• Beyond the Page: One Teacher's Journey with a Reading Disability

  • Oct 1 2024
  • Length: 14 mins
  • Podcast

Beyond the Page: One Teacher's Journey with a Reading Disability

  • Summary

  • In this bonus episode, we dive deeper into the lived experience of Matthew Cote, a teacher and advocate for those living with learning disabilities, including reading disabilities. Matthew shares his personal journey, detailing how his reading disability impacted his early years, from struggling to decode words and feeling isolated to the turning point when he received assistive technology that transformed his learning experience. He also talks about the crucial role of support from his family, particularly his mother, and his teacher who helped him believe in himself.

    Additional Resources
    Dr. Cathy Barr's UHN Research website
    UHN Foundation story featuring Dr. Cathy Barr – "Reading the Genome"
    Sick Kids Empower Reading & Learning Group
    Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario

    The Your Complex Brain production team is Heather Sherman, Jessica Schmidt, Dr. Amy Ma, Kim Perry, Alley Wilson, Sara Yuan, Meagan Anderi, Liz Chapman, and Lorna Gilfedder.

    The Krembil Brain Institute, part of University Health Network, in Toronto, is home to one of the world's largest and most comprehensive teams of physicians and scientists uniquely working hand-in-hand to prevent and confront problems of the brain and spine, such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, epilepsy, stroke, spinal cord injury, chronic pain, brain cancer or concussion, in their lifetime. Through state-of-the-art patient care and advanced research, we are working relentlessly toward finding new treatments and cures.

    Do you want to know more about the Krembil Brain Institute at UHN? Visit us at: uhn.ca/krembil

    To get in touch, email us at krembil@uhn.ca or message us on social media:
    Instagram - @krembilresearch
    Twitter - @KBI_UHN
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    Thanks for listening!

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