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Dyslexia Australia provides assessment, evaluations and solutions.  Find out more about Dyslexia symptoms, characteristics and help for dyslexic children and adults.  Dyslexia Australia uses the Davis Dyslexia Correctional Program.Dyslexia Symptoms and Assessment.  See if you have 10 or more characteristics of dyslexia.  Related Learning Disabilities, Perceptual/Visual Difficulties, Dysgraphia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia, ADD and ADHD.Dyslexia Australia provides solutions for reading, writing and comprehension with a Dyslexia Correction Facilitator trained and licensed with Davis Dyslexia Association International.Dyslexia Australia is proactive in dyslexia news, creating articles and has been published in magazines and in newspapers.  Read Dyslexia Australia's Articles.Dyslexia Australia answers many commonly asked questions about dyslexia.  Answers about phonics, cures, resilience, coloured lenses, program, diagnosis, and reading problems.Brenda Baird is a Dyslexia Correction Facilitator trained and licensed with Davis Dyslexia Association International.  Extensive training and knowledge of working with reading problems and behaviours associated with dyslexia.Dyslexia Australia is located in Springwood, QLD.  We are located only 20-25 min from Brisbane CBD and Airport and close to the Gold Coast.  Come to us or we can travel to you, should you live outside South East Queensland.
 

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August 2016 - When 10-3=8

June 2016 - Phonics: not always Jolly.  See article

June 2016 -  Our brain see words as pictures.  See research

June 2016 - Teaching reading - what evidence says.  See report


May 2016  Seven things to consider before investing in more phonics...See article

April 2016 - Phonics not a fix all...click for article

 

April 2016 See how some experience dyslexia...  Click here

 

March 2106  New way of thinking about learning to read: research article

 

February 2015...and I thought I knew how to spell the word "six"...http://youtu.be/J608Dbhs6J8

Phonics is not a fix-all drug that will get all children reading ...read more

September 2014 - A Different Way of Seeing Things. article link

 

March 2014 -  26% of children failing synthetic phonics.  See article

August 2014 - Professor Bob Burden, former BDA trustee, argues that dyslexics may be more in need of therapy or counselling than specific teaching interventions. … It may even be that the person with dyslexia is suffering from a surfeit (excess) of phonics...article link

 

March  2014 - UK Dyslexic Pupils not helped by Synthetic Phonics Click here

 

February 2014 - Why some kids can't spell Click here

 

July 2013 - radio interview Click here

 

July 2013 - Federal Speech in Parliament recognising Dyslexia Australia

Click here for video (Note: reference should be non-auditory not auditory)

July 2013 - Biloela family finds keys to learning to read with dyslexia Click here

June 2013 - Our Happy School House (ICPA News and Reviews) Click here for more

 

January  2013 -  Video - Championing Dyslexia

 

August  2012

Video - Dyslexia and Perception

 

Click here for new research - Dyslexic condition turns slime into smile

 

 

May 2012

Swamp cartoon used with permission

 

January 2012

Old problem needs new solution.  Click here for the article

November 2011

The visual dictionary idea rebuts the theory that our brain "sounds out" words each time we see them. 

Interesting study by Neuroscientists at  Georgetown University Medical Center (Click here for the article)

Breaking News: The phonics method of teaching children to read is not necessary past the initial stages of learning and continuing with it may disadvantage them in the long term...CLICK HERE

May 2011 - James Middleton's Speech (read article-click here)

 

January 2010 - Dyslexia Definitions

Read the new article about Dyslexia Definitions.
Thanks to all the dyslexics that voted.  Here are the final results:

 

Welcome To The Age of Dyslexia Awareness

February 2010 - Welcome To The Age of Dyslexia Awareness

Read the new article about the Age of Dyslexia and the Global Thinking About the State of Dyslexia.

"On Wednesday, February 17, I was a guest on the blog talk radio show Midlife Matters with Les Brown.  The conversation Les and I had started me thinking about the global state of dyslexia.  During the interview, I expressed this theory.

We are in phase two of a three-phase process necessary to eradicate dyslexia as a fundamental learning disability in our society.  Phase one is what I am calling "The Age of Ignorance", phase two is "The Age of Awareness", and phase three will be the "The Age of Consciousness"."

January 2010  - Report Calls For Action On Dyslexia

Read the new article about a new report submitted to the Federal Government about National Recognition of Dyslexia.

"The report to the federal parliamentary secretary for disabilities and children's services, Bill Shorten, says up to 10 per cent of people struggle to cope with dyslexia.

It says there are no pathways to diagnosis and support for children and adults with dyslexia. ''In the education system there are few qualified to diagnose, and the wait time for school psychologists is up to a year,'' the report by the Dyslexia Working Party says."

 


Can You Hear Your Child Cry?

September 2009 - Can you Hear Your Child Cry?

Read a parents poem Can You Hear Your Child Cry? Reprinted with permission from the Dyslexic Reader,
Issue 20, 1997.  What are your experiences?

   
Courier Mail

May 2009 - Teacher Brenda Baird helps dyslexic children, adults read

Read the Courier Mail article on how we continue to help children with Dyslexia.
Do you have any comments on this article? Give us your opinion

What's In A Name

May 2009 - What's in a Name

Read the article What's in a Name published in the May Edition of the Dyslexic Reader
Reprinted with permission.

   
Visual vs Auditory Learning

August 2008 - Visual vs Auditory Learning

Brenda Baird writes...

What do Jamie Oliver, Keira Knightley, Richard Branson, Ted Turner, Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein have in common? They are all internationally recognised in their chosen fields and they are dyslexic. The only famous dyslexic Australian that comes to mind is Kerry Packer and it’s only common knowledge because he spoke openly about it.  The fact that we only know about Kerry Packer’s dyslexia is not that he is a unique Australian in this sense, it is because dyslexia is not recognised in Australia and most suffer because they remain undiagnosed.

Why is dyslexia not recognised in Australia?

Click Here for a full copy of this article.

Moves afott to deal with Dyslexia

June 2007  - Moves afoot to deal with Dyslexia.

New Zealand is recognizing Dyslexia and has asked for expressions of interest from a variety of sources. Click here for an extract of an article written for an independent New Zealand Newspaper One News titled "Moves afoot to deal with Dyslexia" written by Chelsea Burke, gives an insight into the struggle made by the Dyslexia Foundation in New Zealand to have Dyslexia recognised.

Not Dumb, Dyslexic - Dolly Magazine

December 2004 - DOLLY on Dyslexia

"Not dumb, dyslexic" is a 'Super Star' article published in Dolly Magazine January 2005. Click Here for a look at the article from Dolly Magazine.
This article is copyrighted by Dolly Magazine and ACP Publishing.

The article lets people know that they are special, interesting and especially creative.

For more information, and how we can help you, click here  for an outline of our Program.

 
   
Dyslexia with a Twist - Wrong Way Round

January 29, 2004 - Dyslexia with a Twist

"Wrong Way Round" is a thought provoking article published in Melbourne's Herald Sun on January 29, 2004, and Brisbane's Courier Mail on January 31, 2004. Click Here for a look at the article from Brisbane Courier Mail.
This article is copyrighted by The Courier Mail and News Limited.

A small correction is required in the article. The final lines in the article should read.
"A client, who was functionally illiterate until the age of 17, passed his driver's test within six months of learning the method".

Brenda's' husband Frank, is dyslexic. He successfully avoided reading in High School, and not until he was 21, did he read his first complete novel. Frank now regularly reads 2 books every month.

For more information, and how we can help you, click here  for an outline of our Program.

 

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