Re: warning about Dyslexia - was "Typeface for Dyslexia in Henry Winkler childrens book"

lisa.seeman wrote:
> A warning about  Dyslexia - there is a huge amount of stuff out there with very little empirical evidence that it helped more then some random case and they are often based on misunderstandings about what dyslexia is. (When I was young it was colored glasses.) There are a lot of desperate people out there who will pay for any hope.
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> I am going to suggest that any new info, especially if it might be a fad, gets sent to the people  writing up about that user group and added to the wiki if relevant. You can also check what is already on the wiki. (Otherwise the list will be swamped by double or triple sources.)
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> Of course if you feel a link might be very important and is to credible research then send away. It is more important that we get all the research out there then we over edit ourselves and miss truly good ideas.

Thanks Lisa, a salient thought.

Josh

Received on Tuesday, 11 February 2014 17:39:11 UTC