Alix Boyle of The Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity has written a short post featuring Dr. Beryl Benacerraf, a Radiologist and Utlrasound Specialist. Please share this with your students!
We need more biographies of successful professionals who also have Dyslexia - especially those who had to take difficult science and math courses just to graduate in their field.
Students (and teachers) need to see these stories of those who have excelled despite society's flawed understanding of what it takes to thrive and contribute in this world. Obviously, we have held back gifted people because we didn't understand that they were talented differently.
Remember, "It's now how smart you are, it's how you are smart" that truly matters.
