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...University needs to make an extra effort to accommodate the needs of students with dyslexia, a Harvard Medical School fellow said yesterday in a speech at Winthrop House...

Author: By Dorothy C. An, | Title: Med School Fellow Urges Awareness of Dyslexia | 2/26/1987 | See Source »

Speaking as a guest of the Harvard Dyslexia Awareness Group before an audience of 40, Schwartz focused on strategies for overcoming the academic and social problems associated with dyslexia...

Author: By Dorothy C. An, | Title: Med School Fellow Urges Awareness of Dyslexia | 2/26/1987 | See Source »

Schwartz outlined several measures which Harvard could implement to increase support for dyslexic students. These included offering untimed or oral exams and training advisors to be familiar with dyslexia...

Author: By Dorothy C. An, | Title: Med School Fellow Urges Awareness of Dyslexia | 2/26/1987 | See Source »

According to Nancy Blackmore, assistant to the Winthrop House senior tutor and founder of the Dyslexia Awareness Group, close to 15 percent of the population suffers from dyslexia, a learning disability that impedes reading and writing abilities...

Author: By Dorothy C. An, | Title: Med School Fellow Urges Awareness of Dyslexia | 2/26/1987 | See Source »

Galaburda, who heads the Dyslexia Research Laboratory at Harvard-affiliated Beth-Israel Hospital, and another doctor, Thomas Kemper, were the first to provide evidence for the neurological origin of the disorder. In 1979 they first discovered abnormalities in the brains of dyslexics...

Author: By Arthur Rublin, | Title: Profs Link Dyslexia to Abnormal Brain Growth | 1/16/1987 | See Source »

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