Last weekend I had the opportunity to view HBOs Journey Into Dyslexia, directed by Alan and Susan Raymond. The free viewing took place at the San Francisco Public Library Main Branch (SFPL) and was sponsored by the Northern CaliforniaBranch of the International Dyslexia Association (NCBIDA). Video Verite is the website for the films of Alan and Susan Raymond. There are lots of educational resource links on the site, notably Parents Education Network, SAFE Voices, LDOnLine.org, and of course NCBIDA. What I found so moving about this 77 minute documentary was the story of world-famous micro sculpture and dyslexic Willard Wigan. As a child growing up in England, he was made to feel like nothing. One teacher in particular held him up to his classmates as an example of failure. He found meaning in the very smallest of things and his work is created in the eye of a needle. He slowed his body down so that he can sculpt the micro sized objects between heart beats, in one-and-a-half seconds. Check out the camels in the eye of a needle. His work is so small to view it properly one needs to use a microscope.
NCBIDA has a recommended list of books for parents, educators and students, you might want to check out here. LDOnLine.org also recommends a few as does GreatSchools.org.
Graphic from cbbc Newsround pictures.
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