HOW DO DYSLEXIC

PEOPLE LEARN BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What is Dyslexia!

Dyslexia is not a disability, it is just a different way of thinking. Dyslexia does impact literacy but the dyslexic mind is reflected in bigger ways in the education system academically and behaviourally. Without this being clearly understood everyone will continue to see negative outcomes rather than the potential of the people who have dyslexia. Problems can emerge in speaking, reading, spelling, writing & listening.

Did You Know? Did you know? (from young dyslexics) It's not stupid - just different. Dyslexics take a different route to tackle a task. Dyslexics are often very creative. Many famous and successful people are Dyslexic. Computers make a difference. Dyslexics are valuable in a team for their unique outlook. Dyslexics are good at seeing things in their minds. Other strengths are gained through being Dyslexic.

Common Difficulties (from young dyslexics) Inability to organise all sorts of things. Can spell a word one day and not the next. Has an effect on self-confidence. Teachers don't understand. Confusion between left and right. People have preconceived ideas. Reading is a task never a pleasure. Lots of small problems with memory. Difficulties communicating on paper.

What is the future for people with Dyslexia?

Some people think that people with dyslexia cannot be successful but that is not true. Some very famous people with dyslexia are……

Famous people that have dyslexia!

Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) Einstein was one of the greatest thinkers in the history of mankind.

It is believed that Einstein was the most brilliant physicist ever to exist. His theories of relativity led to an entirely new way of thinking about time, space, matter, energy and gravity and his work led to major scientific advances. The notion that Einstein was learning disabled has been furiously debated by Einstein's biographers.

Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) Winston became an internationally respected statesman during

World War II and was one of Britain's well known Prime Ministers. When he was 12 when his father sent him to Harrow (a very posh private school in England) and Winston stayed in the lowest grade three times longer than anyone else. In later life he is being quoted as saying 'By being so long in the lowest form I gained an immense advantage over the clever boys, they all went to learn Greek and Latin and splendid things like that, but I was taught English'. He later excelled in studies of tactics and fortifications in Sandhurst, a British military college. He graduated 8th in a class of 150.

-Tom Cruise (actor) -Robyn Williams

(actor) -Will Smith (actor) -Cher (singer/Actress) -Walt Disney (creator

of Disney) -Thomas Edison

(inventor) -J.F.K (Ex-president of

the USA) -Steven Spielberg

(Director) -George Washington

(Ex-President of the USA)

-Mohammad Ali (Boxer)

-Nelson Rockefeller (MP) -Pablo Picasso (artist) -Hans Christian

Anderson ( Author of Cinderella)

-Leonardo Da Vinci (Inventor)

-Richard Branson (Billionaire)

-Henry Ford (Ford cars) -Thomas Jefferson

(Inventor)

ConclusionMy conclusion is that dyslexic people

learn best in a quiet environment with nothing that could distract them and set them off task. If I were teaching a dyslexic person I would speak slower and make learning fun by using mind maps and diagrams. I would also let them use their finger to trace over words.

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