve his dream of becoming a teacher because of his dyslexia. Mr Vickerman is proud to be a judge for this month’s annual awards, after...
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WASHINGTON – Reading about Harry Potter’s adventures learning to fly his broomstick activates some of the some of the same regions in the brain we use to perceive real people’s actions and intentions. In a novel study, scientists who peeked into the brains of people caught up in a good...
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A 10-year-old dyslexic Brisbane boy has raised money through crowdfunding to travel to the London Book Fair. Author Aedan Lias has self-published eight books despite having dyslexia, and aims to push his work to publishers in the UK next year. The Brisbane boy began fundraising on crowdfunding site Pozzible over...
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Children with dyslexia and autism could receive assistance at Victorian schools for the first time under an Andrews government, with Labor to announce it would review the controversial funding system. A Labor government would introduce sweeping disability reforms after reports by the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission and...
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Aussie students set a brave example for their peers by embracing both the good and bad sides of being dyslexic. “Sometimes being dyslexic makes me feel angry because I feel so dumb,” says Will Mitchell. Then nine years old, he is speaking bravely to 49 of his school mates in...
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