Brock Eide MD MA and Fernette Eide MD have a thriving private practice in addition to a busy lecture schedule and award-winning blog. They are authors of The Dyslexic Advantage (2011) and Mislabeled Child (2006) in addition to being active members of the International Dyslexia Association and Learning Disabilities Association and serve as board members for SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted). The Eides live with their children in the greater Seattle area.

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Brock L. Eide, M.D., M.A., is a Phi Beta Kappa and AOA Medal Honors Society graduate from the University of Washington, and University of Washington School of Medicine. He received his Masters Degree from the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago and engaged in postdoctoral studies at the University of California-San Francisco, National Institutes of Health, and University of Pennsylvania. He was Fellow of the MacLean Center for Bioethics and on the University of Chicago medical faculty. He has lectured widely and published extensively in the fields of gifted education, learning disabilities, and twice exceptionalities such as giftedness and dyslexia, and served as consultant to the President's Council on Bioethics. Along with his wife, he wrote The Mislabeled Child (Hyperion 2006).

Fernette Eide M.D. is a Magna Cum Laude graduate with highest departmental honors from Harvard-Radcliffe College. She received her M.D. from the University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine and has been on the Neurology faculties of University of Washington, the University of California-San Francisco, and University of Chicago School of Medicine. She has lecture widely and published extensively in the fields of gifted education, learning disabilities, and twice-exceptionalities such as giftedness and dyslexia, and served as consultant to the President's Council on Bioethics. Along with her husband, she wrote The Mislabeled Child (Hyperion 2006).

The Story of This Social Network 

On a follow-up visit with an 8 year old boy, he told us he had some questions. He understood that he had dyslexia and that the dyslexia was  one of the reasons that made it harder for him to spell, but he said he wanted to know something more: "I know that dyslexia might be why I have a different way of thinking," he said, "but what I really want to know is what i can DO with dyslexia? What's it really good for?"

It was a great question - and we realized that what we needed was a place on the web where he, his parents, and other families could go to find more answers.

We've just started this Dyslexic Advantage community, but we hope you find a home here. We want you to feel welcome and want to encourage you to share your experiences and BTDT's (been-there-done-that). This community is for you.