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The dyslexia empowerment plan, a blueprint for renewing your child's confidence and love of learning, Ben Foss

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

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index present

non fiction

The dyslexia empowerment plan

bibliography

Ben Foss

a blueprint for renewing your child's confidence and love of learning

Ideas and inspiration for accessing the tools and learning accommodations dyslexics need in school and in life, including advice on harnessing the innate strengths common to many dyslexics - creativity and resourcefulness - in order to change what people think is possible. After years of hiding his dyslexia, Ben Foss challenged himself to use it as a bridge to the rest of the world, realizing that if he could integrate his history and harness his strengths, he could thrive. Today, he's a renowned disability activist and the inventor of the Intel Reader, a mobile device that takes photos of text and recites it aloud on the spot to people who have difficulty reading