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Deciphering Dyslexia
200756 min 6 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Bruce Mohun
Production: Sue Ridout
Script: Bruce MohunHelen Slinger
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The trials and triumphs of four people facing a lifelong struggle with learning. Dyslexia is the most common cause of reading and writing difficulties, affecting about 10 per cent of the population. The Knowledge Network documentary Deciphering Dyslexia is designed to raise awareness and provide an understanding of dyslexia, to bring a human face to this invisible disability and to reduce the stigma surrounding it. The film profiles four individuals and their families. Their stories, along with expert commentary, illustrate the likely causes of the disability and the most scientifically sound strategies for intervention.
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- Education > Literacy Education and Learning Disabilities
- Health and Medicine > Medical Perspectives
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Adolescent DevelopmentChild Development
- Science > Biology
- Health/Personal Development > Human Growth and Development
Credits
- writer
- Bruce Mohun
- director
- Bruce Mohun
- producer
- Sue Ridout
- story editor
- Helen Slinger
- research
- Bruce Mohun
- Sue Ridout
- narrator
- Kasper Michaels
- director of photography
- John Dowell
- additional camera
- Sean Cable
- Rolf Cutts
- location sound
- George Colmer
- Richard Crooks
- Lez Morrison
- editor
- Debra Rurak
- original music
- Anne Leader
- unit manager
- Laura Grieco
- video graphics artist
- Tim Johnson
- art direction
- Tiz Beretta
- opening animation
- Tiz Beretta
- archival research
- Found Images Research
- online editor
- Jim Dack
- sound editor
- Marc Benoit
- VTR
- Renee Dion
- makeup
- Kelly Hilliard
- content advisor
- Eithné Harrison
- Linda Siegel
- Fran Thompson
- program manager
- David Gullason
- director of programming
- Sarah MacDonald
- Michele Paris