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FOCUS - OCTOBER 2015 37 Help us Celebrate our 1ST ANNIVERSARY Saturday October 17 15 WATER STREET PORT PERRY 905-985-0505 Monday - Friday 11 a.m. - 2 a.m. Saturday - Sunday 1030 a.m. - 2 a.m. FREE APPETIZERS AND SAMPLES EDGE playing from 930 p.m. till close THURSDAYNIGHTS Starts at 830 p.m. FRIDAYNIGHTS Starts at 9 p.m. KARAOKE NIGHT 2015 Readers Choice Awards PORTPERRYSTAR BEST PUB Featuring October 1st CAROLYN WILBUR Singer entertainer. Karaoke and lots of fun FOCUS - JUNE 2015 3 ple of a creative and successful dyslexic Bill Lishman the art- ist right here in Scugog. Then you can add in a long list of people from around the world names like John Lennon Steve Jobs Agatha Christie and Jay Leno. Dyslexia has historically not been accurately diagnosed or handled in the educational system. Technology has enabled us to eectively teach dyslex- ics to read. Its one of the most optimistic hopeful and positive development of our time. Knowledge of eective teaching software like the one pioneered by ORT is spreading rapidly. We can hardly keep up with the demand. I spend a great deal of time training new teachers. People need it now more than ever because our society is a reading economy where that skill is required in all phases of modern life. Our economy requires life-long learning and this in turn re- quires reading uency. This in a society which he says has historically looked down upon dyslexics and so often casts their fate to the wind. Bob sees their place in society quite dierently. If Im ever lost in the wilderness I want a dyslexic with me be- cause they have exceptional visual memories excellent pe- ripheral vision spatial aware- ness and great intuition. Were sure to nd our way out. That is an apt and tting statement. Bob after all has helped many dyslexics nd their way out of a wilderness one just as challenging of a much dierent kind. Scott Mercer Focus on Scugog For information on this topic Bob Almack will be speaking on Why Some Smart Kids Cant Read The Science of Dyslexia at the Port Perry Library Tuesday October 20 at 7 p.m.