NPR: "A parrot flies along, the parrot lands on a car, the car explodes, and the smoke and feathers rise in a figure 8." To many people, that may sound like a cartoon panel. To Sean Plasse, it was a tool for recalling the word "polycarbonate." Plasse suffers from dyslexia. He is able to understand and recall concepts and ideas very well. But words are another matter. Trying to cope with his problem in college, Plasse says, he would "convert about 10,000 words into these pictures, every semester" -- and live in fear that someone would realize that he had to work so hard to keep up..........Friday, July 17, 2009
Listen: Overcoming Dyslexia, and Turning a Corner in Life
NPR: "A parrot flies along, the parrot lands on a car, the car explodes, and the smoke and feathers rise in a figure 8." To many people, that may sound like a cartoon panel. To Sean Plasse, it was a tool for recalling the word "polycarbonate." Plasse suffers from dyslexia. He is able to understand and recall concepts and ideas very well. But words are another matter. Trying to cope with his problem in college, Plasse says, he would "convert about 10,000 words into these pictures, every semester" -- and live in fear that someone would realize that he had to work so hard to keep up..........
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