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02334aam a2200397Ii 4500 001 948C44FA72D911EDA0B05B7C49ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221203010154 008 221019s2022 pau 000 0aeng d 020 $a 1970146184 020 $a 9781970146189 035 $a (OCoLC)1348184832 040 $a VYG $b eng $e rda $c VYG $d IWA $d SILO 050 4 $a RC394.W6 B37x 2022 100 1 $a Baraka, Ameer, $e author. 245 10 $a Undiagnosed : $b the ugly side of dyslexia / $c Ameer Baraka. 264 1 $a Oaks, PA : $b McCoral Publishing, $c [2022] 300 $a xvii, 181 pages ; $c 23 cm 500 $a Includes a list of resources. 520 $a 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. 600 10 $a Baraka, Ameer $v Biography. 650 0 $a Dyslexics $v Biography. 650 0 $a African American actors $v Biography. 650 0 $a Actors $v Biography. 650 0 $a Prison educators $v Biography. 650 0 $a Manslaughter $z New Orleans. $z New Orleans. 650 0 $a African American youth $z New Orleans $z New Orleans $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a African Americans $z New Orleans $z New Orleans $x Social conditions. 651 0 $a New Orleans (La.) $v Biography. 651 0 $a New Orleans (La.) $x Social conditions. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 2 952 $l OZAX845 $d 20240525042032.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230907012505.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=948C44FA72D911EDA0B05B7C49ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search