Informative Speech : A Speech On Dyslexia

Dyslexia Topic: Dyslexia Purpose: To inform the audience about dyslexia. Whenever you think of dyslexia, you may think of people confusing their left from their right or mixing run with fun or the number six with nine, but dyslexia is more than that. The word dyslexia derives from Greek origin. The Greek prefix “dys” means difficult and the Greek “lexia” means read, so dyslexia means “difficulty in reading” (Hennigh 1995). I. The definition of dyslexia. According to Gavin Reid in his book Dyslexia

successful people who have dyslexia. There are many more people around us that live with dyslexia and have found ways to make themselves successfully function in society. II. You or someone you know might be or had been diagnosed with dyslexia and you are here tonight at my information session to learn more about dyslexia. III. I have been in several Special Education classes at Widener University and my sister has dyslexia so I have experience working with people who have dyslexia. IV. Tonight I am going

temporal cues are generally recognized as secondary or concomitant to the primary cue of F0 in the literature of tone perception (Gandour, 1983; Khouw and Ciocca, 2007). In cognitive frameworks of auditory perception (Holt and Lotto, 2008, 2010), the speech signal encompasses a multitude of acoustic

of the SENCO and dyslexia: how this role has been affected and impacted upon by recent legislation Introduction The BDA Dyslexia Friendly Schools Pack for Teachers (2009) provides an overall guide of what dyslexia is and how a dyslexia friendly school should be delivering education to the dyslexic learner. The writers begin with a definition of dyslexia stating that “dyslexia is a learning difference, a combination of strengths and weaknesses”. This is an informative definition as opposed

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, also known as IDEA was originally created in 1975 to ensure that children with disabilities were given the opportunity to receive a free and adequate education. IDEA has been revised and many times since 1975, the most recent being in 2004. IDEA consists of parts A, B, C, and D. Part A outlines the basic foundation, and defines terms used throughout the act. Part B outlines the responsibilities of schools to educate students aged 3-21. The Individuals

to the fridge while I stuffed my math projects into the back of my desk. The older I grew, the more apparent it became that I had a learning disorder -- not just a crooked skill set. As a teenager, I was finally diagnosed with an unusual form of dyslexia called numeric processing disorder. My condition that heavily impeded my mathematical abilities as well as my developmental reasoning skills. I

Introduction Health literacy is the ability to read, comprehend, and utilize healthcare information in order to make health related decisions based on the individual 's interpretation of this information (Eadie, 2014). This includes the individual 's ability to "perform Internet searches, reading health prevention pamphlets, measuring medication doses, and understanding and complying with verbal or written health care instructions" (Eadie, 2014, p. 10). These barriers significantly affect patient