In this video (#29 in my series introducing my new book The Power of Neurodiversity), I examine how people with dyslexia can modify text using a word processor such as Microsoft Word to make it easier to read. Most word processing programs have many features that we don’t take full advantage of that could make...Read More

In this video (#27 in my video series on ”The Power of Neurodiversity,” I talk about the strengths of individuals who’ve been diagnosed with dyslexia and how those strengths can be matched with careers where those gifts would make a good fit. People with dyslexia often have, for example, strong 3-D visual-spatial ability, and so...Read More

This video features six prominent individuals and one group who have succeeded in their areas of expertise while at the same time showing the signs and symptoms of dyslexia. The list includes: Anderson Cooper, Tom Cruise, Steven Spielberg, Dav Pilkey, Richard Branson, and the cybersecurity decoders of the Government Communication Headquarters in the U.K. In...Read More

In this video I explore the big question: why is this disorder [dyslexia] still in the gene pool? One clear reason is that for most of the 300,000 years that humans have been around, reading written words did not exist. There were no remedial reading specialists in prehistoric times! On the other hand, there were...Read More

In this video, #24 in my series introducing my new book (out today!) The Power of Neurodiversity: Unleashing the Advantages of Your Neurodivergent Brain, I focus on several different assets often seen in individuals diagnosed with dyslexia or other language-based learning disabilities. They include mechanical reasoning, an ability and/or propensity to draw, three-dimensional perception, entrepreneurial...Read More