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Explaining Dyspraxia

Far too often, when trying to describe dyspraxia, the simplicity of the learning disorder gets lost in a cloud of scientific words and labels, in the same way as it can with dyslexia. I will try to keep everything very simple.
Dyspraxia is generally broken down into two types, Developmental Motor Dyspraxia  (DMD) and Verbal Dyspraxia

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The Qwerty keyboards and the reason for the layout

I write this because so many of my pupils have asked the question,

Why are computer keyboards lain out in such an odd way?
Why not,” my pupils keep asking, “put the letters alphabetically?

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Be careful who you call brainy

I am writing this on behalf of all dyslexics everywhere and especially on behalf of those who have failed exams because of not remembering facts, names or times tables.

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Why a cure for Dyslexia?

Last week a parent gave me yet another web site address to investigate; yet another web site and yet another group of people claiming to cure dyslexia.

Why would you want to not be dyslexic? Why on Earth would you want to be normal when most normal people are well – ordinary.

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