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UK
- British Dyslexia Association site: www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk
Loads of info, support groups, helpline numbers, printable leaflets on all
aspects of dyslexia, calendar of events etc. Your first-stop UK site if
you've just discovered that you or a family member are dyslexic.
- PATOSS (Professional Assn. of Teachers of
Students with Specific Learning Difficulties): www.Patoss_dyslexia.org
- The Dyslexia Institute: specialist teaching and
assessment, "units of sound" spelling programme, teacher training,
publications: www.dyslexia-inst.org.uk
- An excellent site for book reviews, children's
literature, writers and aspiring writers: www.wordpool.co.uk
- The home of The Literacy Trust: "Building a
Literate Nation". Info, links and resources for all things literate.
Searchable database on new initiatives, current research etc. Very
interesting, user-friendly site. www.literacytrust.org.uk
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National Internet Accessibility Database (NIAD)
This web lists and describes a very wide range of software and hardware.
There are items to support all areas of disability including dyslexia.
It was devised mainly for staff and students in further and higher education.
However, it will be of interest to all dyslexic adults and to parents of
dyslexics.
Web: http://niad.disinhe.ac.uk
- Disability World:
Another general disability site, with a good collection of Dyslexia Links. A
useful "portal" for accessing a wide range of disabilities
websites:
http://www.disabilityworld.com
- THE one-stop resource site for teachers: not only
are they efficient, friendly and successful (loads of hits every week), but
they don't charge a fortune to publishers, which encourages people like
those listed here. (A lot of marketing "opportunities" in the
educational publishing sphere are economically out of the question for
many of the small -often better- companies) www.schoolzone.co.uk
- Special Needs Information Press (SNIP) An
excellent publication covering all aspects of SEN, produced by an
experienced SENCO: www.sniponline.demon.co.uk
- DON'T
MISS THIS ONE- BY AN 11-YR OLD DYSLEXIC BOY:
www.iamdyslexic.com
- http://www.lsstrafford.freeserve.co.uk:
Trafford's Learning Support Service, with more
recommended sites listed.
- A useful info and free resources site by Eileen
Samuelson, who runs an SpLD teacher training course in London: http://www.esamuelson.demon.co.uk
- If you
are a parent of a dyslexic child (or of dyslexic children!) don't
miss this excellent information site: very user-friendly, with links on
topics like visual dyslexia and special schools as well as resources and
other dyslexia information. http://www.dyslexichelp.org
- IF YOU
LIVE IN HAMPSHIRE visit the Hants Dyslexia Assn's excellent new
website:
http://www.hantsda.org.uk
- LAST BUT
NOT LEAST! Our own sister site with various snippets of information,
teaching tips etc, and another chance to browse through all these links... http://dyslexiahelp.co.uk
USA
- The Dyslexia Society (USA) Index page-
loads of links and info, maintained by the Davis Dyslexia Association http://pages.hotbot.com/edu/dyslexia/dyslexia.html
- Davis Dyslexia Association home page: www.dyslexia.com
- The International Dyslexia Association (Formerly
the Orton Society): www.interdys.com
- Useful article for struggling teachers "The
dyslexic child in the classroom"
www.dyslexia.com/library/classroom/htm
- Lots of useful teaching stuff: www.dyslexia-teacher.com
- A nicely user-friendly page of dyslexia links-
Gretchen's dyslexia Information Page:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/7752/dyslexic.html
- BRAD ELDER
Brad emailed me just recently
with the above link to his site. A personal account of his experiences as a
dyslexic studying for (and gaining) his Phd., this is a refreshingly honest
insight into the world of one dyslexic individual.
As well as sharing his struggles and successes, Brad writes about some of
the resources that he has found most useful. Well worth a visit.
http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/E/Bradley.D.Elder-1/dys.html
- Another user- friendly links site:
www.arachnaut.com We
get a lot of referrals from there (thanks, guys!), so here's returning the
favour/favor.
- Dyslexia Online - the Harold Levinson Centre. www.dyslexiaonline.com
Big site, with information, publications, and links. As well as
their own publications, services etc., there is some useful information
here. Centres in the USA and in the UK (London).
- ADD/ADHD:
If you want information on ADD/ADHD, which quite often can be
"co-morbid" with Dyslexia, have a look at Laurence Weather's site.
Lawrence is a psychologist who writes from first-hand experience of
ADD/ADHD, and offers a perspective on the condition that is borne out of his
own success in overcoming his own difficulties. Also a useful collection of
links, not just ADD/ADHD but other learning disablilites, including
dyslexia.
www.caer.com
- REMEDIA PUBLICATIONS: Lots of useful worksheet
material covering basic curriculum areas at affordable prices, for students
of all ages. A good range of phonics and other English material, as well as
science, math, learning skills, life skills etc. http://www.remediapublications.com/links/educationalproducts.html
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