America’s Spelling Crisis: Why Spellcheck Can’t Save Your Child

Key Takeaways:

  • Learning to spell builds the linguistic foundation children need for reading, writing, and lifelong communication
  • Technology tools like spellcheck and ChatGPT mask learning difficulties and can delay diagnosis of dyslexia
  • Experts recommend 20 minutes of daily spelling instruction using science-based curricula, not just memorization

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How AI helps neurodivergent professionals showcase their strengths

“Neurodivergent leaders who harness the full range of their natural and artificial assets are a beautiful illustration of the potential that the hybrid future offers for all of us,” says researcher and author Dr. Cornelia C. Walther, who focuses on “prosocial AI” — systems designed to amplify human potential and foster equity.

AI can be a bridge to greater inclusion and a connector that helps people participate more fully in society, says Walther, a senior fellow at the Wharton Neuroscience Initiative and Harvard’s Learning and Innovation Lab. The tools can help people with neurodivergence curate a new inner dialogue, moving beyond the self-judgment that can come with feeling different, she says.

“AI can serve as a sort of translator, not of language, but of ability,” Walther says. “It can make sure there is a path that connects your ability and makes it useful in the way in which society is currently normed.”

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