Meet a Child Entrepreneur With Dyslexia and His Mom
This 10-year-old wonder invented The Mug With A Hoop (TM). Learn how he and his family parlayed his dyslexia into a successful business that highlights the upside of seeing the world differently.
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Hi, I'm Max, the chief creator behind MAX'IS Creations. Two of my favorite things are basketball and hot chocolate. So I invented a mug with a basketball hoop for tossing marshmallows into hot chocolate. I'm Jen Ash, Max's mom. When Max was first diagnosed with dyslexia and a language processing disorder, we were worried about how he would do in a world where he would be defined by test scores that may not reflect, kind of, his full abilities. When he made this mug, what it taught us is that Max is going to have a different path and that there are many children out there who may not do well on standardized tests or who may have struggled with writing essays, but they have a lot of wonderful ideas. So this started out, and we thought this...
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Hi, I'm Max, the chief creator behind MAX'IS Creations. Two of my favorite things are basketball and hot chocolate. So I invented a mug with a basketball hoop for tossing marshmallows into hot chocolate. I'm Jen Ash, Max's mom. When Max was first diagnosed with dyslexia and a language processing disorder, we were worried about how he would do in a world where he would be defined by test scores that may not reflect, kind of, his full abilities. When he made this mug, what it taught us is that Max is going to have a different path and that there are many children out there who may not do well on standardized tests or who may have struggled with writing essays, but they have a lot of wonderful ideas. So this started out, and we thought this...
