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Dyslexia - Labeled As Learning Disabled:

Dyslexia is generally considered a neurological disorder in which the brain is unable to properly decode symbols, which means the individual has difficulty reading or understanding letters and numbers.

Persistence helps dissipate cloud of dyslexia
By CLAUDINE SAN NICOLAS, Staff Writer
http://mauinews.com/story.aspx?id=12568

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Had it not been for Liza Pierce’s intuition and her meticulous research, she may not have ever discovered that her son, Gardner, was dyslexic.... Pierce noted that her son would engage in art, singing and physical education, but he became uncooperative when it came to reading or writing...Pierce and her husband, Bradley, hired reading and spelling tutor Karen Kaderabek, who specializes in tutoring children with dyslexia. The Pierces also arranged for training for Gardner’s classroom teacher so that she would understand the problem of dyslexia and how to help students with the learning disability...Kaderabek prefers not to label dyslexia as a learning disability, but rather as a child’s “unique learning style.” Someone who is dyslexic has difficulty with letters and words, reversing letters such as “d” or “b” or juggling letters in a word to turn “was” into “saw” or “left” into “felt.”...

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Orton Gillingham Slingerland is a motivational tutoring technique using the multi-sensory approach. It incorporates the physical senses to make learning to read, spell and write easy and fun.

Reference:
Karen Kaderabek
808-874-9366