get center problems with dyslexia, learning problems, adhd. things like sound sensitivity, problems with favre's and lighting. this is one area that needs a lot of research. i have a big chapter just on dealing with sensor problems. tavis: it taught in this book and have made the point any times that parents and others ought to see autism as a gift and not as a curse, not as a challenge. tommy lee made. >> the milder and of the spectrum, there can be some real advantages. at the more severe and you could have a child that remains nonverbal and cannot participate in a normal events like going to arrest drug because it is too noisy. it is a very huge spectrum. if all the autistic trades were eliminated we probably would not have a tv station here because of the people who are kind of socially awkward who invented tv in the first place. >> tell me how much of what you have learned has to do with your own personal journey being autistic. >> none of the books were available when i was younger. there is some any things available today. somebody out

dagen: you say it was something like blessed to be with dyslexia. do you overcome this how do fault is that? >> i was diagnosed with dyslexia and i realized i would always go left and i was supposed to go right. obviously had to use it more, so i realized my dyslexia and me concentrate on things longer. i was never good at reading but math at the top of my head. i made sure i had it right. i started analyzing companies and everything else in my life. >> in the technical age came around, they said you can't spell, what is going on with you? you didn't have to do that years ago, that is i realized, i was told i was diagnosed with dyslexia. connell: at the first time you hear about it where someone's biggest challenge becomes the greatest strength. dagen: thank you very much, we would like to see you very soon. connell: let's get back, general electric come into the new york stock exchange. ge with the earnings, what do you think of the stock? >> a great example of why we love earnings season and why you really have to look at the reports coming out. w

>> for example in talking about dyslexia. i have a whole chapter on why are so many successful entrepreneurs dyslexic? it's a neurological problem. it's a deficit. it's a part of your brain that is not working properly. it is nothing you would wish upon a child and yet in one case after another many the most famous entrepreneurs we know have lived their whole lives with this devastating disorder and if you talk to them they will tell you that they succeeded not in spite of this disorder but because of it. that it taught them something about how to deal with the world and that proved to be incredibly valuable -- valuable in their career. there is something very beautiful about those and very moving about those kinds of stories. i tell a couple of them and it's a beautiful illustration of this sort of paradox i am interested in describing which is very often we learn more from our disadvantages than we do from our advantages. >> malcolm gladwell is there any connection between david and goliath tipping point and outliers? >> i

along the way he battled obsessive compulsive disorder, dyslexia, and a penchant for gambling. he has written a no holds barred outsider."ed "the a conversation with jimmy connors coming up right now. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life everywe know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate hunger, and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: the aggressive take no prisoners style of play that defined to conners as a tennis champion is so taken for granted is hard to remember that this working-class kid from east st. louis about redefined how tennis was played. some might say not necessarily for the better. he challenged judges, argued his case when earlier champions had been praised for their gentleman-like demeanor. he won with gusto. remaining in the top 10 for 16 years. 5 as #one. getting to t

along the way he battled obsessive compulsive disorder, dyslexia, and a penchant for gambling. he has written a no holds barred outsider."ed "the a conversation with jimmy connors coming up right now. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life everywe know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate hunger, and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: the aggressive take no prisoners style of play that defined to conners as a tennis champion is so taken for granted is hard to remember that this working-class kid from east st. louis about redefined how tennis was played. some might say not necessarily for the better. he challenged judges, argued his case when earlier champions had been praised for their gentleman-like demeanor. he won with gusto. remaining in the top 10 for 16 years. 5 as #one. getting to t

folks with visible impairment, and dyslexia and other learning disables may have difficulties. we have software available for the visual impairs and facebook is having its captioning ability and translating into different languages. this is helpful . right now there's no standard on social media for a disaster and further work is needed. the next ddpc meeting is on friday september 6th in room 421 at city hall from 1:30 until 3:30 p.m. please join us. thank you. >> thank you. is there any questions? council members? staff? okay. thank you very much. chip. we're going to go on the next item which is item number 9. is there any public comment? i'm sorry. i'm getting it down packed. i'll be rolling by september. thank you. >> good afternoon council. i'm ben and i'm the emergency response coordinator for the human services agency and i'm a member of the ddpc. we have heard the issues that have happen at golden guardian and i know members of mod and my agency are taking this very seriously. unfortunately members of the red cross aren't here. this is something that they definitely ne

love it i couldn't write i couldn't read as a kid so the idea of writing a book a pretty severe dyslexia is extraordinary things it's been a wonderful experience you want to be governor i mean you know what i hate those politicians them enjoy my job now and whatever happens happens yes good. in end two thousand and nine obama proposed open government. you know the new book he released the memorandum on transparency as he lived up to yet in some ways he has i mean he made the case with the drone debate last couple weeks now that he's the most transparent president in american history and in many respects he is he's actually pushed a lot of these principles of open data to a very effective degree the challenges and he still suffering from the way things are done in washington d.c. i remember during the campaign he said so of occupy he doesn't want to just change players and washington wants to change the game and he's struggling to change the game that system of governance that de geniuses you i mean you think about we talk a lot tipping the had to the oscars and lincoln and lincoln and a

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you can have sensory problems with dyslexia, a ph.d., many different levels. they vary from a nuisance to being so debilitating you can't tolerate and noisy restaurant for transition or any can a place like that. and i was a little kid and the school bell went off and hurt my years. a lot of ways you can desensitize that, but the child initiate that. then there are other kids who can't stand fluorescent light. sometimes colored glasses help, sometimes using pale colored pastille paper will help. one of my big things is i absolutely cannot stand scratchy cause against my skin. there's no way you're getting will against my skin. the thing i found is that some cut niches and others does not. we need to do research. and in need to do sensory issues we have a lot of papers that show, yes, circuits of the brain , official recognition and things like that. we know all about that. we aren't doing enough studies on how to deal with sensor problems. now, and one of the chapters of the book, my co-author is done a great job of getting a lot of material together. after th

one of the savings to cover in detail is since three problems with dyslexia, a ph.d., and since to freeing dollar rent you cannot be in a noisy planes stationed but i'm a kid when the school bell went off they're hurts my ears but the way to desensitize is let the kid initiate the sound and others cannot stand fluorescent lights they flicker like us strobe light. sometimes using pale colored pastel paper helps but i cannot stand scratchy close against my skin for you will not get wall against my skin but cotton does not sensory problems is an area we need to be doing research johnson's three issues. but with facial recognition we know all about that. but we're not doing enough studies on how to deal with sensory problems. in one of the chapters my co-author has done a great job to get material together and i have to think kim going through the whole book to get that done. one of my favorite chapters i talk about the different kind of mind and the brain and i want to try the technology but what it showed up in the classroom with the activities that i did but when it came to skiing, he fell