"A una edad muy temprana, Luz Rello se dio cuenta de que no aprend̕a al mismo ritmo que sus compąeros de clase. Algo le imped̕a entender lo que la profesora escrib̕a en unas tarjetas que los dem̀s le̕an con facilidad. Con el tiempo, Luz se dio cuenta de que era disľxica. Pero no desisti̤, aprendi̤ a convivir con esas dificultades y acab̤ hacǐndose toda una experta en ling|̕stica. Ya de adulta, como investigadora, Luz ha conseguido desarrollar un test que permite detectar el riesgo de dislexia en menos de quince minutos, lo cual supone un verdadero hito mundial en el tratamiento de uno de los obst̀culos m̀s comunes al aprendizaje infantil. La historia de Luz es la de alguien que, desde muy joven, se dio cuenta de que hab̕a cosas a su alrededor que no funcionaban bien, y de que tal vez pudiera hacer algo por cambiarlas. As̕ que pens̤ en una soluci̤n, busc̤ compąeros de equipo para llevarla a cabo y puso en marcha un proyecto important̕simo para contribuir a un mundo mejor"-- Publisher's website. "At a very young age, Luz Rello realized that she was not learning at the same rate as her classmates. Something prevented her from understanding what the teacher wrote on cards that others could easily read. realized that she was dyslexic. But she did not give up, she learned to live with these difficulties and ended up becoming an expert in linguistics. As an adult, as a researcher, Luz has managed to develop a test that allows detecting the risk of dyslexia in less than fifteen minutes, which is a true global milestone in addressing one of the most common obstacles to childhood learning. Luz's story is that of someone who, from a very young age, realized that there were things around her that were not working good, and that maybe he could do something to change them. So he thought of a solution, looked for teammates to carry it out and started a very important project to contribute to a better world "- Publisher's website.
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