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August  2012

Video - Dyslexia and Perception

Further evidence that a non-phonics based approach is necessary.  Dyslexia Australia has the solution

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

December 2011 - Dyslexia Australia recommends this Youtube video to all dyslexics searching for answers.

Congratulations to my associate, Marianne Mullally, in Sydney for inspiring HM to achieve BECAUSE of dyslexia.

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:

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."

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?

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. 

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.

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?

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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.

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.

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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.

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