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Between Men and Women, Dyslexia Takes Sides
Science News (DC)
Women's brains have a different read on dyslexia than men's brains do. Women diagnosed with this severe disability in reading and other facets of written language show a right-brain deficit in tissue volume, in contrast to a primarily left-brain volume reduction already reported for dyslexic men, according to a Georgetown University neuroscientist.
Biking South of the Border: A Dyslexic Perspective
The Western Front (WA)
As a recipient of Fairhaven's $15,000 Adventure Learning Grant, Western Washington University junior Tyson Minck is stretching his dollar and mind to the fullest potential in a journey which he has titled "The Bicycle's Impact on South America: A Dyslexic Perspective."
Bill Promotes Best Practices in Teaching Students with Reading Disabilities
PolitickerNJ.com (NJ)
The New Jersey state senate cleared a bill that would create the New Jersey Reading Disabilities Task Force to study best practices for diagnosing, treating, and educating students with reading disabilities.
Bills Would Add Dyslexia to Learning-Disabilities List
Columbus Dispatch (OH)
Dyslexia would be added to the Ohio's official definition of learning disabilities under a bill sponsored by two central Ohio lawmakers that passed the House last week.
Black and Latino Male Youth More Likely to be on Special-Ed 'Road to Nowhere'
New York Daily News
Black and Latino boys with disabilities are more likely to land in special-ed classes where dropout rates are high and chances of graduating are slim, a new report showed. Kids with disabilities in "self-contained" city classrooms - where all kids are in special education - had less than a 5% chance of graduating last year.
AACLD
The National Association for the Education of African American Children with Learning Disabilities (AACLD) provides numerous resources for the African-American LD community. You can access this information, as well as infobriefs, IDEA guidelines, and advocacy training information on their site.
Blind Rider Teaches Others with Disabilities
The Journal News (NY)
While there are numerous programs to teach disabled children and adults how to ride horses, the one at the Ramapo Equestrian Center in Suffern, NY is unique because it is led by an instructor who is herself disabled. Alison Dolan, who two years ago became the first blind instructor to be certified by a national organization, in December started her own instructional program for others with disabilities.
Boilermakers Leave Messages Behind at Mintonye Elementary
Journal and Courier (IN)
When Mintonye Elementary School students went to the Purdue University football home opener, they didn't know they'd soon meet the players off the field — in their school gymnasium. Defensive tackle Ryan Baker told the kids about his own struggles with a learning disability and encouraged them not to make fun of each other but to respect their classmates.
Boise Schools to Standardize Services for Students Who Are at Risk of Failing
Idaho Statesman
Guided by outside auditors who studied the district's special-ed services and outlined the strengths and weaknesses, district officials plan to refine the way they help students who are at risk of failing at school. Under the system now in place, "in our district, depending on what school you're at ... you'll have a very different experience," said Charlie Silva, special education coordinator for the Boise School District. "It needs to be streamlined, and that is what we're doing."
Book Review: 'Lightning Thief' Good Read for Kids, Adults
Wausau Daily Herald (WI)
Percy Jackson, the young hero of "The Lightning Thief" is far from perfect; he has ADD and dyslexia and has been kicked out of more schools than he can count. He soon learns, however, that he is in fact a demi-god — half god, half human. Ultimately, it is a story about finding your gifts, even if you think you don't have any, and using them in the best way possible.
Books to Match Diverse Young Readers
The New York Times
Introductory chapter books aimed at second, third and fourth grade readers overwhelmingly reflect a suburban milieu with white protagonists. Students of other races and ethnicities seldom encounter characters like themselves in books, and some education experts say that can be an obstacle to literacy. Below, click on titles that feature main characters who are black, Latino, Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native and read the beginning of each book.
Boston Charter Schools Lag in Serving the Neediest
Boston Globe
Governor Deval Patrick has touted his proposed expansion of charter schools as a way to help students who face the greatest academic challenges, such as language barriers and disabilities. But a Globe analysis shows that charter schools in cities targeted by the proposal tend to enroll few special education students or English language learners.
Boston Schools Lag in Special-Ed Plans
Boston Globe
The Boston public system is facing a ballooning backlog in its review of special education plans, federally mandated each year for thousands of students, prompting officials to propose one-time bonuses to staffers to get the job done.
Braille Under Siege As Blind Turn To Smartphones
National Public Radio
Like a lot of smartphone users, Rolando Terrazas, 19, uses his iPhone for email, text messages and finding a decent coffee shop. But Terrazas' phone also sometimes serves as his eyes: When he waves a bill under its camera, for instance, the phone tells him how much it's worth. Terrazas is blind, and having an app to tell bills apart can be a big help. Terrazas' daily life is full of useful technology like this, but it also has a downside: The more he uses technology, the less he uses Braille, the alphabet of raised dots that the blind read with their fingers.
Brain Activity Pattern Signals Ability to Compensate for Dyslexia
NIH News
Brain scans of dyslexic adolescents who were later able to compensate for their dyslexia showed a distinct pattern of brain activity when compared to scans of adolescents who were unable to compensate, reported researchers funded in part by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. The finding raises the possibility that, one day, imaging or other measures of brain activity could be used to predict which individuals with dyslexia would most readily benefit from various specific interventions.
Brain MRI Diagnoses Dyslexia Early
Hive Health Media
A recent study conducted at the Children’s Hospital Boston has concluded that the brain activity recorded on MRI scans even before a child actually learns to read could provide an early diagnostic marker for Dyslexia. It has been found that children at risk for Dyslexia have significant differences in brain activity that can be captured through MRI scans even before the child is capable of picking up his first lessons.
Brain Research Will Help Predict Mistakes
Canada.com (Canada)
Researchers have found that brain activity called alpha rhythms, the most predominant signal recorded in the brain, increases before a mistake is made. Lead researcher Ali Mazaheri imagines this could be used to alert a person with ADD/ADHD that their attention is declining and direct them to refocus, or help determine whether drugs for the disorders are effective.
Brain Scans Link ADHD to Biological Flaw Tied to Motivation
Washington Post
Scientists maintain that they've been narrowing in on the origins and mechanics of disabling distraction, while gathering increasing evidence that ADHD is as real as such less controversial disorders as Down syndrome and schizophrenia. Their most recent progress is described in a Sept. 9 report in the Journal of the American Medical Association, based on a new study that indicates a striking difference in the brain's motivational machinery in people with ADHD symptoms.
Brain Scans Shed Light on Dyslexia
U.S. News and World Report
New brain scans reveal more about how the minds of people with dyslexia work. The key problem seems to be a mismatch between seeing the letter and connecting it to the sound it represents or vice-versa, said researchers from the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands.
Brain Scans Spot Early Signs of Dyslexia
Reuters
Instead of waiting for a child to experience reading delays, scientists now say they can identify the reading problem even before children start school, long before they become labeled as poor students and begin to lose confidence in themselves.
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