What causes dyslexia is an interesting question, there are a number of ideas but no one exactly know but what we do know its caused by the brain rewirred differently than non dyslexics. We do know why dyslexics can have slower reading and that is because of Eye Fatigue, a high percentage of dyslexics have [...]

In today´s education environment students are labelled dyslexic and schools think ok we now give them support by sending them to the disability department, but this label itself can cause problems because the label is seen as a negative. I am a believer that the label should be seen as a positive for the students [...]

Use colour pens when using the white pen Don't give student pages with lots of text to read When giving out notes to the class, have the notes on bullet points Use videos in class, dyslexic will remember more Don't ask students to read out aloud in class Its the content in a dyslexic work [...]

Try reading on ipad or computer if you can, this will reduce the glear from the text that you normally get from paper. When picking a book to read or paper on text, try and find pages that have larger text and spread out more. If your eye are stressed from reading, take your time. [...]

Read the question 5 times before answering it Have a spare peice of paper to write down some notes Take your time, its better to get the question rights Look at the paper and answer the questions you know first and then answer the questions you will have difficult with after When you have an [...]

Plan out your report before you start Think of an report or essay as introduction, findings and conclusion Take your time and plan your work and then research it When writing your work do, write it first and then read through it and re-edit your grammar Try and use a computer to do your work [...]

User bullet points for notes Have 3 books for each class, classwork, homework and revision notes When researching a topic, read books that have pictures and alot of spacing in book. So not much text on the pages, this will help you to read more easily Ask your teachers for topics to research in your [...]

Parents are always looking to help their child with their dyslexia but I believe parents it’s important for parents to research what exactly what dyslexia is and support the dyslexic child needs. Most parents hear their child has dyslexia but they don’t exactly know what it is. It’s important to learn what dyslexia is so [...]

Being a dyslexic student in a classroom 6 hours a day can be very stressful with the difficulties of reading or writing. Dyslexics are in stress environment and hardly do well in class because of their failure which they see each day, 5 days a week. So it´s important to help dyslexic learn how to [...]

Dyslexic students struggle to put information on paper but here are my ideas to help dyslexics write and organise their notes.   Notes should be written in 2 books for class:- Classwork book Note book (how to and bullet point facts)   Organising work is extremely important because students need to easily read and remember [...]