"Kelly Pierce has a beautiful mind shaped by dyslexia, yet she endured decades of challenges and experienced the hurtful stigma of dyslexia into adulthood. I first diagnosed Kelly's severe spelling disability in 1988 at Western Carolina University's Reading Center, where I served as director and certified diagnostician. Despite Kelly's intelligence, love of reading, and talent for writing, her spelling disability was often masked or misunderstood by educators, her parents, and close associates over the years."
"Finding the report spurred Kelly to revisit my current work (see, for example, " Celebrating Dyslexia as a Special Way of Thinking" and that of other cognitive and neuroscientists who now posit the dyslexic brain, not as a disability, but as a different way of thinking with cognitive strengths. The interview that follows shows how Kelly now views dyslexia as a strength and how this new perspective has contributed to her successful professional operational role in a tech career as a team facilitator."
Kelly Pierce experienced decades of challenges and stigma from a severe spelling disability diagnosed in 1988 at Western Carolina University's Reading Center. Despite intelligence, a love of reading, and talent for writing, the spelling disability was often masked or misunderstood by educators, parents, and close associates. Disclosing dyslexia continues to provoke anxiety. Rediscovering the diagnostic report prompted a reevaluation of dyslexia as a different cognitive style with strengths. Embracing resilience, creativity, and cognitive gifts enabled Kelly to adopt supportive tools, reframe dyslexia as a strength, and achieve professional success as a team facilitator in a technology career.
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