Six-year-old Antoni, born in the UK to Polish parents, speaks only a few English words in class and often looks confused when the teacher gives instructions. He could simply be adjusting to English – or the problem could be developmental language disorder (DLD), a condition that severely impairs a child’s ability to learn, use and understand spoken language.
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“Theater is a place where I am constantly learning and challenging myself, and that is why I love theater so much,” Duggan explained. “It is my safe place where I can work to become a better person and connect with people from many different backgrounds.”
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We’re often told that dyslexia is a ‘gift’ or a ‘superpower,’ but for many adults, the day-to-day reality feels more like carrying a backpack full of bricks.
After making the same mistake twice in relatively quick succession at my former workplace, a manager said to me “are you lazy, or are you stupid?”. The mistake itself was small. I had sent a quote in pounds instead of dollars. But it happened twice, and what my manager saw as carelessness, was actually my dyslexia.
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Can you change an 88-year-old brain? This question came up when Mr. JT Johnson, 88, started using an AI program to correct his dyslexia. Dyslexia is a common reading difficulty that affects 1 in 5 people (Yale Center for Dyslexia, 2022). It is classified as a learning disability in schools.
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Kindergarten deficits in letter knowledge and phonological awareness, morphological awareness, and rapid automatized naming were associated with increased risk for dyslexia.
Cognitive-linguistic deficits in kindergarten are associated with an increased risk for early- and late-emerging dyslexia, according to a study published online March 24 in JAMA Network Open.
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