Educators/Teachers

  • This story was submitted to us by a dyslexic teacher/tutor of dyslexic children.
  • Growing up, Catherine Drennan would have never imagined herself as a professor in chemistry and biology at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
  • Claudenia Williams
    Teachers play a vital role in recognizing if a student is showing signs of a learning impairment. They can accommodate for a child’s learning disability in a variety of ways- providing additional worksheets, introducing a topic through a different angle, and other supplementary material.
  • Collin Corkum: Dyslexia Breakthrough
    A 95-year-old former teacher talks about how he continues to help dyslexics succeed.
  • Jack Owens
  • John Lancaster
    University Professor with Dyslexia Shares his Story
  • Marta
    A young woman discusses her dyslexia and how it has not stopped her from writing.
  • Nina G.
    Usually, it's not polite to laugh at someone with a learning disability. But in the case of Nina G., she wants you to laugh.
  • Grandchild to the queen of England, Princess Beatrice has spent much of her adult life working with organizations that focus on childhood education and support for learning difficulties such as dyslexia, a learning disability she was diagnosed with at age seven.
  • Sonya Bridges
    Former teacher Sonya Bridges is using the lessons she learned from battling with her own dyslexia to help fight against the illiteracy that plagues society today.