Today I’m sharing an assistive technology highlight with thanks to the wonderful people at Reader Pen. They reached out to me a few months ago and invited me to review their Exam Reader Pen. I trialed it myself for a week or so. I also passed it to my 13yo dyslexic son (Joshua) who checked...
Category: Learning and Language Disabilities
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Forever Loved: Of An Autistic Child (A Poem & A Story)
Forever Loved: Of An Autistic Child by Rebecca Laffar-Smith Three words, unsaid yet heard, while left unspoken, tell more stories than a thousand voices aloft in garbled, off-key song that warble in a group, but one is silent. He does not smile along with all his peers. His head bobs in time to a tune...
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Does dyslexia exist in languages other than English?
When I first returned to Russian language studies after nearly 20 years away, one of the first things I realized I needed to do–because writing helps me to slow down and focus on how words and sentences are constructed–was to remind myself how to write in Cyrillic. Of course, one of the things I found...
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Signs of Dyslexia
Since it was first identified in 1881, dyslexia has been much studied, with new discoveries leading to new management methods. Of course, at its core dyslexia’s signs remain the same. As succinctly described by a Synapse fact sheet: “Children with dyslexia usually appear bright, intelligent, and articulate but are unable to read, write, or spell...
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Identity-first vs Person-first Language: Proudly Dyslexic / Proudly Autistic
I was recently discussing with a friend one aspect that’s highly controversial in the disability community: identity-first vs person-first language and the politically correct way to talk about people who are disabled. Here at Aulexic, we’re very careful about our wording in regard to disability. Because the truth is, we don’t want to have a...
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Does Font Really Matter To Children With Dyslexia?
I’m a dyslexic, with a dyslexic son, and I have to admit that the question of there being supposedly dyslexia-friendly fonts has weighed on my mind. I know from personal experience that there are fonts that have helped me. There are fonts that have helped the dyslexic members of my family, including my son. But...
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Link Between Social Skills and Language Development
We know that human contact and interaction is crucial to babies' physical and mental well-being. But what does that have to do with language?
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Uniquely Autistic: More Than Awareness, Acceptance
Joshua One Uniquely Autistic Snapshot My eleven-year-old son is a bright light in a sometimes dim universe. He takes things at face value and is a master of logic. This means he has trouble with games like hide and seek, but is a master at chess. He wants the world to make sense, for people...
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The Value of Labels: ADHD, Dyslexia, Autism, and Other Diagnoses
Labels like adhd, dyslexia, autism, and other diagnoses, indicate a difference, not a defect, and having the label empowers us to know more about ourselves. They help us learn more about the weaknesses that cause us difficulties, the associated strengths we might have, and the ways we can work within our abilities to achieve all...