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The Teacher Who Changed Everything
Watch as Patricia Polacco recalls the day that her teacher discovered her dyslexia.
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My Life with Dyslexia
By Arthur Stockdale
It wasn't until I went in the military in 1965 that I had any idea that I had a problem. I would transpose flight numbers on the schedule board. more…
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- Hank Zipzer, aka, Henry Winkler, by Henry Winkler
- How Computers Change the Writing Process for People with Learning Disabilities, by Richard Wanderman
- How I've Made it This Far, by Avi Frankl
- How My Rugby and Academic Experiences Mirrored Each Other at University, by A. Wayne McFarlane
- How Reading and Writing Have Shaped My Life, by Kathy Green
- How You Can Change the World One Step At A Time, by Michael D. Duignan
- I Made It!, by Sandra Westall
- I'm never sure what to expect anymore, by Michelle Sarabia
- If Only, by Marissa Vasquez
- Jack Horner: An Intellectual Autobiography, by Jack Horner
- Kingsley Costain High marks for top athletes, by David Grossman
- Learn to be a Learner, by Thomas Strewler
- Learning Despite Learning Disabilities, by Dale S. Brown
- Learning Disabilities Did Not Keep Me From Graduating College, by Michele Glaser
- Learning to Dance, by Dale S. Brown
- Left Behind at the Very Beginning of the Race, by Thomas G. West
- Making the Transition, by Emily Staats
- Michael's Essay, by Michael F.
- Mike's New Drill, by Deborah Thomas
- My ADD Journey, by Anne Brow
- My Battle with ADD, by Jack
- My Dream Has Been Met, by Michelle Anastasio
- My First Day in Adult Basic Education, by Dan Danforth
- My Life with Dyslexia, by Arthur Stockdale
- My Life with Learning Disabilities, by Lauren
- My Son's Disability, and My Own Inability to See It, by Martha Randolph Carr
- My Story, by Brandon
- Overcoming Greatness, by Linda Nisbett
- Patricia Polacco, by Patricia Polacco
- Paul Orfalea, by Jill Lauren, M.A.
