Resources- Specific Diagnosis Card Catalog- Dyslexia
Who to Contact
Dyslexia Research Institute (DRI)
4745 Centerville, Road
Tallahassee, Florida, USA 32308-2899
(850) 893-2216
Fax: (850) 893-2440
Web: www.dyslexia-add.org
Dyslexia Research Institute's mission is to change the perceptions of learning differences, especially dyslexia and ADD, and through this provide the proper recognition and intervention which will allow these individuals to become successful adults.
The Institute publishes a quarterly newsletter, Woodland Hall Academy News, year, and has a list of papers on dyslexia and ADD and their effects on behavior, emotional, socialization, biochemical and academics. They also have a bibliography of articles that are available to interested persons for a minimal fee. DRI has books for distribution including, "The Teacher-Child Connection: What Every Teacher Should Know About Dyslexia and ADD."
DRI collects information on physicians and researchers who treat/study the condition and maintains this information on site. They provide information and referrals to other schools and programs.
Where to Go to Chat with Others
Dyslexiaclub
A Place to talk about dyslexia
DyslexiaSupport
This list is for the discussion of dyslexia. It is a place to share ideas and exchange ways of helping, but not limited to, school aged children. Hopefully this can be a place where professionals who work with dyslexia can provide tips and dyslexic adults and parents with dyslexic children can come for support.
Learn More About It
What it feels like to be dyslexic
Questions and Answers about Dyslexia
Links
The International Dyslexia Association (IDA)
(formerly The Orton Dyslexia Society)
The British Dyslexia Association