Reading Decoded - Nancy Fowler

Exactly.

Grit, that intangible quality that helps us succeed, comes from perseverance. I can’t think of a grittier person than someone who has worked hard their entire life to read and communicate effectively. Dyslexia, perhaps reluctantly, can be superpower.

Next month is Dyslexia Awareness Month. Let’s celebrate neurodiversity! Without their special brains, we wouldn’t have the contributions by Einstein, Steve Jobs, Da Vinci, and so many others.

Struggling to succeed takes courage to stand up for yourself. It takes perseverance and it creates grit - and that grit that has been earned from years of struggling and succeeded will propel the dyslexic student into the stratosphere of success.

Add a few apps to the device used by the dyslexic child, and add another layer of remediation. Sometimes I have to pause and be grateful for the amount of support available to dyslexic minds today.

People with dyslexia tend to be black and white thinkers and may struggle with more abstract concepts. Without remediation, they may also be poor readers. This combination makes making inferences difficult. How to help? Remediate with a methodical, evidence-based OG instruction, build world knowledge, and practice inference-making skills with graphics.

This is some powerful stuff. Just like our children, this poem is full of surprises. Read first from top to bottom, then read from bottom to top. Sometimes we need to turn life upside down to find our way forward.

What do Whoopi Goldberg and Benjamin Franklin have in common? They both have a gorgeous, beautiful dyslexic mind.

What do Whoopi Goldberg and Benjamin Franklin have in common? A gorgeous, beautiful dyslexic mind.