Dyslexic author, entrepreneur, inventor, and disabilities advocate Ben Foss talks about dyslexia and his new book The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan. Ben was identified at age 8 and developed a unique approach to his disability, which he shared with people at the Eagle Hill-Southport School on Tuesday, May 7. Eagle Hill-Southport is a school for students with learning disabilities, including dyslexia.

1. Eagle Hill-Southport School
May 7, 2013
Ben Foss

4. The Brain While Reading

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8. 25
5
15
Verbal
Social
Math/Scientific
Spatial
Kinesthetic
Visual
Narrative
Musical
Ben Powers
Top Three:
Spatial
Verbal
Kinesthetic

10. Obvious Non-Obvious
Innate
Acquired

12. Attitudes

13. Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA, pronounced
I.D.E.A., not idea);
Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act
("Section 504”)
Americans with
Disabilities Act
(ADA).

14. EAHCA
/IDEA
Dyslexia Baby
boom
1954 1975 1980 2013 …2035
Brown
2011
Talent
and
Dyslexia
Dyslexia Baby
Baby Boom

17. The Brain While Reading