Author overcomes dyslexia, writes book after learning to read at 18.
From learning to read at 18 years old, to working as a researcher at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Dr. Shawn Anthony Robinson is working to make our community a better place for people with reading difficulties.
(NBC15)
By Meghan Reistad
Published: Jan. 8, 2019 at 11:21 AM EST
“Never thought I’d be this far my life, being in special education my whole career.”
From learning to read at 18 years old, to working as a researcher at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Dr. Shawn Anthony Robinson is working to make our community a better place for people with reading difficulties.
In September 2018, Robinson published the book
“Doctor Dyslexia Dude!”
with his wife Inshirah.
“Never thought I’d be this far my life, being in special education my whole career,” said Robinson.
He struggled to read as a child and said he reacted in anger.
“I got kicked out of high school when I was a sophomore, graduated from one of the top high schools in the country reading at a third-grade level… The fact that you can’t read, got the anger, you put it all together and you’re like a balloon ready to just pop,” said Robinson.
Until he met his mentor, Dr. Nash. He was a professor and researcher at UW-Oshkosh. Nash diagnosed him with dyslexia when he was going into his senior year of high school.