An unedited essay by one of Learning Ally’s YES Ambassadors.
What I Know Now As a Teen With Dyslexia
“High school is a world dictated by tests and grades that are made to evaluate the average mind. If you were to have a conversation with me, you would know that I am bright, but if you were to see me in the middle of a math test, you would think the opposite.”
Overcoming Dyslexia, Finding Passion: Piper Otterbein at TEDxYouth@CEHS
Excellent, 10 minute speech given by high school student, Piper Otterbein. “I was beyond embarrassed that at that very moment, I couldn’t even read my own name.”
Faces of Dyslexia Video by DD-UT
This video features Utah students with dyslexia (including a few Park City students!) and was shown at the State House when DD-UT was working to gain support for S.B. 117: Interventions for Reading Difficulties Pilot.
Sophia’s Dyslexia fight song
Sophia’s video made national news and was featured on an ABC News Report out of California, “Beyond the Headlines with Cheryl Jennings: Dyslexia.” The ABC News video is also in our video archives.
Beyond the Headlines with Cheryl Jennings: Dyslexia (ABC News Report out of CA – An excellent 20 minute video!)