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
One request I’ve made every year to Harry’s teacher is to limit, or avoid, timed testing because he freezes under pressure. Things were easier when Harry was in primary school. Now that he’s in secondary school, he comes up against
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.
Kinesthetic learning, also known as hands-on or physical learning, is a learning style often suited to children with dyslexia. Learning
Why did we have to wait so long for the audiobook about dyslexia? Finally, my audiobook about dyslexia is available.
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.
