The Huffington Post – Collin Diedrich
“I read between a 6th and 9th grade level and have a language processing speed in the bottom 14 percent of the population. I have an unspecified reading disorder (DSM-IV 315.00) and learning disorder (DSM-IV 315.9). Despite these learning disabilities (LDs) and my love-hate relationship with Crayola Crayons, I have a PhD in molecular virology and microbiology and I am a second-year post doc at University of Cape Town. My life is not a mental contradiction.” (more)