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When Your Learning Differences Feel Like Professional Disqualifiers

I'm in graduate school studying special education because of my own learning differences but I'm terrified my professors will find out and think I'm not qualified to teach.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Individuals with learning differences may fear that disclosure will undermine their credibility in education-related fields despite their lived experience being an asset.

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