Although there can be many reasons for unclear speech, there is a connection between dyslexia and speech issues. Our daughter spoke before her first birthday. Harry, child number two, still wasn’t speaking clearly at almost three and only knew a
Which hand do you eat with? Write with? My son Harry has dyslexia. He also is mixed-handed (he doesn’t have a dominant hand), so is there a connection between dyslexia and hand dominance? I learned someone could use a different
My sixteen-year-old son, Harry, loves music. He enjoys playing instruments, listening to songs, even singing, but he absolutely hates writing about music. Last night he tried to finish his music homework. The assignment required him to write about a Beethoven
Mathematics – even the word makes me sweat. Trying to say dyscalculia sends me into a tailspin. At school, I had a very old-fashioned maths teacher who sat his pupils according to their latest test results. Talk about pressure! Maths
Max Hides lives for mountain biking and is a world-class rider. Here’s what helped him overcome his dyslexia and autism to become a champion. In 2017 Max represented New Zealand at the Enduro World Series in Rotorua. He won the
When my son, Harry, was three years old, we had no idea why he couldn’t sit through a meal like his sister. He had to get up regularly and run around. Then we discovered the benefits of giving him fish
Hi, I’m Beth. When I discovered my son had dyslexia, I had a ‘light-bulb’ moment and understood this explained many of my own difficulties. Ever since, I’ve been on a mission to discover the best ways to wrestle, what I like to call, the dyslexia octopus.
I remember when my son Harry started school and hit the literacy roadblock. He’d been a happy child up to
“I don’t want to go back to school.” What do you hear from your child at the start of the
Hi, I’m Beth. Seven years ago, when I discovered my son had dyslexia, I had a ‘light-bulb’ moment and understood this explained many of my own difficulties. Ever since, I’ve been on a mission to discover the best ways to wrestle what I like to call the dyslexia octopus.
