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Just the Facts
Learn more about dyslexia and related learning disabilities through a variety of resources--suggested reading and other recommended web sites, local resources and IDA fact sheets. The IDA-RMB maintains a referral list of resources in the Rocky Mountain region. This includes specialists who provide testing, educational therapy and tutoring, as well as community-based support groups for parents and individuals with dyslexia.
To access information in your area, email us or call 303-721-9425 for voicemail or fax us at 303-557-9750 .
Just The Facts
Just the Facts are a series of fact sheets published by IDA. These are full of helpful information for anyone interested in dyslexia. Print them and share them freely. Get Just the Facts
Reading in the Rockies Conference
2010 Reading in the Rockies conference
2009 Reading in the Rockies handouts
Articles
DYSLEXIA: Fact and Fiction
By Meg Porch, M.A., CCC-SP, CALT
Fiction: Dyslexia is a four-letter word.
Fact: It has eight.
To some that may mean it is twice as bad. For students with dyslexia and
their teachers, it is neither bad nor something to deny. Dyslexia is a specific
language-based learning disability. It refers to a variety of characteristics that
result in people having difficulty in varying degrees with the language skills of
reading, writing, spelling, and/or speaking.
On Winning a Nobel Prize in Science
By Claudia Dreifus
Article Dr. Carol W. Greider, 2009 Nobel laureate for medicine who has dyslexia. She discusses her problems in school and how she overcame them.
Tracing Business Acumen to Dyslexia
by Brent Bowers
A study concluded that dyslexics were more likely than nondyslexics to excel in oral communication and
problem solving and to own two or more businesses.
Other Informative Websites
- The International Dyslexia Association
- Provides resources for professionals and families dealing with individuals with reading disabilities.
- Wrightslaw
- Parents, educators, advocates, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, reliable information about special education law and advocacy for children with disabilities.
- Colorado Department of Education
- 504 information
- Learning Disabilities Association
- LD On Line
- National Center for Learning Disabilities
- Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
- Schwab Center for Learning
- C.H.A.D.D. Children and Adults with A.D.D.
- National Resource Center on AD/HD
- Center for Development & Learning