Dyslexia IRL: More Than Just a Reading Challenge
When we began imagining what a conference about dyslexia could look like at Harvard, we started with students’ experiences. Maya, the co-founder of the student-run HGSE Dyslexia Club, saw a gap in the way conversations were happening that was both personal and urgent.
Our world is missing out on so much talent from youth with dyslexia and other learning disabilities because they struggle to navigate traditional education structures and career transitions.
Conversations about dyslexia — even those at HGSE — seem to focus only on early childhood and learning to read. But these miss the importance of the career transition period in a young adult’s development: even the most prepared students with dyslexia frequently get caught off guard when they get to college or start a career, where there's more reading, writing, and self-advocacy skills required in times of high pressure.
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