Turning a Stumbling Block Into an Advantage

Turning a Stumbling Block Into an Advantage
Brooke Gottlieb signing her National Letter of Intent to play at Coastal Carolina University. Courtesy of her father, Richard Gottlieb
Jennifer Margulis
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Brooke Gottlieb is 21 years old and a student at Coastal Carolina University. A competitive lacrosse player for a Division I school, she’s majoring in health communication. She’s earned straight A’s every semester since her first year of college, and has been nominated for multiple writing awards.

While that may not seem remarkable, Gottlieb is also dyslexic.

What Is Dyslexia? 

The word “dyslexia” is derived from the Greek prefix “dys” (meaning inadequate) and from the Greek word “lexis” (meaning words).
Jennifer Margulis
Jennifer Margulis
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Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D., is an award-winning journalist and author of “Your Baby, Your Way: Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Parenting Decisions for a Happier, Healthier Family.” A Fulbright awardee and mother of four, she has worked on a child survival campaign in West Africa, advocated for an end to child slavery in Pakistan on prime-time TV in France, and taught post-colonial literature to nontraditional students in inner-city Atlanta. Learn more about her at JenniferMargulis.net
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