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The Dyslexic Advantage shows you how to celebrate rather than suffer from your dyslexia. Children don't need to sit at the back of the class, panicking; they can learn to excel (The Times )
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What links Winston Churchill, Alan Sugar, Richard Branson, Jamie Oliver, David Bailey, Will Smith and countless other high achievers in a huge range of fields?
In this paradigm-shifting book, neuro-learning experts Drs Brock and Fernette Eide describe an exciting new brain science that reveals that people with dyslexia have unique brain structure and organisation. While the differences are responsible for certain challenges with literacy and reading, the dyslexic brain also gives a predisposition to important skills and special talents.
While dyslexics typically struggle to decode the written word, they often also excel in such areas of reasoning as mechanical (required for architects and surgeons), interconnected (artists and inventors); narrative (novelists and lawyers), and dynamic (scientists and business pioneers). The Dyslexic Advantage provides the first complete portrait of dyslexia.
With much-needed prescriptive advice for parents, educators and dyslexics, The Dyslexic Advantage provides the first complete portrait of dyslexia. Supporting their claims with groundbreaking science and interviews with successful dyslexics and innovative teachers, the authors of this essential book show how the unique strengths of dyslexia can be captured for success at home, at school and at work.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
'Dyslexic Advantage' turns dyslexia on its head, from what can feel like a humiliating handicap into a source of joy and pride.
The authors present compelling, high quality research and scientific evidence from the fields of neuroscience, cognition and education, showing that dyslexia comes with huge advantages. They also include case studies to illustrate their points in a more immediate and personal way, and a wealth of advice and research-based methods for capitalising on the strengths and overcoming or living with the problems of dyslexia at every stage of life, from primary school to the workplace.
It is no exaggeration to say that reading this book can really change the life of a dyslexic person - every single dyslexic individual should read it (or listen to the audio version, which is very well read), and everyone who cares for dyslexics personally or professionally should too. I guarantee that by the time they finish it, non-dyslexics will be more than a little envious of the dyslexic advantage!
The authors present compelling, high quality research and scientific evidence from the fields of neuroscience, cognition and education, showing that dyslexia comes with huge advantages. They also include case studies to illustrate their points in a more immediate and personal way, and a wealth of advice and research-based methods for capitalising on the strengths and overcoming or living with the problems of dyslexia at every stage of life, from primary school to the workplace.
It is no exaggeration to say that reading this book can really change the life of a dyslexic person - every single dyslexic individual should read it (or listen to the audio version, which is very well read), and everyone who cares for dyslexics personally or professionally should too. I guarantee that by the time they finish it, non-dyslexics will be more than a little envious of the dyslexic advantage!
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is a great book for understanding my Dyslexic son's mind. It gave me a better insight in to what he's strengths may be in adulthood and in his future working life! He has a lot of hurdles to cross throughout his school years, and this book will get us through every low. I highly recommend this book as it helped me to concentrate on the positive side (Advantages) of Dyslexia.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is great book for anyone who is dyslexic. I am mildly effected in the auditory processing and working memory areas. However this book is really inspiring because it concentrates on advantages not disability. Even though I can't spell at all I have skills far greater than the normal folk I work with. This is great read for folk who consider themselves normal as well. Highly recommended. It's good to feel like you have an advantage from the suffering of learning to write!!
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Differently wired
The book's subject is how individual brains are differently wired and the wiring of the brain of someone with symptoms of dyslexia has a specific wiring. Read more
Published 27 days ago by George
Help at last?
I bought this as a CD for my dyslexic son, no chance of him reading a book! It was highly recommended by the Dyslexia Association, so I hope it was useful to him. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Elaine C
Inspirational
I go this book on kindle and it was a real joy to read, with kindles accessibility such as text to speech and font selection. Read more
Published 1 month ago by M. SMITH
A ten star book on Dyslexia
The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain
This is a BRILLIANT 10 star book. Read more
This is a BRILLIANT 10 star book. Read more
Published 4 months ago by A. Tate
Anne Blythe
This is a ground-breaking book. Exploring dyslexia not as a deficit model - the customary approach, but as an alternative, with different brain structure leading to different ways... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Anne Blythe
Advantage, Dyslexia.
It's not often you can say that something has helped to change things almost overnight, but this is what has happened on reading this book. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Graham
Encouraging
I have bought this book for my brother for Christmas. So I do not as yet know what his reaction will be but I am hoping it will help him as he has always felt that his dyslexia was... Read more
Published 7 months ago by E. A. Coulson
very good read
this book is a very good read for those who are interested about learning more into dyslexia.
Provides a very good insightful idea about this subject.
Provides a very good insightful idea about this subject.
Published 7 months ago by Ben Pearce
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