This blog post delves into the intertwined paths of acting and learning difficulties. We explore how one actor’s audition experience leads to a deeper understanding of overcoming challenges like dyslexia, drawing parallels with Tom Cruise’s success despite his struggles with the condition.
This widespread yet rarely diagnosed learning disability impacts both academics and everyday life. Frequently misdiagnosed, it leaves many suffering in silence, unaware of the root cause of their struggles. In this post, we delve into the signs of this condition, its misdiagnosis, and how it affects individuals like Jack, Lily, Tim, and Jamie – each battling this invisible challenge.
Auditory Processing Disorder affects 2 to 7% of children, yet remains widely unrecognized. It’s not about the ears’ ability to hear but the brain’s capacity to process sounds. This condition can lead to difficulties in understanding spoken language and following verbal instructions, potentially paving the way for learning challenges like dyslexia. It’s crucial to understand APD, its effects on children and families, and explore ways to support those affected by it.
Miranda: “Carla, my son’s reading is still so bad. I’m about to lose it. I can’t believe it. He’s been struggling with reading for years, and no matter how much tutoring he gets, it seems like he’s not making any progress. His reading scores are still so low. I’m at my wits’ end, and I’ve […]
Books are a uniquely portable magic. Stephen King It is what you read when you don’t have to, that determines what you will be, when you can’t help it. Oscar Wilde Once you learn to read, you will be forever free. Frederick Douglass A room without books is like a body without […]
A teacher sent the following note home with a six-year-old boy: “He is too stupid to learn.” That boy was Thomas A. Edison. It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. Albert Einstein I felt like an alien. I always felt like I never belonged to any group that I wanted to belong to. […]
If you have read the comments on dyslexia videos, there are a few very common threads you have seen. Many of them about how dyslexia has affected people emotionally. Some about how it has held them back in life. Some about how they have avoided certain jobs where their dyslexia would be exposed. And many […]
Nobody Helps Struggling Girls
If your child is struggling in school because of dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, or any other similar learning challenge, then this video will give you the strategies you need, in the order you need them, to help your child overcome that problem.
Get a Free Trial of The Learning Success System This question of what dyslexia is has been a debate for over 200 years. Seriously! In the 1800’s it was first called “word blindness”. In 1877 German Neurologist, Adolf Kussmaul, discovered that it was not an intelligence issue. Dyslexics are just as intelligent and sometimes […]
