Why Can't I Learn Like Everyone Else?: Youth With Learning Disabilities

Author(s) Shirley Brinkerhoff
Illustrator(s)
Age Group 10-12
Publisher Mason Crest Publishers
ISBN 978-1590847305
Year 2004

Charlie Begay, an eighth-grade Navajo student in New Mexico who has dyslexia, describes his personal journey of embarrassment, frustration and low self-esteem due to his learning disability. Included at the end of the story is factual material about learning disabilities, terminology, possible signs, diagnosis, the law, coping strategies and success stories.