dyslexia
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Mental Handcuffs
a: Dyslexia ~
b: being in handcuffs
What: , "Knowledge is there, you just can't spit it out ... it's like walking around with a gag on." A younger man said having dyslexia is like being in handcuffs and a woman compared it to being "like someone that didn't have two arms and couldn't function." The link is to an academic article about metaphor used to describe dyslexia.
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Writer: Diane Goss
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Date: Mar 31 2012 2:29 PM
# 1778 Critique Analogy
Driving Miss Dyslexia
a: Dyslexia ~
b: driving a car in the dark
What: "Having dyslexia is like driving a car in the dark when it's slippery and the kids are shouting in the back. "Your brain is working twice as hard," she said.
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Writer: Vicki Wakefield
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Date: Mar 31 2012 2:33 PM
# 1779 Critique Analogy
Conceptually A Bar Of Soap
a: Dyslexia ~
b: a slippery bar of soap
What: "Dyslexia is like a slippery bar of soap. It's not always easy to grasp and can be confounding in terms of trying to figure out if your child may have it or not." The link is an article discussion problems that parents have accessing children with learning troubles.
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Writer: Jeff & Laura
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Date: Mar 31 2012 2:39 PM
# 1780 Critique Analogy
A Cube In Your Head
a: Dyslexia ~
b: a Rubik’s Cube
What: "I strongly believe that dyslexia is like a Rubik's Cube: it takes time to work out how to deal with it but once you do, it can be the most wonderful gift."
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Writer: Sally Gardner
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Date: Mar 31 2012 2:42 PM
# 1781 Critique Analogy
Bouncy Words
a: Dyslexia ~
b: trying to read in a moving vehicle
What: "Dyslexic people are normally highly intelligent and manage to compensate by listening and remembering. Dyslexia is like trying to read in a moving vehicle. Dyslexia is not a visual problem but a colour perception aberration in the brain."
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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Mar 31 2012 2:46 PM
# 1782 Critique Analogy
METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.