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Dyslexia affects up to 1 in 5 people, but the experience of dyslexia isn't always the same. This difficulty in processing language exists along a spectrum one that doesn't necessarily fit with labels like "normal" and "defective." Kelli SandmanHurley urges us to think again about dyslexic brain function and to celebrate the neurodiversity of the human brain.

Lesson by Kelli SandmanHurley, animation by Marc Christoforidis.