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Post by ceci on Sept 13, 2013 13:16:58 GMT
Hi
Not sure this is the right place to post this. Feel free to move it Minnie if you need to.
Someone mentioned 'word blindness' to me this week and it seems to describe my daughter. She's 8 and can read words once someone tells her what they say and she recognises them again but can't actually sound new words out herself. They're a jumble to her. I've had her tested for dyslexia and she doesn't have it, but any searches I've done for word blindness link it to dyslexia. Just wondering if you know of it in any other context.
Thanks
Ceci
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Post by kstar on Sept 13, 2013 14:51:05 GMT
I always thought they were the same thing tbh, perhaps based on the German word for dyslexic which us wortblind! I have been teaching for 16 yrs and have never heard the expression word blind except as a way to make dyslexia more understandable. Sorry if that's just my ignorance!
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Post by ham on Sept 15, 2013 10:52:37 GMT
My son had problems with his reading and via an independent optician had a special test which I forgot what is is called and was identified as needing blue lenses. He first had to read word via different coloured acetate then was checked against a machine to ensure the correct shade of blue. You can have the glasses made to meet any eye prescription needed.Once he wore them he said the 'words don't jump around any more. While has was being tested I actually found the words easier to read when yellow acetate was used.
I believe some Boots now offer this service.
From the old boards some found giving their child a kindle helped -the original version. not sure about the coloured ones.
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Post by kstar on Sept 15, 2013 13:20:01 GMT
Yes we use blue acetate overlays in school and it seems to really help some children, even when they haven't been diagnosed as dyslexic. Also comic sans is easier to read because he letters look more like handwritten letters.
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Post by pluto on Sept 23, 2013 9:27:47 GMT
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Post by ceci on Sept 23, 2013 12:41:14 GMT
Realised I hadn't got back about this. Thanks everyone for your advise.
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Post by thespouses on Oct 2, 2013 11:43:03 GMT
Word blindness is really just an old-fashioned term for dyslexia, or can be used for some very very severe dyslexia in adults who have had a stroke.
That dyslexia.com entry sounds like an ad to me!
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Post by peartree on Oct 2, 2013 18:15:33 GMT
I've just ordered a book on my kindle called "the dyslexic advantage"
It's for adults but may give good insight into things?
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