Highlights Issue 37 - Nursing, Shame, Math Dyscalculia, Spelling

Interview with history teachers Mary Clifford. Dr Fernette Eide recently interviewed Mary's son, Dr Jim Clifford for Dyslexic Advantage Premium magazine. In this interview, Mary shares her adventures raising sons with dyslexia, teaching them to self-advocate, and also shares how talents manifested when they were children.

Elizabeth Hamblet, author and college advisor shares her tips for the high school to college transition for Dyslexic Advantage. Read the story at DyslexicAdvantage.org

Visit us at DyslexicAdvantage.org Dr Fernette Eide chats with Darius Namdaran, founder of Bullet Map Studio, and Mind Mapping School that Empowers Kids and Adults with Dyslexia.

Creative writing winners from the 5th Annual Karina Eide Young Writers Awards - older students

Listen to the talented young winners of the 5th Annual Karina Eide Young Writers Awards

Behavioral Health Nurse - Career of Compassion, Breaking the Cycle of Shame, Best Tests for Dyscalculia?, and How to Give Feedback About Spelling

Q. What Help Is Available for Adults With Dyslexia?

Overview of the Overcast app for Apple devices, a podcast player especially helpful for students, and the Punctuation app for iOS and Android, which helps with learning punctuation.

A dyslexic child may very rarely also be autistic, and vice versa, but typically dyslexic and autistic children have different cognitive, memory and perceptual patterns. In many ways dyslexia and autism lie on opposite ends of a spectrum.

Fred Newman uses his dyslexic strengths to create sound effects and characters through their voices.