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Eric Adams went from a student struggling with undiagnosed dyslexia to the mayor of NYC working to make resources accessible to all youth with learning disorders in NYC.
Throughout his K-12 education, Adam’s dyslexia went undiagnosed, but not unnoticed. He struggled academically while lacking access to resources and receiving little support from the schools. Adams persevered and was finally diagnosed with dyslexia in college. He acknowledges that if he had received the support and resources earlier he could have already achieved even greater things.
Yet, his list of accomplishments is certainly not short. He has served as an officer in the NYPD, as a state senator, and now as 110th mayor of NYC. In office, Adams has been promoting legislation and implementing programs to provide intervention to students with learning disorders early in their academic careers. Features of his programs include: screening all children in elementary and middle school for dyslexia, having intervention specialists provide support and programs to the schools, training all teachers to work with students with learning disorders and even opening schools specifically for dyslexics students in each borough.
Hear more about Mayor Adams and his educational programs here.