'B' May Look Like 'D,' but Life Shouldn't Be Bad ; Young People with Learning Disabilities Attend a Conference and Share How They Struggle with the Social Fallout.
Portland Press Herald › April 17, 2004
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A page in a book presented a giant hurdle to Robin Bader - the "b's" and "d's" turning backwards, the words making no sense at all.
But just as challenging - and arguably more crippling - than her dyslexia were the daily pressures of facing her peers.See the full content of this document
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'B' May Look Like 'D,' but Life Shouldn't Be Bad ; Young People with Learning Disabilities Attend a Conference and Share How They Struggle with the Social Fallout.
"From grade school to high school, everybody called me `stupid,' " said Bader, now 21 and living in Yarmouth. "I didn't have any friends, I didn't go out. I wouldn'...
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