3 episodes
Dyslexia Addventures Mrudula Govindaraju
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Dyslexia Addventures is dedicated to everything under the sun about dyslexia. Dyslexia is close to my heart since one of my daughters is dyslexic. I want to share my experience of 'discovering' dyslexia, accepting it and helping my daughter cope with it, until she found the dyslexic advantages within herself to zero in on her passion, which she is following at the moment. She is working towards making her passion into her career.
I believe that dyslexia is NOT a disability but neurodiversity. And people with dyslexia succeed because of their dyslexia and not despite it.
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Episode 2: Dyslexia - A Neurological Perspective with Dr Rema Chandramohan
Episode 2: Dyslexia - A Neurological Perspective is with Dr Rema Chandramohan Director, Institute of Social Paediatrics, Govt. Stanley Medical College, Chennai. In a career spanning over two decades and more, Dr Rema, a Paediatrician, has worked in various capacities in Neonatology, Developmental Paediatrics and Social Paediatrics in Madras Medical College Chennai; Institute of Child Health, Chennai; and Kanyakumari Govt. Medical College and Hospital.
I also write a blog here.
Art: Anoushka Osazuwa Akhigbe
Editing: Swetha Gupta
Host: Mrudula Govindaraju
I would love to hear from you. Please email your feedback at: dyslexiaaddventures@gmail.com
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Episode 3: Speech and Language Acquisition with Zainab Millwala, Speech and Language Pathologist
Speech and language acquisition go hand-in-hand. Often, as young parents, we tend to keep a close watch on the developmental milestones of an infant and, more often than not, we forget to track speech and language acquisition milestones of the child. Zainab Millwala, a Speech and Language Pathologist explains in great detail the processes involved in speech and language acquisition and what happens when a child misses those milestones.
Founder Director of The Speech Care Clinic, THOTH Solution and Services-MDC, Zainab Millwala, is a licensed Speech and Language Pathologist. She works with children and adults with speech-language and communication disorders. Her areas of expertise include:
Assessments and intervention of paediatric feeding disorders
Use of Oral Placement Therapy and PROMPT techniques for speech and feeding intervention
Use of story-telling and play-based intervention for dealing with communication and social language deficits in children
Assessment and intervention for fluency disorders in adults, teens and children
I also write a blog here.
Art: Anoushka Osazuwa Akhigbe
Editing: Swetha Gupta
Host: Mrudula Govindaraju
I would love to hear from you. Please email your feedback at: dyslexiaaddventures@gmail.com
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Episode 1: Dyslexia - An Introduction, with Geetha Raghavan
In Episode 1: Dyslexia - An Introduction, Geetha Raghavan, a special educator who has been working with dyslexic children for close to three decades explains how dyslexia was perceived in our country thirty years ago and how our understanding of the condition has progressed since then.
Geetha Raghavan refers to The Gift of Dyslexia by Ronald D. Davis, which I read when my daughter was first assessed for dyslexia more than a decade ago. I also believe that dyslexic people have innate advantages because of their dyslexia which other non-dyslexic people don't have. The concept that people with dyslexia succeed because of their dyslexia and not despite it, completely blew my mind. In their pathbreaking book Dyslexic Advantage the doctors Brock Eide and Fernette Eide explain how dyslexic advantage works. A third book which has also helped me understand dyslexia in order to help my daughter is Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz.
I also write a blog here.
Art: Anoushka Osazuwa Akhigbe
Editing: Swetha Gupta
Host: Mrudula Govindaraju
I would love to hear from you. Please email your feedback at: dyslexiaaddventures@gmail.com
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dyslexia-addventure/message