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Surgery students ‘losing dexterity to stitch patients’

Oct 30, 2018 | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism/Asperger's, Dyscalculia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Handwriting Problems, Learning Difficulties, Neurodiversity

Surgery students 'losing dexterity to stitch patients'. This is a very serious state of affairs when surgeons are saying that their students have lost the dexterity for stitching or sewing up patients. 'Screen time' must be causing one of the problems, albeit not all....

Not the Same Bedtime Story Again! Why?

Aug 28, 2018 | Dyslexia, Learning Difficulties, Research, Vocabulary

Does Repeating children’s stories boost their vocabulary? Children who demand the same story be read to them over and over maybe learning more than those who choose a different tale every time, according to academics.Research at the University of Sussex found that...

Jonathan Mooney was often called ‘stupid’ and ‘lazy’!

Aug 27, 2018 | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Dysgraphia, Information, Checklist, Resources, Dyslexia, Learning Difficulties, Neurodiversity, Neurodiversity

Jonathan Mooney Is one of the foremost leaders in LD/ADHD, disabilities and alternative education and yet, he was always the slow kid in class, called ‘stupid’ and ‘lazy’. When will we start realising children are not stupid or lazy. From the moment a child is...