Running the Distance and Beating the Odds: Dyslexia Is a Superpower

06/08/20 • 24 min

In this podcast, Blank discusses how the learning challenges he faced prepared him for the World Marathon Challenge and for life. He shares:

What it feels like to grow up with dyslexia and the stigmas attached to it
How he beat the odds when it seemed like the odds were against him
How you can encourage and support students with dyslexia

As Blank says, “Dyslexia is not a limiting factor, it’s a superpower.”

06/08/20 • 24 min

EDVIEW360 - Running the Distance and Beating the Odds: Dyslexia Is a Superpower

Transcript

Narrator: Welcome to EDVIEW360.

Jared Blank: I was diagnosed with dyslexia when I was 5 years old. I remember going through testing and meeting with this doctor and she's like, "School for you is going to be like running with a cut on the bottom of your foot." In elementary school I was told not to expect higher than a C average. Might not graduate high school. I think once those labels got put on me, it kind of developed a chip on my shoulder. The only

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