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Jackson Gregory • TEDxTheBenjaminSchool

How I've Made Dyslexia My Secret Code

Seventh grader Jackson Gregory has dyslexia, a challenge that always made him feel that there was a secret code he couldn’t crack, and that he was standing on the outside of the world looking in...until he realized that it was actually he who was on the inside and in possession of the most secret code of all.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxTheBenjaminSchool, an independent event.

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Seventh grader Jackson Gregory has dyslexia, a challenge that always made him feel that there was a secret code he couldn’t crack, and that he was standing on the outside of the world looking in...until he realized that it was actually he who was on the inside and in possession of the most secret code of all.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxTheBenjaminSchool, an independent event.

Read more about TEDx.

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