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Legacy of the Blue Heron: Living with Learning Disabilities
Nonfiction » Self-improvement » Confidence and self-esteem
Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs
Published by Oxton House Publishers
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Published: June 07, 2010
Words: 64,864 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781881929468
Description
A moving personal account of coping with learning disabilities by a severe dyslexic who became an engineer, businessman, boat-builder, and president of the Learning Disabilities Association of America. This entertaining storyteller's experiences lead to wise, common-sense advice for solving many problems faced by students, parents, and educators. (The Introduction explains the book's title.)Tags
teachers, maine, autobiography, corrections, learning disabilities, dyslexia, reading problemsAvailable ebook reading formats
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Review by:
Donna Daulton
on March 14, 2011 :
(no rating)
I bought this book because I work with adult low level readers who want to improve their reading skills. Not surprisingly, many of them have significant learning challenges. The first three chapters of this book were so great that I bought the audio version of it despite the fact that the rest of the book was not that good and the audio was on cassette tape. I found the look behind the scenes of a learning disabled person's life so revealing. I have used it for both the students and tutors in my program. For the students, it gives them encouragement and hope. For the tutors, it gives them a glimpse of what their student's life is like. I wish he had elaborated more on different aspects of his life as a learning disabled child and adult. I would have given it 5 stars, except that there was not enough about how he managed in life and what coping mechanisms worked for him and too much about his activism with learning disabled advocacy groups.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)