Embracing Dyslexia: The Interviews - Maryanne Wolf, Ed.D.

Maryanne Wolf, Ed.D. is the director of the Center for Reading and Language Research at Tufts University. She is best known for her research on reading interventions and her book Proust and the Squid on the science of the reading brain.

In this informative video, Dr. Wolf speaks about the reading circuit, the dyslexic brain, and what steps need to be taken to ensure that we don't lose the contributions to society of which dyslexics are capable.

[maryspencer]

This is one of the most cogent descriptions of the dyslexic brain I have heard, and I have heard a lot. Bravo!

[aggelikipappa]

My respect for Maryanne Wolf, director of the center for reading and language research at Tufts University USA, my personal mentor and inspiration on dyslexia that shed light on my specialized holistic EFL-FL and dyslexia work that influenced 'I love dyslexia' innovative EFL-FL tools and program of studies. I had the pleasure and honor to meet her in person in Boston and it was an experience that changed my life forever. I am grateful Mrs Wolf for what you gave to me as an EFL-FL teacher. If I am today in the top educators in the world for the year 2015 for the Global Teacher Prize and have changed my students' life, it is because of the assistance I got from your research and book Proust and the Squid that helped me immensely . I hope we can meet again soon and I remain at your disposal for any cooperation on our common visions on helping the world with deeper understanding on dyslexia. Aggeliki Pappa, founder of the innovative ' i love dyslexia', first in Greece and the only one known globally highly specialized edu-organization on holistic EFL teaching to students with dyslexia and SEN, and teacher training support center. www.ilovedyslexia.gr .I wish you all the best!

[CultureAndLove]

While I'm not convinced with the evolutionary argument, I AM CONVINCED with the heart of her argument: intelligence and the ability to read are not identical. Dyslexia does not mean a reduction of intelligence but a beautiful and somewhat different intelligence. I do not have dyslexia but I am blessed to hear Maryanne speak today. Thank you for sharing her speech.

[michelleeldering]

Thank you!!!! I felt emotional listening to your video. As someone that grew up in the 1970’s there just wasn’t a place for people that had reading “difficulties” and they were pushed aside to focus on the students that could read without problems. I was made to feel that I wasn’t too bright but inside I knew that I possessed talents that my other classmates did not. After struggling to understand what made me different, I am now beginning to understand it’s not about what my brain can’t do but what it can do. I’m currently in graduate school and doing exceptionally well now that I have learned to find a way to “do school” that works best for me. Thanks for sending out the message that having dyslexia is not a sign of low intelligence!

[backtoemocovers]

I just read her book, So amazing, I just ordered her latest book

[ZackGomez]

I am studying cognitive neuroscience. Thank you for this.

[jamescrocker]

Diagramming sentences in the eighth grade was a revelation to my visual, dyslexic brain. Nobody else could "get" the relational structure of language.

[sdachannel]

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[brigittastone-johnson]

Thanks for this, as a PhD student with Dyslexia a thousand times yes. But also there is a long way to go to educate especially within higher education institutions, how to support, graduate (post-graduate) students with dyslexia. I suspect a different set of skills should be considered. Beyond, use Grammarly, and try dictating. Speaking is not writing. And there is nothing more frustrating than feeling trapped in one head unable to effectively communicate one idea, or finding in a way others can comprehend. Or finding Zero help from supervisors on the matter.

[relaxandgrowwithMegan]

I have dyslexia yet I taught myself to read when I was 3 and I'm fluent or nearly fluent in 8 languages. Public school was absolutely no help to me. Also my brother has severe dyslexia. Both of us are adopted, I wonder if this plays a role.