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Over the past 20 years, Stu Shader, of Pleasanton, has worked for some of the biggest tech companies in the country, including Apple, Hyperion, PeopleSoft and Microsoft, where he currently sells software to eBay and Intel.
What are the keys to his success? He’s a brilliant communicator, able to see the big picture and “boil things down” [Read more...]
A housing association resident from Hope Valley in Derbyshire is on course for a BA in Theology after securing a grant from his landlord.
Denis Haywood, aged 61, a committed Christian who suffers from Dyslexia, says his prayers were answered when his application for a Guinness Partnership Education Award proved successful. [Read more...]
Speech sounds different depending on what your left and right hand is doing, a study shows. The finding could help stroke patients be better communicators and improve speech recognition in children with dyslexia. Researchers at Georgetown University in New Orleans linked motor skills and perception by showing how the left and right hemispheres of the brain ‘hear.’ Neuroscientist Dr Peter Turkeltaub said: ‘Language is processed mainly in the left hemisphere and some have suggested this is because the left hemisphere specialises in [Read more...]
He has a career spanning nearly 40 years, and a life most people envy. But scratch beneath the surface, and Steven Spielberg is just a very ordinary man with ordinary problems – even struggling from dyslexia. The Schindler’s List hero was only diagnosed five years ago, and credits filmmaking with helping him to express himself. He said: ‘I never felt like a victim. Movies really helped me… kind of saved me from shame, from guilt. Making movies was my great escape.’ Speaking to the Friends of Quinn website, the Oscar-winner added: ‘When I felt like an outsider, movies made me feel inside my own skill set.’ [Read more...]
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