dyslexia

It has become hard to predict what goes on in the mind of X (formerly known as Twitter) owner Elon Musk ever since he muscled an entire rebranding campaign onto the platform within just 3 days. And the successful maneuvering of the move has perhaps made the billionaire even more 'unhinged', at least that is what social media is insinuating. Yesterday, he announced in a tweet, that going forward, the platform will only support dark mode, bringing an instant worry to all those who do not prefer it since reading…

Have you ever been curious about the lives of people who write developer documentation for technology companies? Me neither. Until I read K Vaishali’s absorbing memoir Homeless: Growing Up Lesbian and Dyslexic in India, it seemed like a niche and nerdy area of work completely outside the scope of my understanding and the people involved in it did not pique my interest. This book made me reflect on how individuals are much more than their day jobs. PREMIUM “Much of this book is about a search for love in the…

What are the shortest words with a given number of syllables? “I” and “a” each contain one letter and one syllable, which is the tightest ratio we could realistically expect. Are there any two-letter words with two syllables? The only one I’m aware of (not counting things like “BB,” as in “BB gun”) requires that we allow proper nouns: Io, Jupiter’s closest moon (pronounced “eye-oh”). I don’t think we can extend the 1:1 ratio to three letters. Some four-letter words with three syllables include Ohio, Iowa, and iota.…

Google is making it easier for people with reading challenges, such as dyslexia, to be able to make out articles and text posts online. The tech giant has launched "reader mode" for Chrome, which takes a site's primary content and puts it into the sidebar to reduce clutter and distractions. Users will also be able to change the text's typeface, font size and spacing, as well as its color and background color, to find the combination that works best for them.  Reader mode is but one of the new features and updates Google…

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People with dyslexia are specialized to explore the unknown, according to new research by the University of Cambridge.Researchers say people with Developmental Dyslexia have specific strengths relating to exploring the unknown that have contributed to our species’ successful adaptation and survival.University of Cambridge scientists studying cognition, behavior, and the brain have concluded that people with dyslexia are specialized to explore the unknown. This likely plays a fundamental role in human adaptation to…

The modern world is stitched together by threads of written language. For those with the reading disorder dyslexia, the endless tangle of words can feel like an obstacle to survival.  Long framed purely as a learning disorder, the neurological condition that makes the decoding of text so difficult could also benefit individuals and their community in a world full of unknowns.University of Cambridge psychologists Helen Taylor and Martin David Vestergaard reexamined the traditional view of developmental dyslexia as a…