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Living and Learning with Dyslexia--Adult

Why do some really smart people struggle to read? What are the challenges, coping strategies, and gifts of dyslexia? (Note that the Library's Project Second Chance (PSC) offers tutoring to adults with dyslexia.)

User from Contra Costa County Library

14 items

  • Language at the Speed of Sight

    How We Read, Why So Many Can't, and What Can Be Done About It

    Seidenberg, Mark S,
    Book, 2017New York : Basic Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, a division of PBG Publishing, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc., [2017] — 428.40711 SEIDENBERG
  • Overcoming Dyslexia

    a New and Complete Science-based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level

    Shaywitz, Sally E.
    Book, 2003New York : A.A. Knopf ; Distributed by Random House, 2003. — 371.9144 SHAYWITZ
  • The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan

    a Blueprint for Renewing Your Child's Confidence and Love of Learning

    Foss, Ben
    Book, 2013New York : Ballantine Books, [2013] — 618.92855 FOSS
  • Streaming Video, 2016[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016.
  • The Dyslexic Advantage

    Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain

    Eide, Brock, 1962-
    Book, 2011New York : Hudson Street Press, 2011. — 616.8553 EIDE
  • Dyslexia Advocate!

    How to Advocate for a Child With Dyslexia Within the Public Education System

    Sandman-Hurley, Kelli
    Book, 2016London ; Philadelphia, PA : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016. — 371.9144 SANDMAN-HURLEY
  • Thinking Differently

    An Inspiring Guide for Parents of Children With Learning Disabilities

    Flink, David,
    Book, 2014New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2014] — 371.9 FLINK
  • The Brain That Changes Itself

    Stories of Personal Triumph From the Frontiers of Brain Science

    Doidge, Norman
    Book, 2007New York : Viking, 2007. — 612.8 DOIDGE
  • Neurodiversity

    Discovering the Extraordinary Gifts of Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Brain Differences

    Armstrong, Thomas
    Book, 2010Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Lifelong, 2010. — 616.8 ARMSTRONG
  • Proust and the Squid

    the Story and Science of the Reading Brain

    Wolf, Maryanne
    Book, 2007New York, N.Y. : Harper, c2007. — 612.82 WOLF