Dyslexia: Tapping into the potential | Barbara Wirostko (Morelli), MD | TEDxBozeman

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Published 2019-06-04
Barbara Wirostko, an advocate for students, invites us to stand up for students with learning differences. Dyslexia gets missed and goes undiagnosed all the time. As a society that is able to recognize learning differences, we can tap into the creativity, passion, and skills of students with dyslexia and other learning differences. Barbara Wirostko (Morelli) MD, wears a lot of hats as a researcher, clinician, entrepreneur, a nonprofit Executive Director, a wife and mom. A Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Utah, SLC, she loves teaching and caring for patients. She began her career at Cornell with a BS in Microbiology, completed her MD and residency at Columbia University in New York, and a glaucoma fellowship at Cornell. Barbara’s expertise is in ophthalmic clinical research, however her purpose has expanded beyond medicine. Barbara and her husband, Joseph Morelli MD, started the Joseph James Morelli Scholarship, a nonprofit, in memory of their son Joseph James, a junior at MSU in 2014. The family has committed to this effort based on the unmet need nationally that exists - young adults with learning challenges such as dyslexia still struggle to receive accommodations needed to achieve academic success. Barbara lives in Park City with her children and husband and has become an advocate and voice for dyslexia awareness. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
All Comments (19)
  • @joej1193
    Thank you Barbara for sharing your story and your voice.... I am a dyslexic.
  • @samreynolds3789
    My Son, now 33 has it ! I did not Know & was NOT Patient , until he was 15 ( Properly Diagnosed ) ! I had to APOLOGIZE & STAND UP for him !
  • @maunasmehta5529
    This is so true that it made me cry i have been thru all of this
  • @trevorbronkema7332
    NO teachers even told me i had dyslexia but i still became the 25% that graduates. But I knew I had dyslexia in the back of my mind. The best teachers for me were the one's I could become . Because then there we the Dyslexic teachers, I imagine that also had dyslexia. My point is that my severity does things backwards. I can still read, but not in large portions, although if we dyslexics. We can do alot in a small amount of time really well. But then it snakes back. Perfect. 420
  • @sarahreid7417
    Thanks Barbara I am dyslexia and they didn’t think I. Was high school mattorll same as me .
  • @NorbieGonthemic
    I understand that dyslexia is hereditary. My son has dyslexia, too. My son had to have extra time to do his exams to get to university. He's good as a media engineer/producer in broadcasting technology. My grandson is not too brilliant academically. However, I don't know if he's been tested for dyslexia. He's very good at performing Arts. I wasn't very good academically at school; so, I was labelled a Dunce. But, in my mid-40s at college while training for a second career in technology I found out (after a test) that I was dyslexic, too. I also had to have extra time to do my studying and exams. I'm a good computer engineer, singer-songwriter, musician and actor. On the whole; dyslexia has rendered me from achieving my true goal in life.
  • @frasercrighton5790
    My first ever comment on youtube...thanks so much. I'm dyslexic which is awsome. But a good heads up is the struggle with talking. my daughter Is struggling. But way ahead of the pack with math. I'm so sorry your about son
  • @timgogodown193
    I'm dyslexic and I understand all energy travel double helix to wave And im good with money got a house at 21 and a good job and I can fix anything and I can fluently speak French and English. but I cannot write or read either Haha but teachers told me I would fail and would be homeless schools would even put me on Ritalin I was drugged for being different
  • @joeycolombo2549
    Yes I have struggled for my hole life I need a job it’s hard to even fill out a application
  • @teresacunningham270
    I wish that a known that in the sixties I'm male 60 and still struggling get me 20 years to get my high school diploma and that was going back and starting over many times
  • @NorbieGonthemic
    I was discriminated from employment because of my dyslexia.
  • @ominamorris3328
    My mom found out when I was around 6 and only elementary school actually helped me when I hit middle school i fell threw the cracks and barely got help. I’m high school I had to personally tel some of my teacher I had dyslexia and that I had extra time and they were shocked until they looked it up. I was told I was slow my whole life
  • @nathanketsdever3150
    BTW, what are examples of the types of structured learning programs she is referencing around 4 minutes in? That is, if my kid has dyslexia what should I look for in terms of the curriculum and/or should I do at home to help?
  • @NorbieGonthemic
    I hate watching movies with subtitles! Are there any apps or software that can read subtitles in English aloud?
  • @frankwilliams3807
    I'm frank williams from Ghana I'm also Dyslexic pls can you help me...
  • @samuelklein4719
    It seems every dyslexic is brilliant. Not me! I just get to struggle to read.