ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Teaching Methods | Dr. Dan Young | TEDxSeaford

This talk outlines the academic life of Dr. Dan Young who overcame multiple learning disabilities to become the leading entrepreneurship educator in his state.

Dr. Dan Young is the curator of TEDxWilmingtonUniversity and special adviser to TEDxDover and TEDxSeaford. Dr. Young received his Bachelor's degree and Master's degree in Marketing from the University of Delaware's Honors Program and his Ph.D. in Marketing from Temple University. He is an Assistant Professor in the Doctor of Business Administration program at Wilmington University. He has also served on the Boards of many local organizations, including the ACLU, A Bigger Boat Foundation and the Delaware Theater Company. This is a fantastic story of taking adversity and turning it into a strength for use in teaching others.

[Leigh_Matters]

I was diagnosed with Dyslexia when I was 6 years old. I was formally diagnosed with ADHD & Anxiety when I was 20 years old. I am now in my third year as a PhD student in Early American Literature and my goal is to be a college professor too. It was only about 5 months ago and only after someone pointed out to me the peculiarity and how much of an oxymoron i am to be a dyslexic with ADHD and an English major.

[AllenWeinstein]

Excellent! Thank you for sharing Dr Dan's story.

[thePositiveMOM]

What an inspiring story and so many lessons to learn. I am so grateful for this talk!

[marykaykeller]

Great talk. People also need not be defined by their "diagnosis" some of what you talk about sounded like creativity.

[nuruddinshah]

Damn both. You definitely are me
And nice way teaching as Captain Rex said "experience outranks everything in my book"

[felixclarke]

Can't believe the workers couldn't go take a 20 minute smoko while bro was doing his ted talk :(

[arisgnnks]

omg the noize is killing my head, do something!