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Shaun Sanders, whose story of growing up with dyslexia, putting his faith in his strengths and accepting his weaknesses through high school, college, and then law school was featured on Dyslexia Help a few years ago. Nearly 5 years later, Shaun has launched a startup with a goal of helping law students study more efficiently for the Bar exam.

If you think listening to an audiobook isn’t as effective as good old fashioned reading, you may want to learn about some new research that compared the two.

This study investigated the predictive relationship between key phonological language skills and early reading development in a sample of 191 children, averaging 4 years and 6 months in age. In addition, this study explored the theory that the failure to establish an automatic association between letters and speech sounds is a proximal causal risk factor for difficulties in learning to read.

When should you tell people about your dyslexia? And when is it better to keep it private?

You may have seen a recent letter to PBS from “experienced senior scholars in the field of reading and literacy education” that took issue with an April 30, 2019 PBS special on dyslexia

Summer is the perfect time to help children’s interests guide them in what they explore and learn about. Podcasts, or spoken audio, can be both educational and entertaining, are free, and cover a wide range of topics.

In this free app, Leo the Lion teaches the basics of multiplication before putting them to the test.

Taking special consideration of the role of a speech-language pathologist (SLP) in a child’s development, this article looks at the relationship between dyslexia and speech sound production deficits

Phonological awareness (PA) and rapid automatized naming (RAN) are two common indicators associated with children's reading development.

A new study examines whether telling and retelling stories out loud in a classroom setting helps first-graders’ writing quality.

Voicepods is an easy-to-use online platform used to convert text to speech for a variety of purposes.

Dog on a Log books are a systematic, decodable book series written for anyone learning to read with phonics including learners with dyslexia.

This research looks into the effects on reading of using the Dyslexie font compared to mainstream fonts, and uncovers the reality of specialized fonts such as Dyslexie.

The authors from Additude--an ADHD-focused magazine--carefully dissect popular brain training and memory games in search of an answer.

LD Navigator is a clinical tool designed for healthcare professionals to help them gain a better understanding of learning disabilities to be used in their practice.

Has your child ever dreamed of going to space? An online-based project called Storytime from Space lets kids get an inside look at what it’s like inside the International Space Station while also building literacy skills.

Mr. Thorne has a highly followed YouTube channel that includes helpful videos for learning to read from early phonics to grammar.

Aimed at students in secondary school, DocsPlus is a resource that gives support to students so they can independently learn and understand course curriculum.

The transition from high school to college can be hard for any student. For dyslexics, this task can be especially difficult because of their existing challenges with reading and writing.