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Author Baraka, Ameer, author.

Title Undiagnosed : the ugly side of dyslexia / Ameer Baraka.

Publication Info. Oaks, PA : McCoral Publishing, [2022]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3024652~S1
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 Naper Blvd. Adult Biography  BIO BARAKA    AVAILABLE
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Description xvii, 181 pages ; 23 cm
Note Includes a list of resources.
Summary In UNDIAGNOSED, The Ugly Side of Dyslexia, Emmy nominated actor Ameer Baraka depicts how coming of age in the murderous streets of 1980s New Orleans collided with an unrecognized learning difference. Incarcerated for manslaughter at the age of fourteen, Ameer must reconcile his past with the will to persevere through the misconception that he's unable to learn. At age twenty-three, Ameer re-enters the prison system, where he reclaims an education denied to so many who struggle to read. His rage transforms into determination to help other inmates and young people recognize that through perseverance and education, there is an alternative to living a life of crime and a method to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline. Stories speak louder than statistics, and in this tale of redemption, the good we do is measured by what we've overcome and the lives we inspire after discovering our truth.
Subject Baraka, Ameer.
Dyslexics -- Biography.
African American actors -- Biography.
Actors -- Biography.
Prison educators -- Biography.
Manslaughter -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
African American youth -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions.
African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions.
New Orleans (La.) -- Biography.
New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions.
Genre Biographies.
Autobiographies.
ISBN 9781970146189
1970146184
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