Dyslexias: Annotated Bibliography

Discussions of dyslexia require a definition of the term, and this is where we can come into some confusion if we are not careful. In fact, the “problem” itself exists in the defining of the word, and thus the labeling of those to whom the definition applies. However, with some knowledge of the etiology of “dyslexia” we can begin to ply our beliefs off the population of “dyslexics” and start to gain some understanding of their experiences with language learning. This is, after all, the intention of this research. Guardiola (2001) also assisted in redirecting the academic focus in this direction, towards the etiology of the term and how its history has shaped current social work, education, neurobiology, and psychology perspectives.

A.About five to six percent of American public school children have been diagnosed with a learning disability; eighty percent of the diagnoses are dyslexia-related. But some studies indicate that up to twenty percent of the population may have some degree of dyslexia.

I have dyslexia, Which to me now isn't a big deal I take all the normal classes Get almost all A’s and I read well. I am not a great speller but that's not anything I can really change that. Dyslexia is something i've come to terms with in my life and I rarely think about that it affects me anymore, but it wasn't always like this for me.

Dyslexia is a term regularly bandied about the educational community and is a word that is likely to have been heard by most of the general public. For all its popularity, dyslexia is a term that is shrouded in confusion and ambiguity. This confusion was experienced first hand during SE1 and has been observed as something trainee teachers and teachers alike encounter regularly (PLL, 5/11/11], Appendix 1, pg2).

According to the article “A New Perspective Dyslexia” the author informs us about information that teachers and parents, who be stuck in the myths of dyslexia. This article will give you information that will might save our world’s next great inventor, engineer, or scientist. It starts by explaining on how this article will surprise you by learning that you, or someone you might know is dealing with this disorder and also to inform us news that we can share with others about it. It informs us that dyslexia is not news because we know what is, what to look for it in a person, and how we can help people with this disorder. it make us guess what this disorder this is by telling us some hints like how it is not rare, and how it affects about five

Dyslexia is quickly becoming one of the most common forms of learning disabilities in America. My personal purpose of conducting research on this topic is because my nine year old niece was diagnosed with dyslexia last year. The causes of all learning disabilities, not just dyslexia, are either heredity or environmental influences. Among these causes, each child is different, which is why it is most important to assess and treat the child as an individual not specifically as a child with dyslexia.

As a musician/performer I would say that I dealt with a few struggles throughout the semester. One major struggle would be trying my hardest not to get frustrated when I wasn’t able to play properly because allowing that to affect me would prevent me from getting better at my instrument. The second struggle was that I allowed myself to get distracted which also at times prevented me from doing my best. As far as my strengths I feel as though once I got through those struggles I was able to play my best and work harder to get those high notes out. Overall I believe that after the performances I was able to see how I have progressed and that allowed my determination to grow.

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There was a lot of interesting topics in both chapters for this week, but I am especially interested in the learning disorder of dyslexia in chapter eight. Dyslexia is a reading disorder that cause individuals to mix up similar letters such as p, q, b, and d, or rearrange words into either other words or gibberish. Researchers believe the cause of this disorder is malfunctioning neural networks of reading, and epigenetic processes, or environmental factors, are also thought to be a cause. However, dyslexia isn't the only learning disorder of this sort: Dyscalculia and dysgraphia also hinder a child's ability to learn normally. Dyscalculia centers around numbers. Individuals with this disorder typically can read letters just fine or with little

Having read-aloud accommodations for students with disabilities not only has a positive effect on students but also helps them tremendously in the classroom, especially on tests. “The participants who received the read-aloud instructional accommodation reported that the accommodation allowed them to pay better attention to the text, increased their focus, made reading easier, decreased stress, and improved reading rate and comprehension”, (Witmer, Cook, Scmitt, & Clinton, 2015). Providing read aloud accommodations for students with disabilities has helped students improve in many different aspects of the classroom including their test scores as well as playing a big part in their successfulness with regards to reading. “In general, both students

Some of us in the world may have problems with reading, spelling, and other academics. You might not know why they cannot read or spell as well as you can because they have a disorder. This disorder is called dyslexia. People with dyslexia struggle with: listening, reading, writing, spelling, and even handwriting. However, having dyslexia doesn’t mean that they are not intelligent. Some of the greatest minds in the world have or had dyslexia. One of the most fascinating reasons for dyslexia is the dominate ear. Even though they may be different doesn’t mean that they are stupid. (Hotz, Sollier)

Growing, developing and learning are the facts of life for all children. Each day children are faced with many new concepts and various challenges. Can you imagine how it feels for a child to face not only new challenges life has, but to face these challenges while living with a learning disability? These challenges are met not just when they begin school either. Students suffer from learning disabilities from the moment they begin learning, not when they start school. Learning disabilities are real and they affect millions of people. “One such disability that affects over approximately 15 percent of the total American population is dyslexia” ( Nosek 5).

Some of the words are still understandable, if I correct the spelling. When I read, it sounds like paragraph has a lot of missing parts. Student with reading disability can’t read correctly and skip some words. I will be able to catch the disability with signs and symptoms while they are working on class work. A Student who has reading disorder will have problems with general vocabulary skills, reading speed and fluency, understanding words and ideas, letter and word recognition. If I suspect that my student’s reading disability, I will find special assistance as soon as possible. Dyslexia is a type of reading disorder, this disability manifest in many ways. A Student with dyslexia may have trouble with reading quickly, writing words, spelling

As far as I know there are no genetic of family traits associated with Dyslexia that might have had an impact on his education and learning. He requires no overlay and has not expressed a need for coloured paper. He therefore does not experience any difficulties associated with visual stress/Irlen syndrome.

One of my primary focuses was to find out how different literatures dealt with Dyslexia and how best to support the child. Dyslexia can be described from a number of different perspectives as we see in Ball et al (2007) who explain that it can be “how one learns (Cognition), what parts of the brain are involved (neurology), what genes are involved (genetics) and behaviour (p14). Their book entitled ‘Dyslexia: An Irish perspective’ is very relevant to my research as it gives a great insight into the history of the special education sector in Ireland. It also looks into some of the key debates that are facing the educational sector today.