All About Dyslexia Awareness Month

Hello and welcome back! In today’s episode, our hosts are talking all about dyslexia, in honor of October being Dyslexia Awareness Month. Before getting into the topic, Katie and Esther announce the “Funniest Back to School Story” contest winner. Congrats to Shannon! Shannon won a Free Self-Paced Refresher course and a $50 gift card to the Brainspring store. Our hosts also shared an honorable mention from Kim. Thank you both for listening and submitting your stories! 

Next, Katie and Esther talk about Dyslexia Awareness Month, which is currently happening in the month of October. Dyslexia is a language-based learning disability that affects a person’s ability to read. As you can imagine, there are a lot of myths surrounding dyslexia, and our hosts take a crack at them to determine which ones are truthful, and which have been debunked! 

 

Myths: 

• Dyslexia is a vision problem. 
• Dyslexia only happens in the English language. 
• Dyslexia doesn’t show up until elementary school 

Truths: 

• People with dyslexia do not see backwards. 
• Dyslexia exists all over the world. 

• May be harder to detect in multilingual kids. 

• 1 in 5 people suffer from dyslexia. 

• Could be higher now, because we know so much more! 

• 35% of US entrepreneurs are dyslexic. 
• 60% of self-made millionaires are dyslexic. 

 

This may be surprising, but there are a lot of celebrities who have dyslexia! Some of those celebrities include: 

• Steven Spielberg  
• Whoopi Goldberg  
• Henry Winkler  
• Muhammad Ali  
• Richard Branson  
• Jay Leno  
• Danny Glover  
• Keira Knightley  
• Albert Einstein 
• Leonardo da Vinci 
• Pablo Picasso 

 
Fun fact: people with dyslexia tend to be more creative and have a higher level of intelligence. They only use the right side of their brain to process language, while non-dyslexics use three areas of the left side of the brain to process language. And when you’re right brained, you tend to be more creative! 

A long time ago, there was a stigma around dyslexia because we simply just didn’t know much about it. Now that we know more, it’s something we can talk more about and be proud of! 

Help spread awareness by: 

• Wear red on October 15th for World Dyslexia Day. 
• Talk on social media and share some facts (helps erase stigma when there is more info out there!). 
• Donate books on dyslexia to a local school or library. 
   

Dyslexia Awareness is extremely important, so make sure to share what you know, and know that there are resources available for you (especially on our website!). 

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Make sure to tune in next time for our super spooky Halloween special! 

 

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Hosts: Katie Hodgkins, Esther Moreau 

Production Manager: Michael Flees 

Soundboard: Brendan Kelly 

Podcast Production/Marketing: Morgan MacKew