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Here is an article from London about a severely dyslexic elementary school aged boy named David. His mom has been requesting services since kindergarden to no avail. I get angry when I hear stories like this. Waiting until a kid fails for long enough before getting some possible relief and services is an atrocious model [...]

Now in its 15th year of helping individuals of any age with learning disabilities go on and succeed in school and life, The Lee Pesky Learning Center is located in Boise, Idaho and offices in Caldwell, Hailey, and Ketchum. More: continued here

Do you remember when Susan Boyle won the “Britain’s Got Talent” competition in 2009? The media focused on the surprise of her beautiful voice. It came out of a 47 year old, unemployed woman who did not meet cultural appearance standards. The video of her tape went viral. Her video inspired me for the same [...]

I’m a very very good reader, fast, accurate and an excellent literal and inferential comprehender…..most of the time. Richard Wanderman, founder of LD Resources, is among other things, dyslexic and probably not the fastest most accurate reader of all time. He’s also a wonderful photographer and an excellent and thoughtful writer. A few weeks back [...]

Photo by Rebecca Reid This article from the London Evening Standard, tells the story of a really wealthy and quite successful London business man, Andreas Panayioto. It’s quite fascinating, and not primarily because of his wealth. Among other things, he talks about memorizing the shapes of whole words to help him cope. He describes how [...]