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Writer and Neurodiversity Advocate Jonathan Mooney says that instead of people with learning differences being asked some variation on “What’s your problem?” multiple times a day, people should be asking, “What’s the school’s problem, the work place environment’s problem, the problem with a culture where normal is good and right and difference is deficient?”

Dr. Guinevere Eden explains why it is important for students with dyslexia to know what dyslexia is, what it means for them, and that many people do not understand dyslexia.

Research has shown that interventions are most effective in kindergarten and first grade.

Dr. Fletcher explains why he now believes that the most effective approach to dyslexia is through a combination of general education and special education programs.

As a graduate of Brown University, Writer and Neurodiversity Advocate Jonathan Mooney is often asked how he overcame his dyslexia and ADHD in order to thrive in college. What he says needs to be overcome or fixed is, in fact, how differences are treated in environments designed around the idea that we are all the same.

Dr. Guinevere Eden discusses how a successful dyslexia intervention might change the brain.

Nadine Gaab’s research shows that brain characteristics associated with reading difficulties are present before kindergarten.

John Gabrieli explains how the brains of people with dyslexia are different.

Dr. Guinevere Eden discusses the research implications of using brain imaging to predict responsiveness to an intervention.

Dr. Mark Seidenberg defines dyslexia; however, he notes that dyslexia is complex and that while the agreed-upon definition has its place, it does not tell us anything about causes or variability—the “important stuff.”