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The sellout crowd is on its feet in the final minute. Tatum a long 3. 21 tonight, jayson tatum. 14point lead for Florida State. Isaac the lob. Jarqz smith, the finish. And a time with the lead back to 16. Jonathan isaac has not had his greatest gam offensively but you have to love the enthum of the young man and how excited he is about the fact that his tea weve talked about all the ies in the acc aour primary ones for duke, but you see isaac for flrida state ming out on top here today. And evenhough it hasnt been a special game offensively for hi, it shows you a lot about had it shows you a loung man and wht about. Isaac delivering the goods to smith. And leonardilton is going to out with give guys on the floor here. Walker will come on to the deck with pjoy and braian angolarodas. I believee just got a warning about storming the cour. If im Florida State i dont want this on the floor, because you almost expected this. You want to in a position where you feel like youxpected tis game and theres no need to jones the rebound thee. Jackson miss. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. In six years. Straight wins for the noles. Theyre 40 for the First Time Ever in the acc. And tonight cory, its convincing. 2 is the final. Rathanmayes finishes with 21. The noles shoot 53 percent. Absolutely. Th you tonight, m. We had a greate. Acc basketball at its best. Nexttelecast is noon on saturday. Youve been watching coverage on the acc network, abc7 presents beyond the headlines with cheryl jennings. Hi. My name is hailey. Im 11 years old, and im dyslexic and in the 6th grade. Dyslexia isnt a disease. You just learn differently. My name is joey zoretski. Im 10 years old, and im in the 5th grade, and i have dyslexia. I am smart, and i can learn anything. You may not know about this stunning statistic. One in five kids has dyslexia. Its a brainprocessing disorder that makes it hard for them to learn to read. Now, just in california, there are more than 6 million children in school, so do the math 20 means more than 1. 2 million students, potentially, with dyslexia. Thats just in this state. Many of those cases have gone undiagnosed. But a new law is aimed at changing that situation. Welcome to beyond the headlines. Im cheryl jennings. Joining us right now is somebody who has dyslexia, the Lieutenant Governor of california, gavin newsom. Thanks for having me. Its fun. Thank you for being so open about this. Yeah, no, its interesting. The response has been interesting. Ive always been pretty honest about the fact i have dyslexia, but no one really paid much attention to it until i became mayor. And actually, one of the first things i did as mayor, the first public events, was visiting kids with dyslexia in the school, and everyone was shocked to know that i had this learning disability, which if i look back, was probably the best thing thats ever happened to me. Except a lot of kids would hear that and go, for me, its the worst thing. It was, and it was terrible growing up. Well, take me back. I think, for me, i think it was two things. One, it was very difficult for me, in terms of my own academic experience. School was a terrible and terrorizing experience. Ill just be candid with you. Spelling, reading, writing, i had speech therapy, i went through and i just, interestingly, in preparation to come here, i had not realized, i went to five schools in seven years. So i bounced around because, frankly, the schools, back then, didnt really focus on it, and they didnt want to focus on it even after they discovered that they should be focusing on it. So, my mother, to her credit, kept bringing me to new environments. But i wanted to make the point, it wasnt just about me. It was about my mother. She was a single mom with another daughter my sister and she didnt have dyslexia, but the impact it had on her is remarkably pronounced. And i think thats just another part of the story. We talk about the impact of the kids and our own struggles, but the impact in the household is very, very challenging. Well, its tough because shes fighting for you, she wants you to succeed. Youre coming home with bad grades and low selfesteem, and im sure that, just like every other kid, you didnt want anybody to call on you to read out loud. No. Are you kidding . You sit in the back of the class i mean, back of the class with eyes down, back of the class, acting like youre doing Something Else so no one would ever look up at you. Nothing more terrorizing, seriously, than going down the rows of desks, everyones asked to read a chapter in a book, and youre just staring at the clock, going, please, please, please get this period to end so i dont have to stand up in front of everyone. And ill never forget god as my witness mr. Morris class, ill never forget that moment where the clock didnt strike at the 50 minute to the hour so i can get to the next period, and i had to stand up, and people start laughing, and its one of those experiences i know its almost cliche, right . But its so indelible in my life because it was sort of an exp i was exposed to the rest of the classroom. What did they say . Just laughed at me. I literally couldnt read. Im shaking, and im trying to read, and i cant, and, you know, theyre laughing, and i put the stuff down, and if i could run out of class, i would, but i remember i didnt. And it was just one of those horrible experiences. And, you know, you feel dumb, you feel isolated, people call you dumb. Interesting for me, cheryl, i found out about it my mother hid it from me for years. I was diagnosed as dyslexic, but she didnt want to stigmatize me, and i appreciate that