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AIā€™s New Insights on Dyslexia

Findings about the brain for the educator For the past 100 years, dyslexia was a murky, confounding disorder of the brain. For the one in five people who has it, dyslexia remained chronic and lifelong, impacting learning and reading. There was no way to peer into a dyslexic brain to see underlying problems precisely enough […]
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The Person in the Machine

Much has been said about the lack of accuracy of AI-generated texts. Iā€™ve been asked repeatedly by reporters to comment on the observation that LLM-based AI ā€œliesā€ and ā€œhallucinates.ā€ We endow machines with human qualities when we use such words. Yet, we cannot help ourselves. When we see or hear language, we instinctively imagine a […]
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How to Think about AI in Education

Since our firm launched the first autonomous AI program in education, educators have asked me for ideas on how they can manage this new wave of change. What AI tools and programs should they use in the classroom? What can they allow in assessments? I tell them to take a step back and look at […]
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The AI Solution to Dyslexia in Prison

Since Dysolve launched an AI program for dyslexia, weā€™ve been fielding queries from diverse segments of society. One man asked whether his friend could use our web-based program even though he had no Internet access. We suggested various places with free wifi. The manā€™s response: his friend was in California State Prison. Even before this […]
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5 Things To Know About Your Student With Dyslexia

Our students with dyslexia sometimes wished that they had the courage to tell their teachers some of the things below. The rest we gathered from 3 decades of close interaction with them. 1. Results may not reflect effort. Many of our students used to spend several hours a night on homework, even in primary school. […]
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How Language Affects Mental Health

A pediatrician asked, ā€œWhy should we worry about a kidā€™s reading problem when we have assistive technologies?ā€ My answer at that Grand Rounds still holds today: A reading problem stems from a language problem. Even when the child is not reading, that language problem still affects her daily functions. Think of how much of your […]
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5 Things to Know about Your Patient with Dyslexia

A language disorder like dyslexia can have physical symptoms. Here are some common ones: Headaches. Our students say that their brains are on fire. Because they have difficulty processing language, their brains have to work harder to make sense of input. Very quickly, they face processing overload. Some report recurrent headaches or migraines. The site […]
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5 Things to Know about Your Child with Dyslexia

Avoiding school. Naturally, a struggling student wants to avoid school. But what is the specific reason for each child? Does the teacher call on students to read aloud, embarrassing the child with reading difficulties? Do other children bully the struggling learner? In our experience, children often do not tell adults about being bullied. Or is […]
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Debunking Dyslexia Myths

Myth – Dyslexia is lifelongDyslexia is due to inefficient language processes in the brain, which can be corrected. Diagnosed by certified psychologists as having dyslexia, children who used the AI program DysolveĀ® were able to pass state/school standardized reading tests, take no more than typical to complete schoolwork and tests, and spell, read and write […]
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Understanding Dyslexia

What It IsDyslexia: reading difficulty caused by inefficient language processes in the brain.Because inefficient processes may occur in any part of the linguistic system, some people with difficulty reading also have difficulty with other language functions such as listening comprehension and writing.AI technology can locate these inefficient processes through a game interface and correct them. […]