Did you know that 40% of billionaires have dyslexia?

What if I told you that 50% of people who are incarcerated are also dyslexic?

Well, today on the Yesterday Podcast we are discussing the topic of learning disabilities.

With Amar and I both having our own forms of learning disabilities, mine being dyslexia,

we wanted to explore the subject to help us gain a better understanding of the implications

involved with having these perceived disadvantages, from diving deep into our childhood, to

discussing the moments where we realize we were, quote, different, will bring you along

on our journey of self-discovery.

In this episode we also bring our good friend Cliff Whitesman, I got tested and indeed

I have dyslexia, and it was the best day of my life.

It's for the first time I had somewhere to hang my hat.

Cliff is originally from Israel and moved to the US just before high school.

He's the founder of the Speech to Text Software Speechify.

He's been named on the Forbes magazine 30 on a 30 list and is also a champion advocate

for dyslexia.

Having grappled with his own learning disabilities since childhood, Cliff shares some of his

perceptions on what it means to have learning disabilities and how he has conquered these

perceived negatives, turning them into the basis of his professional career.

So why are we deciding to talk about this today?

Maybe we can start because all of us have struggled with some form of learning disability

in different ways.

So for you, you knew that you had some form of ADHD, but you didn't know that you had dyslexia.

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