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  Dyslexia's Silver Lining
  New York Times (blog)
  By KJ DELL'ANTONIA The world is not set up to make life easy for people with dyslexia. Reading quickly and accurately is a necessary skill in most professions (as well as on the roads and in the grocery stores), and difficulty processing symbols makes ...
  
  
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  How to Cure Dyslexia: Part 3
  The New American
  The writer of the letter who wanted to know how to cure his dyslexia also wanted to know how to improve his writing. His bad handwriting can be improved with some patience and effort. First, he should learn to write in clear cursive script.
  
  
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  The Upside of Dyslexia
  New York Times
  THE word “dyslexia” evokes painful struggles with reading, and indeed this learning disability causes much difficulty for the estimated 15 percent of Americans affected by it. Since the phenomenon of “word blindness” was first documented more than a ...
  
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  New changes to GCSE 'will penalise dyslexic pupils'
  The Guardian
  Ministers have been accused of discriminating against dyslexic pupils by announcing plans to award 5% of marks in GCSE exams for spelling, punctuation and grammar as part of a drive to improve communication skills. Dyslexia experts, educationists and ...
  
  
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  A minute with Sir Richard
  The New Age Online
  OVERCOME: The fact that Richard Branson was dyslexic actually shaped a successful life. Pictures: Getty Images CR: You undertook your first business venture, a magazine called Student, at just 16 years old, followed shortly by the record stores.
  
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