Recently, I had a wonderful opportunity to chat with Sally Daunt, Chairwoman of the Music Committee of the British Dyslexia Association. We had been corresponding about dyslexia and choral groups and Sally had asked about how dyslexic strengths can manifest...
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"One of the things I love about startups is I get to engage the strategic thinking part of my brain across a broad set of things..." John Edgar introduced me to Justin from Macrometa and he shared his career and dyslexia story with me: "What I do now is, I work...
"The book begins by describing the strengths and weaknesses of creative thinkers who have dyslexia. It outlines the reasons that they may struggle in science and gives examples of specific areas of the school science curriculum that are often very challenging for...
Congratulations to Steven Erickson and his brother Mark who won a coveted spot on the second season of Lego Masters to compete for $100,000. Steven and his brother Mark have long been known to the LEGO community. You can find Steven HERE. I have...
As Chief Technology Evangelist and VP of Strategy at Digital Ocean, John Edgar helped grow the company from #1000 to #2 cloud provider in the world (second only to Amazon). How did he do it and how did he arrive at the top of his profession in technology, after...
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He's not just Denzel's son. John David Washington is the action hero of Christopher Nolan's Tenet and former NFL running back, and one of Time Magazine's NEXT 100 leaders who will shape the world's future. And he's also dyslexic. John David has talked about his...
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Learning second languages are difficult for many dyslexic students; foreign language waivers or substitutions are common, but in spite of this, many can learn other languages and even multiple languages if the goal is conversation. Writing and spelling second and...
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Recently I had the pleasure of talking to Xinru about dyslexia, college, and computer languages. Xinru's currently studying both music and computer sciences at Brown University, an Ivy League university that is known for its "Open Curriculum" - that allows students to...
This is an extraordinary collection of 21 interviews of people at Oxford. We should never underestimate the potential of people with dyslexia. The talents,...
"I grew up wanting to be Captain Nemo from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea..." "I wish everyone recognized that dyslexia has its advantages." - Robert Ballard It's not just Bob's accomplishments that make his autobiography so compelling, but his focus, resilience,...
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"When you have dyslexia and you don't know that's what it is, you assume you're not intelligent — and your self-confidence is taken away." – Vincent Fantauzzo Vincent grew up in a crowded public housing flat with his mother and...
"Thomson played a leading role in the slow transition from the condition being perceived as a learning difficulty to the championing of many dyslexic children as creatively gifted. She liked to recall showing a child a picture of a dinosaur and asking him what letter...
