by Dyslexic Advantage Team | | Being Dyslexic, dyslexia, Famous People with Dyslexia, Premium, Premium Content, Professionals, Science, Technology
Many of the world’s greatest innovators are dyslexic. These creators with a capital ‘C’, more often than not, arrive at their conclusions through wild leaps of their ideas rather than incremental, step-by-step invention. This pattern, which appears...
by Sarah from Dyslexic Advantage | | ADD / ADHD, Advocacy, Being Dyslexic, Brain, creativity, dyslexia, Dyslexic Advantages, Neurodiversity
Dr. Gail Saltz has a hit book on her hands, and it’s called The Power of Different. In addition to being a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, she grew up with a brother who’d win a Nobel Prize. Gail was kind enough to talk to her about what...
by Sarah from Dyslexic Advantage | | Being Dyslexic, Careers, Dyslexic Advantages, Gifted, Premium, Premium Content, Technology
“If you start to do things you’ve never done before, you’re probably going to fail at least some of the time…and I say that’s ok.” – Dean Kamen Dean Kamen is one of the world’s most prolific inventors with over 440 patents to his name – including the Segway, the Luke...
by Fernette Eide | | Being Dyslexic, Careers, Dyslexic Advantage Magazine, Famous People with Dyslexia, Military, Neurodiversity, Premium, Premium Content
“I have herd aversion to the point it’s ridiculous.” – Vince Flynn In our earliest interviews with adult dyslexics in research for our book, a recurring theme of “herd aversion” emerged. Herd aversion or tendency to avoid group think – seems to be a common feature...
by Fernette Eide | | Being Dyslexic, creativity, Science
“If you’re not failing, You’re probably not trying as hard as you could be.” – Dyslexic Harvard Genetics Professor George Church From Harvard’s Gazette: Church had an erratic path through higher education like many dyslexic...