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Dyslexia can actually be an advantage for university researchers

By Edward Ademolu, Lecturer in Cultural Competency, King's College London

Many people may think of dyslexia as a reading difficulty, or the occasional embarrassing mix-up of letters. For years, I thought that too. But as a dyslexic academic who has spent much of my life wrangling with academic norms, I’ve realised that dyslexia isn’t just a barrier. It’s also a unique and undervalued cognitive strength.

Yes, you read that right. Dyslexia, the so-called…

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