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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825725603321

Autore

Alexander-Passe Neil

Titolo

Dyslexics [[electronic resource] ] : dating, marriage and parenthood / / Neil Alexander-Passe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2012

ISBN

1-61942-529-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Dyslexia, an academic perspective

Altri autori (Persone)

Alexander-PasseNeil

Disciplina

616.85/53

Soggetti

Dyslexia

Marriage

Parenthood

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

DYSLEXICS: DATING, MARRIAGE AND PARENTHOOD; DYSLEXICS: DATING, MARRIAGE AND PARENTHOOD; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION; My Motivation for this Book; Who is this Book Targeted to?; What Is Dyslexia?; Curing Dyslexia; Severe to Mild Dyslexia: What's the Difference?; The Young Dyslexic - Dreaming of Being Normal; Letting your Children Fail is the Best Way to Get the Help they Need; Diagnosing Dyslexia or Identifying the Learning Difficulty; Help in Schools

How Dyslexics Misunderstand what Is Expected from them in Educational EnvironmentsNon-dyslexic Parents Finding out their Child is Dyslexic; Dyslexics Dating; Being Married to a Dyslexic; Dyslexia and Crime; Dyslexic and Routines; Dyslexics Choosing to Be Parents - A Moral Dilemma?; Being a Dyslexic Parent and the Journey; Are Dyslexics Good Parents?; Facing School again; Emotional Manifestations from Dyslexia; Dyslexics, Avoidance, Denial in the Workplace; Dyslexia, Workplace and Stigma; Dyslexics and Success in the Workplace; Appendixes; Summing up; My own Education

Chapter 2: WHAT IS DYSLEXIA? - EMPIRICAL REVIEWChapter 3: WHAT IS DYSLEXIA?; Why me? Blaming Dyslexia; It's Negative; It's Positive; It's both Positive and Negative; What does Dyslexia Mean to you?; Dyslexia as a Label; Unfair Advantage; Chapter Overview; DYSLEXIA AND STIGMA



OR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE?; CURES FOR DYSLEXIA; Are Dyslexic Genes Bad? Are they Malfunctioned?; Should we Test for Dyslexia in the Womb (Gene Repair Therapy)?; Should Dyslexics Attempt to Dilute Dyslexic Sperm/Eggs to Reduce the Chances of Having Dyslexic Children? Does it Work? Is it Logical?; Taking a Cure Pill?

Chapter 4: CHILDHOODFEELING DIFFERENT; What Is Normal? Who Is Normal? And Who Is Abnormal? Do Dyslexics Crave to Be Accepted and Understood?; DYSLEXICS AND THE FAMILY; How do Dyslexics Relate to their Families?; HOW CHILD DYSLEXICS COPE; How Dyslexics do Cope at School?; Task-Based Coping; Emotional-Based Coping; Avoidance-Based Coping; Hiding in the Classroom; Using Friends in Class; Perfectionism; Humour and Being the Class Clown; Being Bored so Acting up; Daydreaming; Equalling Activities; Being Proactive to Find Learning Support; REACTIONS BY THE SCHOOL; Humiliation; Bullying by Teachers

It Must be Frustrating Teaching DyslexicsBullying from the Classroom to the Playground; Teachers didn't See or Understand my Difficulties; The Right Classroom Support; The Wrong Classroom Support; Alternative Teaching Methods; Parents Believing their Child's Teacher, not their Child; School Reports; EMOTIONAL REACTIONS AS CHILDREN; Feeling an Outsider to your Family, Sibling Comparison, and Thinking you were Adopted; Faking Illness to Avoid Tests; Truancy and Running away from Home; Bullying by Peers; Regression as a Child; Self-harm as a Child; Suicide Ideation as a Child

Dyslexia as a Trigger to Depression

Sommario/riassunto

This new and innovative book aims to investigate adult dyslexics and their long-term relationships, along with their journey through parenthood. The book begins by investigating adult dyslexics and their childhoods, looking at their emotional and behavioural coping strategies. These adults, with others from a website for adult dyslexics, look at the impact childhood trauma has on dating, then on marriage/long-term partners. A commissioned study interviewing long-term partners of dyslexics brings new perspective to understanding how dyslexia affects relationships and how they interact as parent