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Smart, But Feeling Dumb:
The Challenging New Research on Dyslexia—And How It May Help You
Warner Publications, Published 1994
his book should be on the required reading list of every student entering teaching as a profession. Levinson tells us the real reason Johnny can't read and why there is often comorbid ADD, anxiety, depression, stuttering, memory difficulties, stomach upsets, soiling, bed wetting, nightmares, fatigue, tics, klutziness, or motion sickness in the learning disabled child. A must read for any parent concerned with their child's school performance and emotional well being.
Levinson deserves a Noble prize in medicine for tracing these educational and "emotional" difficulties to a physical problem, an inner-ear dysfunction. Forty million Americans have some inner-ear damage.
If you, yourself, have trouble with light sensitivity, foreground/background noise blending, or phobias of any kind, this book is also for you. Levinson offers medical advice on treating the inner-ear problem, sometimes with simple over the counter vestibular medications.
— Review by Jill
uccess is not measured by heights attained, but by obstacle overcome. It is my hope that this book will help other dyslexics to realize their full potential in spite of their obstacle, Dyslexia.
— Bruce Jenner,
1976 Olympic Gold Medalist, Decathalon
book of major importance...Dr. Levinson is to be commended for his persistence in challenging the old ideas, providing new solutions, and explaining them so clearly.
— Dr. Norman G. Walker,
Chairman of the Curriculum and Supervision Department of the
State University of New York at Buffalo
much needed book for the many thousands of persons with learning disabilities...should be most useful to parents and teachers who wish to help children and adults with inappropriate learning behavior.
— Eli Tash,
Director of Reasearch at the St. Francis Children's Activity &
Achievement Center in Milwaukee, Wisconson
marvelous resource to share with parents of our children with Dyslexiaand clients themselves...[Dr. Levinson is] a model to all who do research with the hope making life better for others.
— Joan Smith, Ed.D.,
Licensed Speech Pathologist and Educational Psychologist at the
Melvin Smith Learning Center in Sacremento, California
his test is brilliantly written...[Dr. Levinson's methods] may well prevent the bruising of the self-esteem and egos of young school children.
— Dr. Leonard S. Girsch,
Director of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the
Medical College of Pennsylvania and Chairman of the
Neuro-Allergy Committee of the American College of Allergists
mart But Feeling Dumb for the first time catalogues in an easy reading manner the various presentations of dyslexia. It brings hope to the many afflicted and will spur on relevant research in this area to further improve the concepts and treatment.
— Kenneth H. Brookler, M.D., M.S., F.R.C.S.C., F.A.C.S.,
Past President of the American Neurotology Society and
Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology at New York Medical College
can only hope that this book will encourage further research along the lines pioneered by Dr. Levinson.
— Augusta Alba, M.D.,
Deputy Director, Goldwater Memorial Hospital,
New York University Medical Center