Lauver…inspiring speaker

Award-winning author and speaker Nelson Lauver will present “The most unlikely to succeed, a story about dyslexia” at 7:30 p.m., on October 15, in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library. The presentation is free and open to the public and will be streamed live online. A question and answer session and book sale and signing will follow.

Lauver grew up with a learning disability that went undiagnosed and unaddressed in school. Upon graduation from high school, he was deemed functionally illiterate and it was only at age 29 that he learned that he was dyslexic. His inspirational stories have been shared with the public through his nationally syndicated radio show, The American Storyteller Radio Journal, which ran daily on more than 150 radio stations from 2001 through 2010. In 2013, Lauver and his wife, Jane, created the Nelson Lauver Foundation, which focuses on literacy, ESL, learning disability, and invisible disability projects.

This program is being held in recognition of Disability Awareness Month and is co-sponsored by the University Libraries Adaptive Technology Services and the Office of the Vice Provost For Educational Equity. The event will be captioned and an interpreter will be present for the hard of hearing. For more information, or if you anticipate needing accommodations or have questions about the physical access provided, contact Susan Hayya, coordinator of the University Libraries’ Adaptive Technology and Services department, at 814-865-0284 or shh2@psu.edu, in advance of your visit.