Memoirs Of A Learning Disabled Dyslexic Multi Millionaire

This book is written in two parts. One describes how Allen Weinstein, at seventy-nine, has become who he is today, overcoming obstacles that were deemed impossible. He couldn't read until he was thirteen and was labeled and written off by our educational system. He never believed he was a failure even if he failed. One Sunday night, he went to sleep a multimillionaire and woke up Monday morning completely broke. Yet he never gave up. What motivates him, and what keeps him strong? In this book, h

In elementary school Girard was diagnosed as mentally retarded by his teacher and school administrators, who recommended that his family institutionalize him. In reality he suffered from Dyslexia, which can affect speech, reading, time perception, and can slow learning in some subjects.

DYSLEXIA MY LIFE - one man's story of his life with a learning disability. In elementary school Mr. Sagmiller was diagnosed as mentally retarded by his teacher and school administrators, who recommended that his family institutionalize him. In reality he suffered from dyslexia, which can affect speech, reading, time perception, and can slow learning in some subjects. In his book, DYSLEXIA MY LIFE, Mr. Sagmiller discusses his struggles to overcome the ignorance and prejudice of his friends, family and society in general, to succeed in school (getting his MBA), business and life.

Tackling Dyslexia and Learning Disabilities: A Memoir by Russell Goodacre is a memoir of self-help that goes on a journey looking back at Russell Goodacre's experiences with dyslexia throughout his life. His memoir details how he succeeded in school with proper help and guidance. An essential part of his memoir is to help people with learning disabilities know they can succeed even though struggles happen for people with learning disabilities. Tackling Dyslexia and Learning Disabilities: A Memoir by Russell Goodacre mostly follows a timeline with different chapters focusing on a period of Russell Goodacre's life and how he grew from a kid into an adult while facing adversity. There are chapters in the memoir that goes in-depth about what dyslexia and other types of learning disabilities are and how they can affect a person in different stages of their life, whether it's in school, work, or other elements of anyone's life. Sometimes you might not even know someone has a learning disability because they can be unnoticeable. He hopes the book helps people who do not have a learning disability or ever encounter someone with one, what it is like, and how it can be challenging for people with learning disabilities. Tackling Dyslexia and Learning Disabilities: A Memoir by Russell Goodacre is also a way for Russell Goodacre to thank many people he's met throughout his life personally. He's had many positive influences from family, friends, teachers, coaches, administrators, mentors, and many others named throughout the book. When determining what success would be for the book, Russell Goodacre hopes if it helps one person with a learning disability, then it's a success because he wanted to help those like himself who struggled with learning disabilities at some point in their life.

“This book reminds us of what we have in common: the power to create a good life for ourselves and for others, no matter what the world has in store for us.” —Michael J. Fox This book reveals that people with disabilities are the invisible force that has shaped history. They have been instrumental in the growth of freedom and birth of democracy. They have produced heavenly music and exquisite works of art. They have unveiled the scientific secrets of the universe. They are among our most popular comedians, poets, and storytellers. And at 1.2 billion, they are also the largest minority group in the world. Al Etmanski offers ten lessons we can all learn from people with disabilities, illustrated with short, funny, inspiring, and thought-provoking stories of one hundred individuals from twenty countries. Some are familiar, like Michael J. Fox, Greta Thunberg, Stephen Hawking, Helen Keller, Stevie Wonder, and Temple Grandin. Others deserve to be, like Evelyn Glennie, a virtuoso percussionist who is deaf—her mission is to teach the world to listen to improve communication and social cohesion. Or Aaron Philip, who has revolutionized the runway as the first disabled, trans woman of color to become a professional model. The time has come to recognize people with disabilities for who they really are: authoritative sources on creativity, love, sexuality, resistance, dealing with adversity, and living a good life.

Engaging Minds: Cultures of Education and Practices of Teaching explores the diverse beliefs and practices that define the current landscape of formal education. The 3rd edition of this introduction to interdisciplinary studies of teaching and learning to teach is restructured around four prominent historical moments in formal education: Standardized Education, Authentic Education, Democratic Citizenship Education, Systemic Sustainability Education. These moments serve as the foci of the four sections of the book, each with three chapters dealing respectively with history, epistemology, and pedagogy within the moment. This structure makes it possible to read the book in two ways – either "horizontally" through the four in-depth treatments of the moments or "vertically" through coherent threads of history, epistemology, and pedagogy. Pedagogical features include suggestions for delving deeper to get at subtleties that can’t be simply stated or appreciated through reading alone, several strategies to highlight and distinguish important vocabulary in the text, and more than 150 key theorists and researchers included among the search terms and in the Influences section rather than a formal reference list.

A journalist's passionate expose of the media's portrayal of the disabled.