Talking About Dyslexia | Dyslexia: A Hidden Disability
Watch Harvard graduate Laura Schifter talk about the stigma of having dyslexia, a hidden disability, and why it's still hard for her to say "I have dyslexia." Then learn more about talking...
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It's hard to admit to people that you have dyslexia, because you never know what you're going to hear back from people. You never know how people will respond and whether they'll think less of you because you have dyslexia, or whether they'll think that you're not smart. You know, even as recently as a couple years ago when I told somebody that I was dyslexic, my friend's father said, "Well, you can't go to Harvard then. You must not really be dyslexic. You can't really be dyslexic." And, you know, I think it's a lot of misunderstanding about the potential that kids with dyslexia have. People assume because you can't read when you're younger and you struggle with reading that that means you're not smar...
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It's hard to admit to people that you have dyslexia, because you never know what you're going to hear back from people. You never know how people will respond and whether they'll think less of you because you have dyslexia, or whether they'll think that you're not smart. You know, even as recently as a couple years ago when I told somebody that I was dyslexic, my friend's father said, "Well, you can't go to Harvard then. You must not really be dyslexic. You can't really be dyslexic." And, you know, I think it's a lot of misunderstanding about the potential that kids with dyslexia have. People assume because you can't read when you're younger and you struggle with reading that that means you're not smar...
