About this episode

Sid Bensalah interviews dyslexia researcher Russell Van Brocklen about the potential advantages of dyslexia and the need for a better understanding of learning systems.

Send us Fan Mail What if dyslexia is not a disability, but a different way of processing information that many schools still do not understand? In Episode #97 of Pre-Zero Sports Talk, Sid Bensalah sits down with Russell Van Brocklen, dyslexia researcher, educator, and founder of DyslexiaClasses.com. After being assessed at roughly a first-grade reading and writing level in college, Russell turned his personal struggle into a 20-year mission to rethink dyslexia, learning systems, and how par...

People in this episode

Host: Sid Bensalah

Guest: Russell Van Brocklen

Topics covered

• dyslexia
• education
• learning systems
• cognitive processing
• interview

Keywords

• dyslexia
• learning
• education
• cognitive processing
• interview
• Russell Van Brocklen
• New York State Senate

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York State Senate

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