Study: Dyslexia Is Not a Neurological Disorder But an Evolutionary Survival Trait [Additude, July 2022]

Title:

Study: Dyslexia Is Not a Neurological Disorder But an Evolutionary Survival Trait 

 

Author:

Melanie Wolkoff Wachsman

 

Published:

Additude, 5 July 2022

https://www.additudemag.com/dyslexia-survival-trait-learning-difference-study/

 

From the article:

Dyslexia is not a neurological disorder or even an impairment, but rather a concession for having cognitive strengths in exploration, big-picture thinking, creativity, and problem-solving that have contributed to human survival amid changing environments. This insight comes from a new study published in Frontiers in Psychology that finds an association between the learning difference and “an explorative bias.”

Three major crises threaten human survival, and internationalism, solidarity & education the only way to solve them, according to linguist & philosopher Noam Chomsky

Title:

Three crises threaten human survival, Chomsky warns

 

Author:

Brendan O'Malley

 

Published:

University World News, 12 December 2020

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20201212053831736

 

From the article:

He [Noam Chomsky] was talking to the STAR (Society of Transnational Academic Researchers) Scholars Network conference, “Shaping a Humane World: Higher education perspectives”, held online on 8 December, at which he presented the inaugural A Noam Chomsky Global Connections Awards, which recognise individuals with a “deep impact on advancing global, social mobility” via transnational research and human connections.