Radio Curious explores dyslexia and proven methods for overcoming the condition in an archived conversation with Yale University Medical School Professor, Dr. Sally Shaywitz, author of âOvercoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level.â
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Approximately one child in five suffers from dyslexia, a condition that makes learning to read difficult and in some cases seemingly impossible. In this archive edition of Radio Curious, originally broadcast in August of 2003, we visit with Dr. Sally Shaywitz, a Professor of Pediatrics at the Yale University Medical School and the co-director of the Yale Center for the Study of Learning and Attention. Dr. Shaywitz discusses early diagnosis of dyslexia in young children, older children, and adults, and what can be done to assist people who suffer from this disability.
In her book, âOvercoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level,â Dr. Shaywitz describes the research, including brain imaging studies, and how they are able to uncover the mechanics underlying and overcoming what to some seems to be the insurmountable problem of learning to read. When I spoke with Sally Shaywitz from her home near Yale University in August 2003, we began when I asked her to describe dyslexia.
The books Dr. Sally Shaywitz recommends are âEmperor of Ocean Park,â by Stephen Carter and âSamaritan,â by Richard Price.
This program was originally broadcast August 5, 2003. Â Radio Curious is a half-hour, weekly, long-form interview program, now in it's 25th year. We interview people on a curiously wide variety of topics about life and ideas. Our website is www.radiocurious.org. If your station airs Radio Curious please let us know curious@radiocurious.org, we will add you to our list of syndicate stations. We also welcome questions, feedback and program ideas. Radio Curious 280 N. Oak St. Ukiah, Ca 95482. (707) 462-6541.
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