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United Response Welcomes Report On Human Rights Of Adults With Learning Disabilities

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The national disability charity United Response has welcomed the publication of The Joint Committee of Human Rights report, 'A Life Like Any Other?'Chief Executive Su Sayer, has particularly welcomed the committee's recommendations on the need for a human rights based approach to healthcare, but has ...

read more The national disability charity United Response has welcomed the publication of The Joint Committee of Human Rights report, 'A Life Like Any Other?'Chief Executive Su Sayer, has particularly welcomed the committee's recommendations on the need for a human rights based approach to healthcare, but has read more Wed Mar 2008 Wed Mar 2008

First Cell Phone That Reads To The Blind And Dyslexic Released By Joint Venture Of Kurzweil Technologies And The National Federation Of The Blind

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K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc., a company combining the research and development efforts of the National Federation of the Blind and Kurzweil Technologies, Inc., unveils an exciting product line that will revolutionize access to print for anyone who has difficulty seeing or reading print, including ...

read more K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc., a company combining the research and development efforts of the National Federation of the Blind and Kurzweil Technologies, Inc., unveils an exciting product line that will revolutionize access to print for anyone who has difficulty seeing or reading print, including read more Fri Feb 2008 Fri Feb 2008

Slow Reading In Dyslexia Tied To Disorganized Brain Tracts

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Dyslexia marked by poor reading fluency -- slow and choppy reading -- may be caused by disorganized, meandering tracts of nerve fibers in the brain, according to researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). The study, using the latest imaging methods, g ...

read more Dyslexia marked by poor reading fluency -- slow and choppy reading -- may be caused by disorganized, meandering tracts of nerve fibers in the brain, according to researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). The study, using the latest imaging methods, g read more Fri Feb 2008 Fri Feb 2008

Brain Abnormalities Discovered In People Who Have Trouble Reading Fast

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Some people who have problems reading quickly appear to have abnormalities in the white matter of their brains, according to research published in the December 4, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Researchers say these findings provide a model to be ...

read more Some people who have problems reading quickly appear to have abnormalities in the white matter of their brains, according to research published in the December 4, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Researchers say these findings provide a model to be read more Fri Feb 2008 Fri Feb 2008

Rewiring Dyslexic Children's Brains Using Sound Training

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Some children with dyslexia struggle to read because their brains aren't properly wired to process fast-changing sounds, according to a brain-imaging study published this month in the journal Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. The study found that sound training via computer exercises can liter ...

read more Some children with dyslexia struggle to read because their brains aren't properly wired to process fast-changing sounds, according to a brain-imaging study published this month in the journal Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. The study found that sound training via computer exercises can liter read more Fri Feb 2008 Fri Feb 2008

Adults with dyslexia can improve with phonics-based instruction

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New research shows that phonics-based instruction can actually change brain activity in adults with dyslexia, resulting in significant improvements in reading. The findings from a collaborative study by Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and Georgetown University Medical Center were r ...

read more New research shows that phonics-based instruction can actually change brain activity in adults with dyslexia, resulting in significant improvements in reading. The findings from a collaborative study by Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and Georgetown University Medical Center were r read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Learning software developed by Rutgers-Newark scientist helps 450,000 students with reading

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About 450,000 children spread among 2,700 public school districts in 25 states (USA) all have something in common: They've used educational Fast ForWord software products developed from research that began in the lab of Rutgers-Newark professor of neuroscience Paula Tallal. [click link for full ...

read more About 450,000 children spread among 2,700 public school districts in 25 states (USA) all have something in common: They've used educational Fast ForWord software products developed from research that began in the lab of Rutgers-Newark professor of neuroscience Paula Tallal. [click link for full read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Dyslexia - Separate genes influence speed, accuracy in decoding written words

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Researchers trying to tease out the genetic basis of dyslexia have discovered a location on chromosome 2 that may contain one or more genes that contribute to the reading disorder and make it difficult for people to rapidly pronounce pseudowords. The team from the University of Washington, headed by ...

read more Researchers trying to tease out the genetic basis of dyslexia have discovered a location on chromosome 2 that may contain one or more genes that contribute to the reading disorder and make it difficult for people to rapidly pronounce pseudowords. The team from the University of Washington, headed by read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Having Right Timing 'Connections' In Brain Is Key To Overcoming Dyslexia

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Using new software developed to investigate how the brains of dyslexic children are organized, University of Washington researchers have found that key areas for language and working memory involved in reading are connected differently in dyslexics than in children who are good readers and spellers. ...

read more Using new software developed to investigate how the brains of dyslexic children are organized, University of Washington researchers have found that key areas for language and working memory involved in reading are connected differently in dyslexics than in children who are good readers and spellers. read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

25th Anniversary Of BIDMC Dyslexia Research Lab

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In the 25 years since establishing the Dyslexia Research Laboratory at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Albert Galaburda, MD, has witnessed a dramatic transformation in thinking among both scientists and the public."Over the years, there have been a host of explanations offered to expla ...

read more In the 25 years since establishing the Dyslexia Research Laboratory at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Albert Galaburda, MD, has witnessed a dramatic transformation in thinking among both scientists and the public. read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

New UCLA Study Challenges Theory Of Inner Clock

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"Time" is the most popular noun in the English language, yet how would we tell time if we didn't have access to the plethora of watches, clocks and cell phones at our disposal?For decades, scientists have believed that the brain possesses an internal clock that allows it to keep track of time. Now a ...

