Name: Overcoming Dyslexia - An Award Winning Short Documentary
Uploaded: 2018-03-23T08:40:26.000Z
Duration: 8 min 56 s
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I have dyslexia. Um, I've had it my entire life.

I was diagnosed with it when I was in third grade.

It was very  serious. I- I felt very stupid and dumb

for more of a language-based disability in reading.

Just, the way they think and act is a lot different.

So they assume that since you can't read a

paragraph correctly that you are... stupid

designed, and... there's nothing wrong with

society wouldn't say "What's your problem,"

or "You need to learn to do it on your own."

trying hard. To teachers saying, you know,

That's one of the answers in school for dyslexic people.

And it cracks me up, because it's just more time to

Uh, my full name is Aaron Austin. And the stuff that I do

When I started working, actually working with him one-on-one

It was very... um... he needed that one-on-one attention.

Well, I think she sees a lot of herself in Aaron.

That was me. And I took Aaron under my wing because...

...no child should be left that way. Ever.

I like Mrs. Jen, because she is nice to me

when you have it, because you don't learn

I know that Bill was... segregated from the rest of

the class and put into special ed classes.

I would be sent out to a separate trailer

when he's younger, and he has no... mental

They gave us a proficiency exam, which was supposed to

tell you what your goals and dreams were going to be in the future.

Teacher took me in a room and I said "So how did I do

military and those were my two options in life.

held me after class. Told me that I would

never make it... in... junior high, and that

they were going to beat me up, and that, uh...

I was going to learn my lesson eventually.

breaking into a liquor cabinet, and I would

fill them back with water after I got drunk...

I want something, so bad. But it's just not for me.

Aaron was a totally different story because he has

and... he was really upset. And they- I said why

He was often times, just passed to the next grade level

um... because... whelp, its the next teachers problem

you know? I'm not going to deal with it right now.

teachers don't know how to teach against it.

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Overcoming Dyslexia - An Award Winning Short Documentary

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