Comments on: Dyslexia or Learning Disability – 7 http://empoweringall.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dyslexia-or-learning-disability-7/ By LATHA VIDYARANYA - YOU N ME, OUR HEADS N HEARTS POOLED IN TO EMPOWER ALL ! Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:40:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: TheDeeZone http://empoweringall.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dyslexia-or-learning-disability-7/#comment-451 TheDeeZone Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:24:15 +0000 http://empoweringall.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dyslexia-or-learning-disability-7/#comment-451 Latha, You might find <a href="http://homeschoolbenefits.org/posts_2007-02-09.php" rel="nofollow">A Letter From the Class Dummy</a> useful for helping teachers understand learning disablities. There is info in the footer about reprinting the article. DH Latha,

You might find A Letter From the Class Dummy useful for helping teachers understand learning disablities. There is info in the footer about reprinting the article.

DH

]]> By: latha vidyaranya http://empoweringall.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dyslexia-or-learning-disability-7/#comment-448 latha vidyaranya Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:16:00 +0000 http://empoweringall.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dyslexia-or-learning-disability-7/#comment-448 thank you, dee, for your input on dysgraphia. the link you have provided was interesting and informative. i am so happy that you took to computers to express your ideas and you are coming out with beautiful articles now. we need to tell all those teachers and parents of children with dysgraphia to train them in computer skills to give expression to their boundless ideas. good luck to you. thank you, dee, for your input on dysgraphia.
the link you have provided was interesting and informative. i am so happy that you took to computers to express your ideas and you are coming out with beautiful articles now. we need to tell all those teachers and parents of children with dysgraphia to train them in computer skills to give expression to their boundless ideas.

good luck to you.

]]> By: TheDeeZone http://empoweringall.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dyslexia-or-learning-disability-7/#comment-432 TheDeeZone Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:51:55 +0000 http://empoweringall.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dyslexia-or-learning-disability-7/#comment-432 Good description of dysgraphia but the extent of dysgraphia extends far beyond poor handwriting. It also affects all fine motor skills and cooridnation as well. You might be interested in something I <a href="http://www.homeschoolbenefits.org/posts_2007-02-26.php" rel="nofollow">wrote</a> about my own experiences with dysgraphia. Good description of dysgraphia but the extent of dysgraphia extends far beyond poor handwriting. It also affects all fine motor skills and cooridnation as well. You might be interested in something I wrote about my own experiences with dysgraphia.

]]> By: latha vidyaranya http://empoweringall.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dyslexia-or-learning-disability-7/#comment-333 latha vidyaranya Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:35:57 +0000 http://empoweringall.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dyslexia-or-learning-disability-7/#comment-333 Thanks for your visit, sri krishna vattam, and for that feedback. happy you say that the posts are educative. yes, i have seen aamir's Taare......... and found it very sensitively treated by the director. after the movie got over, as people were coming out of the theatre, they were all appreciating the acting part of all the stars in it and nobody seemed to have caught the message of "dyslexia" in it. it was then that i decided to write a series on dyslexia so that people can apreciate the message in the movie better. hope i have succeeded to some extent atleast. Thanks for your visit, sri krishna vattam, and for that feedback. happy you say that the posts are educative.

yes, i have seen aamir’s Taare……… and found it very sensitively treated by the director. after the movie got over, as people were coming out of the theatre, they were all appreciating the acting part of all the stars in it and nobody seemed to have caught the message of “dyslexia” in it. it was then that i decided to write a series on dyslexia so that people can apreciate the message in the movie better. hope i have succeeded to some extent atleast.

]]> By: krishna vattam http://empoweringall.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dyslexia-or-learning-disability-7/#comment-331 krishna vattam Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:43:34 +0000 http://empoweringall.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dyslexia-or-learning-disability-7/#comment-331 Dear Latha I went through your very interesting article.I am sure you have seen amir khan's lovely film Tare zaman par, which is based on the disablity.It is a moving film released last year.Yes he mentions the names of those distinguised who suffererd from this ability.any how your piece was was educative.krishna vattam Dear Latha I went through your very interesting article.I am sure you have seen amir khan’s lovely film Tare zaman par, which is based on the disablity.It is a moving film released last year.Yes he mentions the names of those distinguised who suffererd from this ability.any how your piece was was educative.krishna vattam

]]> By: latha vidyaranya http://empoweringall.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dyslexia-or-learning-disability-7/#comment-322 latha vidyaranya Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:56:16 +0000 http://empoweringall.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dyslexia-or-learning-disability-7/#comment-322 # pradeep i hope many teachers and parents are reading this. please spread word to your friends who are school teachers and to alll parents of school going children. # RK thanks for the interesting list. you may add Tom Cruise to the list. it seems he always listens to a tape and gets his lines! he has difficulty in reading the script! i have been looking for information on some indian celebrities who may be dyslexics. but not found any. in the movie "Taare.........", amir khan mentions abhishek bachchan's name as a dyslexic. somebody told me that amir khan himself is dyslexic. hope we can get more info on this. # pradeep
i hope many teachers and parents are reading this.
please spread word to your friends who are school teachers and to alll parents of school going children.

# RK
thanks for the interesting list. you may add Tom Cruise to the list. it seems he always listens to a tape and gets his lines! he has difficulty in reading the script!

i have been looking for information on some indian celebrities who may be dyslexics. but not found any. in the movie “Taare………”, amir khan mentions abhishek bachchan’s name as a dyslexic. somebody told me that amir khan himself is dyslexic. hope we can get more info on this.

]]> By: Pradeep Nair http://empoweringall.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dyslexia-or-learning-disability-7/#comment-319 Pradeep Nair Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:02:55 +0000 http://empoweringall.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dyslexia-or-learning-disability-7/#comment-319 I wish teachers and parents understood these points and handled children more sensitively. I wish teachers and parents understood these points and handled children more sensitively.

]]> By: rk http://empoweringall.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dyslexia-or-learning-disability-7/#comment-318 rk Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:32:36 +0000 http://empoweringall.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dyslexia-or-learning-disability-7/#comment-318 Some Talented Dyslexics: <b>Inventors/Engineers/Scientists:</b> • Albert Einstein • Thomas Edison • Alexander Graham Bell <b>Artists:</b> • Leonardo da Vinci • Walt Disney <b>Military/Political Strategists:</b> • General George Patton • Winston Churchill • Woodrow Wilson <b>Performers:</b> • Cher • Whoopi Goldberg • Danny Glover <b>Athletes:</b> • Greg Louganis • Bruce Jenner • Jackie Stewart <i>Source:</i> www.dyslexia.com Some Talented Dyslexics:

Inventors/Engineers/Scientists:
• Albert Einstein
• Thomas Edison
• Alexander Graham Bell

Artists:
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Walt Disney

Military/Political Strategists:
• General George Patton
• Winston Churchill
• Woodrow Wilson

Performers:
• Cher
• Whoopi Goldberg
• Danny Glover

Athletes:
• Greg Louganis
• Bruce Jenner
• Jackie Stewart

Source: http://www.dyslexia.com

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