From these results it looks as though your children will be busy having fun this holiday season. Thanks to everyone who took time out of their busy end of year schedule, to respond to our survey. It’s fabulous to see the wide variety of answers we received. A large number...
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Thank you to everyone who took the time to answer the survey asking about your child’s Super-Power. It is clear from the results that while some children may struggle with some aspects of their learning, they do in fact have their own super-powers. While every child is different, it is...
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Thank you to all the people who responded to the 4 questions I asked, about their children changing schools and repeating a year. These responses help me and my team understand your personal experiences surrounding your child repeating a school year or changing schools to access better levels of support....
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Firstly, a big thank you to everyone who took the time to email or comment about your number one concern or worry regarding a child or a student with a school learning difficulty. Those who asked specific questions, I will answer those over the next few weeks as I cover...
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My name is Byron Pitts. I’m the co-anchor for Nightline for ABC News. I’m a professional journalist. I didn’t learn to read until I was 12 years old. I spoke with a stutter until I was 20, my junior year in college. I was bullied in school. Words like dummy,...
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I am an academic with dyslexia and I would like to share my story with you. Dyslexia in academia is a conundrum – it is basically a learning difficulty, and coping with dyslexia is a very personal journey. It is different for everyone. For me, dyslexia affects – among other...
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This is such great 10 minute talk on having dyslexia. Tim Keller whose formal title, Mayor Keller, didn’t learn to decode or compute using mental math until the age of 27. He has a photographic memory and got into Harvard with his intelligence and wit not his standardised test results...
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If you have a child or know a student with dyslexia who is good at Art – encourage them. Individuals with dyslexia tend to have an inbuilt aptitude for two directional visual representation and three-dimensional constructs. Individuals with dyslexia generally have very strong visual skills, a vivid imagination, strong practical/manipulative...
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Well here we are – Midnight in London and 10am in Toowoomba… 10 years to the hour since I officially finished my high school studies. To anyone that is finishing high school this week – a little story of encouragement for you. I struggled through high school because of an...
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A DYSLEXIC teenager who was turned away from 30 schools has started his dream course at university. Jack Harley-Walsh first made headlines when he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for charity at the age of ten. A year later he faced the even bigger obstacle of getting into a school, with 30...
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