Table of Contents
Table of Contents
PREFACE pp. i-
INTRODUCTION
1. WHAT IS DYSLEXIA? – EMPIRICAL REVIEW
2. WHAT IS DYSLEXIA?
3. DYSLEXIA AND STIGMA OR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE
4. CURES FOR DYSLEXIA
5. CHILDHOOD
6. FEELING DIFFERENT
7. DYSLEXICS AND THE FAMILY
8. REACTIONS BY THE SCHOOL
9. EMOTIONAL REACTIONS AS CHILDREN
10. ADULTHOOD
11. FEELING DIFFERENT
12. BEING AN ADULT
13. HOW ADULT DYSLEXICS COPE
14. EMOTIONAL HEALTH
15. COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS AND RELATIONSHIPS
16. DYSLEXIA AND DATING
17. DYSLEXICS AND MARRIAGE
18. UNDIAGNIOSED DYSLEXIC PARENTS AND DENIAL
19. DYSLEXIC PARENTS – HOW THEIR CHILDHOOD STILL AFFECTS THEM
20. MAKING YOUR DYSLEXIC CHILD RESILIENT
21. DYSLEXIC PARENTS AND REACTIONS TO SCHOOL
22. CAREERS AND THE WORKPLACE
23. INFERIORITY COMPLEX
24. CAREER ADVICE FOR DYSLEXICS?
25. DYSLEXICS AND FURTHER EDUCATION
26. DYSLEXICS AND HIGHER EDUCATION/UNIVERSITY
27. DYSLEXIA AND THE WORKPLACE
28. A SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL DYSLEXICS
29. WHAT MOTIVATES DYSLEXICS TO SUCCEED
30. DATING
31. COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS
32. MARRIAGE
33. PARENTHOOD
34. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
35. SUGGESTED HINTS AND TIPS
APPENDIXIES
APPENDIX 1: DYSLEXIC DEFENCE MECHANISMS
APPENDIX 2: THE ADULT DYSLEXIC PERSONALITY
APPENDIX 3: STUDY 1 (ADULT DYSLEXICS)
APPENDIX 4: STUDY 2 (PARTNERS OF DYSLEXICS)
BIBLOGRAPHY
INDEX