Back to School '23, Interlude Episode 3: Growing up with dyslexia with Kareem Weaver, Margaret Malaika Weaver, and Elijah Valencia

Science of Reading: The Podcast

Amplify Education

Education, Science, How To, Social Sciences, Early Literacy, Amplify, Science Of Reading

4.5 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2023

⏱️ 87 minutes

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In this episode, in honor of Dyslexia Awareness Month, we highlight Kareem Weaver's daughter Margaret "Margo" and nephew Elijah—both of whom learned they had dyslexia later in their young lives. After many struggles in school, Margo was diagnosed with dyslexia in high school. Meanwhile, Elijah was diagnosed with dyslexia only while he was incarcerated. Margo and Elijah discuss the impact of their diagnoses. Meanwhile, Kareem reflects on their stories and shares lessons learned for families an...

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0:00.0	Hi listeners, it's Susan here. Just in time for the school year, I have a brand new resource to tell you about.
0:07.0	Science of Reading, a new teacher's guide. This free e-book gives you the critical information you need,
0:13.7	including a detailed breakdown of the reading rope and the 10 foundational science of reading principles.
0:20.0	It also provides key information on dyslexia, assessment,
0:24.2	serving multilingual learners, and so much more.
0:27.4	It's packed with beautiful diagrams,
0:29.7	a perfect compliment to the podcast if I do say so myself.
0:34.0	Download your science of reading guide at amplify.com.com slash S-O-R guide.
0:41.9	I just wish somebody really kind of sat with me and told me that I wasn't stupid and that I was
0:47.9	okay.
0:49.7	This is Susan Lambert and welcome to Science of Reading the podcast from Amplify, where the
0:55.3	Science of Reading lives.
0:58.2	We're just one week away from launching our brand new eighth season.
1:02.3	But first, we have one more very special episode for you.
1:06.6	So when was it that you actually discovered and something was named that you had dyslexia?
1:12.9	How did you come to that realization?
1:14.7	When I was incarcerated.
1:16.4	You being locked up, you know, to get tested then and get your AA then, it shouldn't take all that for a kid to get what they need.
1:22.7	It shouldn't take having to go to jail to get what you need to learn how to read.
1:27.2	That's the bottom line of it.
1:28.6	It makes me sad that like somebody so close to me, one of my own family members had to go
1:33.1	through that as well. October is Dyslexia Awareness Month. And today we welcome back one of our
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