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Astrophysicist Maggie Aderin-Pockock, reaches for the stars: A great dyslexic role model for aspiring rocket scientists.

“I don’t read books, but I write them,” states notable Paleontologist Jack Horner, who is the inspiration for the Jurassic Park expert–and very dyslexic.

A game of Scrabble, where spelling is everything, is not much fun for dyslexics. But here are some positive ways to view it, and play the game!

Swimming with sharks: “A dyslexic entering a classroom each day is more brave than someone taking a chance swimming near sharks.”—Dyslexia advocate Dean Bragonier, who swam around Martha’s [...]

There are so many creative, interesting, accomplished and yes, rich and famous people with dyslexia that remind us that the learning difference need not hold one back. Almost to a person, they [...]

The dyslexic struggle to read leaves many feeling locked out of literature.

Too often dyslexic students in school are bent and broken; casualties of the system that tries to make them fit in when it’s just not built for them.

Struggles in reading, writing and spelling are just the tip of the iceberg; dyslexia may include  several processing and attention issues, hiding below the surface.

Literacy struggles don’t define a person, even one with dyslexia: Don’t overlook the bright creativity of the Smart, Out-of-the-Box Thinker.

A young Thomas Edison was sent home with a note from his teacher saying he was too stupid to learn and should not return to school. His mother told him that it was time she teach him because the [...]