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Scott Forsythe - my brother and founder of Dyslexic Kids - was rushed into emergency surgery two nights ago. He and I will be taking a break from Dyslexic Kids so that he can recover and the rest of the family (myself included) can help him. I apologize for what might be an extended silence and for any unanswered messages. Thank you for your patience and understanding.~Alex

Hello, everyone!

Due to some conflicts relating to college coursework, we will be posting less frequently. However, we will still be bringing you dyslexia news and information!

I was devastated when my son was diagnosed with dyslexia. It took four years of heartache and hard work, but he is now reading—and I couldn’t be more proud of him.

Who can relate to this? My parents were nodding their heads quite a bit while reading this article!

"Dealing with my son’s diagnosis of dyslexia was like going through the five stages of grief. It took four years of sleepless nights and buckets of tears for both of us. There were so many days when I thought I’d never stop feeling broken-hearted for him, worrying that he would never learn to read or fail out of school by grade five and that it was all my fault...

Then came stage two—that’s when my temples began to pulse. My patience evaporated and I wanted to punch everyone in the throat...

Fed up and desperate, I began to negotiate in my head. Enter stage three: bargaining. I went on all the field trips, volunteered and fundraised for the school. If I did more for the school and eased the teacher’s stress, surely they would help him read...

Cut to stage four: depression. I cried for two weeks. I was crushed and felt like I was carrying around 150 pounds of darkness. I had failed my son. Suddenly, it felt like everyone else’s kids were reading...

Crying didn’t seem to help him learn to read any faster. There was nothing left to do but come to terms with the reality and finally enter stage five: acceptance. Armed with a diagnosis of dyslexia, I went back to his teachers with newfound hope. Sadly, I discovered that they weren’t able to teach kids with dyslexia, refused to admit it as a reality and carefully made sure that they weren’t violating his human rights to access educational resources...

I’m hoping that the final stage of having a child with dyslexia is love. I love having a child with dyslexia. Now that I’ve done my research and spent time with an entire school full of kids who have dyslexia, I understand how amazing these kids really are..."

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Happy Dr. Seuss Day!

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Happy Read Across America Day! Parents and teachers - please take the time to read a book with a young person today!

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Philip Kirby on the significance of evolving views of the condition, and efforts to preserve records of them.

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What do Steven Spielberg, Mohammad Ali, and Pablo Picasso have in common? Aside from achieving extraordinary success in their fields; all are known dyslexics, according to Dyslexia Online. As the disorder affects upwards of 20 percent of the populati…

Just as each child is unique, dyslexia appears differently in each person, from symptoms to levels of severity. Therefore, it's important to identify the best interventions and assistive technologies for each child. One size does not fit all!

The college-application process was established before homeschooling became a big thing, and it imposes unnecessary hurdles for homeschoolers today. That’s the argument of Professor George Ehrhardt of Appalachian State in today’s Martin Center article. Ehrhardt, a homeschooling parent himself, thinks that colleges are missing out on many fine students: From the perspective of higher education institutions, these students represent a potential pool of high-quality recruits ...

Many parents who have children with dyslexia choose to homeschool. It was ideal for us (Scott and Alex). Rather than take classes in lockstep fashion according to our weakest subject, we were able to outpace our peers in areas such as science and math while working to overcome our difficulties with spelling and writing. Unsurprisingly, working on projects like scientific research papers allowed us to better understand the many ways we could overcome the symptoms of dyslexia. By our junior year of high school, we were both able to score in the top 2% on the ACT and SAT without accommodations, and we were both able to secure full ride scholarship offers from multiple engineering colleges. Neither of us found the college application process difficult, perhaps because we were very active in objectively measured projects that allowed us to receive awards and recommendation letters: several community service organizations; competing 10 years at the state level in 4-H; competing in worldwide computer programming competitions; belonging to groups such as scouts and sports teams; active in the visual and performing arts; worked as NASA interns in high school; and we took the AP tests and dual credit courses at local colleges so that we had objective transcripts and letters of recommendation from college professors and our bosses at NASA. Not everyone can do all of that, of course, due to lack of access, time constraints, and other factors. However, if you can do only one thing, this is what we would recommend: take dual credit courses on college campuses. Many colleges are skeptical about dual credit courses taught by high schools, but homeschoolers have the unique ability to attend classes on college campuses during the day. The grades you earn in those classes carry a lot of weight, they prove you can handle rigorous college-level courses, they allow you to get recommendation letters from professors and counselors, and they allow you to complete some "gen ed" requirements before you enroll full time.

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Irish startup SoapBox Labs is on a mission to create what it calls “the world’s most accurate and accessible speech technology for children”, tech it plans to offer to third-party hardw…

"SoapBox Labs is creating more accurate and accessible speech technology for children that supports reading and language development. It is based on the premise that speech recognition is built for adults, and it doesn’t work as well as it could for kids. That’s because children have higher pitched voices and different speech patterns. Crucially, unlike adults, younger children don’t tend to adapt their speech to suit machines, either."

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Supportive organization for the dyslexic community

Assistive Technology Symposium! "Please join the Indiana Branch of the International Dyslexia Association on March 10, 2018, to learn ways to use technology to improve student outcomes in school and life." Register here: http://www.ida-indiana.org/

Proud to report that my brother Scott (co-founder of Dyslexic Kids) was one of the few software engineers who managed to conceptualize, fully program, and implement a complete, original video game at the 48-hour Global Game Jam computer programming competition over the weekend! Dyslexic power! ~Alex

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We’re back!

And we're back! Scott has returned from his study abroad in Argentina and he's competing in a global programming competition this weekend. Alexandra is taking a full load of engineering classes on a college campus plus finishing her senior year in high school. We're frightfully busy, but we'll post as time allows!

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Happy holidays, everyone! Thank you for supporting Dyslexic Kids throughout 2017! Help us make 2018 even better - give your unwavering support to a young person who has dyslexia, learn all that you can about dyslexia, and spread awareness about dyslexia in your community. We'll be back in January!

We're so thankful for the support all of you have given to Dyslexic Kids! You are the best! We wish you a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

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Having reading difficulties can make a person feel less smart compared to others, but by recognizing differences and talents, people with dyslexia can find ways to excel.

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