Do you have special mental capacities that likely are not enjoyed by 80% of the people around you? Are you among the one in five who, according to cognitive neuroscience, are neurobiologically wired ...

Dyslexia is typically framed through a medical-deficit model. Take the following definition: “Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin. It is characterized by ...

Teen Filmmaker Lauren Havel on the Set of Her Latest Movie The Ground Beneath Our Feet New documentary reframes dyslexia as a driver of creativity, storytelling, and innovation — premiering this ...

From Drs. Wendy Raskind, Ellen Wijsman, and colleagues, University of Washington. Importantly, dyslexia does not affect comprehension. “If you read them a story and ask a question, they’ll understand ...

Learning disorders can affect a person more than you might imagine. Someone struggling with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), for instance, may struggle with impulsive behaviors such as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ray Ravaglia covers education, focusing on technology and innovation. Fifteen months ago, Dysolve, an innovative AI-driven ...

A few decades ago, people born with dyslexia typically had no idea why they struggled to read, or failed to read at all. Neither did their teachers. But a lingering and widely held misperception about ...

Corrected: A previous version of this story misstated Devin Kearn’s university affiliation. A recent change to the definition of dyslexia put forth by an international group of researchers and ...