num_pages: 304
description: Two neurolearning experts reveal the hidden benefits of having a dyslexic brain.In this paradigm-shifting book neurolearning experts Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide describe an exciting new brain science that reveals that people with dyslexia have unique brain structure and organization. While the differences are responsible for certain challenges with literacy and reading the dyslexic brain also gives a predisposition to important skills and special talents.While dyslexics typically struggle to decode the written word they often also excel in such areas of reasoning as mechanical (required for architects and surgeons) interconnected (artists and inventors); narrative (novelists and lawyers) and dynamic (scientists and business pioneers). The Dyslexic Advantage provides the first complete portrait of dyslexia.With much-needed prescriptive advice for parents educators and dyslexic s The Dyslexic Advantage provides the first complete portrait of dyslexia. Supporting their claims with groundbreaking science and interviews with successful dyslexics and innovative teachers the authors of this essential book show how the unique strengths of dyslexia can be captured for success at home at school and at work.
language: English
title: The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain
publisher: Hudson Street Press