Here is a note from my colleagues and friends, Drs. Fernette & Brock Eide:
Dear Dyslexic Advantage Friends,
We’re happy to share with you that we sold our book The Dyslexic Advantage to Penguin, the Hudson Street Books imprint. It’s a book that we’ve always wanted to write because it’s seemed such mistake to view dyslexia as only a problem or disability, and we’re also jazzed that the publisher has family members personally touched by dyslexia so we know she really cares about our message
Here’s a short excerpt from their book:
| This understanding of dyslexia might seem sufficient if you examined dyslexic individuals (and especially children) only when they were trying to read, or spell, or perform some of the other tasks that they often find difficult; but something strange happens when you view these same individuals when they’re doing almost anything else. Viewed across a broader range of activities and over their entire lifespan, most dyslexic individuals not only cease to appear disabled, but they actually appear remarkably capable—even specially advantaged. This dyslexic advantage is clearly apparent in studies showing that dyslexic individuals are represented in at least twice their incidence in the population in such complex fields as engineering, astrophysics, art, computer graphics, and entrepreneurship. It’s also apparent in the fact that dyslexic individuals often rank among the most eminent and creative persons in their professions. Findings like these do more than cast doubt on the simplistic equation “dyslexia equals disability”—they completely destroy it. That’s the exciting message of The Dyslexic Advantage: That dyslexia isn’t just a learning disorder—that there’s a remarkable, strength-producing aspect to dyslexic processing that’s as central to what dyslexia is all about.” Thank you everyone for being part of our community, Fernette and Brock Eide |
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