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Know Your Rights
Know Your Rights, Student Edition and Guardian Edition Produced by the Learning Disabilities Association of BC, funded by The Law Foundation and found at www.knowyourrights.ca.
We do not believe that students are learning disabled, we feel that the system is disabled by its lack of understanding and awareness. With that in mind, as long as you can disregard the "disability" word, we feel these booklets are extremely useful and empowering.
West Coast Families - November Issue
There is a great article in West Coast Families - November Issue. Click here to download the pdf.
Shift - In the North Shore News
Seeing dyslexia as a 'gift,' rather than disability - Karen Gram, Vancouver Sun Published: Saturday, November 03, 2007
Vancouver business wunderkind Glenn Bailey heads a diverse group of businesses, each one enjoying double-digit growth. The 45-year-old founder of Canadian Springs and owner of Wa-2, Liberty, Bailey Development and others, Bailey sees a niche where others see a barrier.
"I walk through the house before it's built," he explains.
He has the gift, man. The gift of dyslexia.
Click here to read the entire article.
Shift In Perception - Justin Beddall - North Shore Outlook - November 01, 2007
Sue Hall always knew her son, George, was a bright kid.
She began reading to him as a baby. He was creative and had a good vocabulary.
But when he went off to primary school in southern England he was suddenly miserable. He got along OK in math but reading was difficult. Very difficult.
By Grade 2, Hall came to the stark realization that her son wasn't keeping up with the rest of the class.
She asked the teacher: "Do you think he might be dyslexic?"