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June 2009

Read our media statement on Dyslexia as a Disability. What are your thoughts on this? Your opinion please.

May 2009

Read the Courier Mail article on how we continue to help children with Dyslexia. Do you have any comments on this article? Give us your opinion.

April 2009

Read our media statement on Slow Processors or Detailed Processors. What are your thoughts on this? We are interested in your opinion.

August 2007

Dyslexia Australia has initiated an "E-Petition" with the Queensland Government to recognise Dyslexia and provide funding for in our schools. You can help by signing the E-Petition.

Brenda Baird writes...

What do Jamie Oliver, Keira Knightley, Richard Branson, Ted Turner, Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein have in common? They are all internationally recognised in their chosen fields and they are dyslexic. The only famous dyslexic Australian that comes to mind is Kerry Packer and it’s only common knowledge because he spoke openly about it.

The fact that we only know about Kerry Packer’s dyslexia is not that he is a unique Australian in this sense, it is because dyslexia is not recognised in Australia and most suffer because they remain undiagnosed.

Why is dyslexia not recognised in Australia?

For a full copy of this article, please click on this link

June 2007

New Zealand is recognizing Dyslexia and has asked for expressions of interest from a variety of sources. Click here for an extract of an article written for an independant New Zealand Newspaper One News titled "Moves afoot to deal with Dyslexia" written by Chelsea Burke, gives an insight into the struggle made by the Dyslexia Foundation in New Zealand to have Dyslexia recognised.

For a full copy of this article, please click on this link

December 2004

DOLLY on Dyslexia

"Not dumb, dyslexic" is a 'Super Star' article published in Dolly Magazine January 2005. Click Here for an look at the article from Dolly Magazine.

For more information, and how we can help you, click here for an outline of our Program.

The article lets people know that they are special, interesting and especially creative.

This article is copyrighted by Dolly Magazine and ACP Publishing

February 1, 2004

Dyslexia with a Twist

"Wrong Way Round" is a thought provoking article published in Melbourne's Herald Sun on January 29, 2004, and Brisbane's Courier Mail on January 31, 2004. Click Here for an look at the article from Brisbane Courier Mail.

For more information, and how we can help you, click here for an outline of our Program.

A small correction is required in the article. The final lines in the article should read.

" A client, who was functionally illiterate until the age of 17, passed his driver's test within six months of learning the method."

Brenda's' husband Frank, is dyslexic. He successfully avoided reading in High School, and not until he was 21, did he read his first complete novel. Frank now regularly reads 2 books every month.

This article is copyrighted by The Courier Mail and News Limited

Testimonial

The following, is the testimonial of a client that travelled from New Zealand to complete a program with Dyslexia Australia in October 2002. The 1 week program has ongoing support from his parents and Dyslexia Australia.

"I have had trouble with reading and writing ever since I started school. I only found out last year that I was dyslexic. Ever since I was Year 3 I have had extra tutoring and homework which didn’t help much and took up a lot of my time which could have been spent differently.

In October last year I did the Davis Dyslexia Correction Program and so far it is only thing that has worked for me. It has helped me to understand better when I am reading with out going over it 3 or 4 times. Before I did this program I could not see punctuation when reading and therefore I didn't ’t use it in writing. It is also helping with my spelling and handwriting".

Doug B.

For more information on the program and how we can help you click here for an outline of how we help.

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