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New Dyslexia Theory Blames 'Noise'

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The dyslexic brain struggles to read because even small distractions can throw it off, according to a new model of dyslexia emerging from a group of recent studies.The studies contradict an influential, 30-year-old theory that blamed dyslexia on a neural deficit in processing the fast sounds of lang ...

read more The dyslexic brain struggles to read because even small distractions can throw it off, according to a new model of dyslexia emerging from a group of recent studies.The studies contradict an influential, 30-year-old theory that blamed dyslexia on a neural deficit in processing the fast sounds of lang read more Tue Dec 2006 Tue Dec 2006

Link Between A Sound And A Reward Changes Brain And Behavior

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If you've ever wondered how you recognize your mother's voice without seeing her face or how you discern your cell phone's ring in a crowded room, researchers may have another piece of the answer.Their work indicates that once you figure out your mother's voice is a good thing - most days - fairly s ...

read more If you've ever wondered how you recognize your mother's voice without seeing her face or how you discern your cell phone's ring in a crowded room, researchers may have another piece of the answer.Their work indicates that once you figure out your mother's voice is a good thing - most days - fairly s read more Tue Oct 2006 Tue Oct 2006

Dyslexia News from Medical News Today

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Latest Dyslexia news updated throughout the day, every day ...

read more Latest Dyslexia news updated throughout the day, every day read more Tue Aug 2006 Tue Aug 2006

Learning Disabilities: NIH Turns To FSU For Top Research

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Florida State University has been awarded a $6-million grant from the federal government over five years to fund research efforts aimed at more effectively understanding, predicting and preventing the development of learning disabilities such as dyslexia in children, it was announced today.The grant ...

read more Florida State University has been awarded a $6-million grant from the federal government over five years to fund research efforts aimed at more effectively understanding, predicting and preventing the development of learning disabilities such as dyslexia in children, it was announced today.The grant read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

Brain Images Show Individual Dyslexic Children Respond To Spelling Treatment

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Brain images of children with dyslexia taken before they received spelling instruction show that they have different patterns of neural activity than do good spellers when doing language tasks related to spelling. But after specialized treatment emphasizing the letters in words, they showed similar ...

read more Brain images of children with dyslexia taken before they received spelling instruction show that they have different patterns of neural activity than do good spellers when doing language tasks related to spelling. But after specialized treatment emphasizing the letters in words, they showed similar read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

Dyslexia risk gene identified

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About five million Germans have serious learning difficulties when it comes to reading and writing. It is frequently the case that several members of the same family are affected. So hereditary disposition seems to play an important role in the occurrence of dyslexia. Scientists at the universities ...

read more About five million Germans have serious learning difficulties when it comes to reading and writing. It is frequently the case that several members of the same family are affected. So hereditary disposition seems to play an important role in the occurrence of dyslexia. Scientists at the universities read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

Novel discovery of 'DCDC2' gene associated with dyslexia

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Pediatric researchers at Yale School of Medicine have identified a gene on human chromosome 6 called DCDC2, which is linked to dyslexia, a reading disability affecting millions of children and adults. The researchers also found that a genetic alteration in DCDC2 leads to a disruption in the formatio ...

read more Pediatric researchers at Yale School of Medicine have identified a gene on human chromosome 6 called DCDC2, which is linked to dyslexia, a reading disability affecting millions of children and adults. The researchers also found that a genetic alteration in DCDC2 leads to a disruption in the formatio read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

Dyslexia redefined

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The dyslexic brain may have a general problem forming perceptual categories, including the templates for printed letters and speech sounds, say USC neuroscientists. This is reflected in a reduced ability to filter out visual "noise" that can obscure a pattern, the researchers suggest. [click link fo ...

read more The dyslexic brain may have a general problem forming perceptual categories, including the templates for printed letters and speech sounds, say USC neuroscientists. This is reflected in a reduced ability to filter out visual read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

New evidence for roots of dyslexia, study

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Addressing a persistent debate in the field of dyslexia research, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Southern California (USC) have disproved the popular theory that deficits in certain visual processes cause the spelling and reading woes commonly suffered by dys ...

read more Addressing a persistent debate in the field of dyslexia research, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Southern California (USC) have disproved the popular theory that deficits in certain visual processes cause the spelling and reading woes commonly suffered by dys read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

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