This past weekend, I sat down with a glass of wine to watch "Will Trent," the ABC series about a detective (Ramón Rodríguez) who sees things others don't. Will Trent's secret weapon in crime fighting is his dyslexia. I wanted to watch because, as a dyslexic myself, I was curious about the show's portrayal of the learning difference. Was it just another shtick, or an authentic effort to bring nonlinear thinkers into the fold of popular culture?
Dyslexia is not illiteracy. Dyslexics can read, it's just that their brains don't do so linearly.