in hindsight. I lost her 15 years ago, so i dont have the benefit of talking to her about it today. But she didnt want to. And i remember coming home, and i found out i had dyslexia. I just thought i was, frankly, not that smart and was struggling and thought, you know, something was wrong with me. Before we run out of time, ive got to ask you, how does this affect you now . Do you read speeches . Yeah, i rarely read speeches, and if i do, theyre the worst things i ever do, cause theyre terrible. A teleprompter is easier than looking down at a piece of paper and looking up, cause ill lose my place. When i read, i underline. If i read the newspaper, i underline. When i read books dont ever lend me a book, because i will underline it. And what i do and this is the gift, i think, of dyslexia. At the end of the day i know the word gift is a controversial one because its really ways of overcompensating become gifts. They become attributes. They become advantages. But what im able to do is, after i read something, i have to read it again. And in reading it again, then it becomes indelible in my mind. Im able to take it away from the written word, and im able to connect it in a way where my memory is strengthened. Theres so many wonderful things that come from it being creative, learning how to fail, because that becomes an expertise of those that are struggling with learning disabilities. And understanding the importance of failure, in terms of ultimate outcome and success in life. And now, finally, in california, because of extraordinary leadership, decoding dyslexia, and other leaders, we have a bill that allows us to have a protocol in california, finally, to have our teachers and others take a look and begin to assess students in california that may suffer from the same struggles. Final question youre a dad four kids in your life. Yeah. You worried about this . Im not worried about it, but im focused on it. If our kids are just turned 6 and 4, 2, and a brandnew baby if theyre dyslexic, fabulous. And that just allows us to have the opportunity to see them grow a little differently. And im for different. Im for people being a little bit, you know im for authenticity. Im for personality. You are a message of hope, gavin. I appreciate it. Thanks for having me. Appreciate it. All right, and when we come back, youre going to meet an 11yearold girl with dyslexia whose Youtube Video went viral. She and her mother will join us in just a couple of minutes. Stay with us. Well be right back. Welcome back to beyond the headlines. Joining me right now, 11yearold sophia granucci and her mother, lisa granucci. And thank you for coming all the way an hour and a half drive each way. So thank you for giving us that gift of your time. And, sophia, i saw your video that went viral about something you wanted your teacher to know. So tell me about first of all, tell me about the video. Well, that video would so my teacher would know that i have dyslexia. And so i wouldnt be going into her classroom and she wouldnt be able to know, and so she can help me, and i can have extra time on tests and be able to listen to my books and do have a special class during time the school hours. Schools hours, yes. Now, when did you know that you had a problem with reading . Were you little little . 2nd to 3rd grade. I got diagnosed in 3rd grade. And at 2nd grade, i knew that there was something wrong, so i everyone was getting as and bs, and i was getting ds and fs. Oof. So, um was that frustrating for you . Yes, very frustrating. How did you feel about yourself at that time . Well, i felt i felt really, like, disappointed sometimes because i knew that i could do it. I felt like i just had to try a lot harder. Mmhmm. And, mom, youre watching her struggle. Yeah. Wow. So, as youre listening to her, take me back to those early days. You know, i had some concern, and every year, i would talk to the teachers, and i said, what can we do . What can we do . Just keep reading to her, just have her keep working harder, and i just thought they were the professionals and they were telling us what we needed to do, so i was telling her, you just got to work harder. You just got to try harder. And looking back now, and i think about how frustrating the tears at the homework table i feel awful about it. If i just wouldve known earlier. But who would know . I mean, its not something we talk about. Right. And so then, what happened to lead you to get a diagnosis . Well, just after not getting the answers and i knew there was something going on, and i spoke to a friend whose daughter had dyslexia, and so she led me to a private psychologist who evaluated her. And she was evaluated with the school prior, but they said that she was okay and she wasnt far enough behind. She needed to be three years behind in reading. Oh, no three years behind . Yeah, and she was only two years behind, so they said, shell be okay. Continue. And then i went to a private psychologist, and then they, hands down, diagnosed her with dyslexia. Wow. So when you heard that word, sophia, what did you think . Did it make you feel better . Well, i didnt know what that was, so i thought that id have to go into a special classroom, i had to have new friends and i wouldnt i would get, like, special, like, time after school and i would have to do more homework, and itd be harder. So i was kind of nervous. But then when i figured out when my mom told me what it was, i felt better, and i knew, okay, this is gonna be ill still be in the same classroom. Im just gonna have a little extra help, and i wont have to, like, go to a whole different classroom. Are you doing better now . Yes. How well . Well, now im getting as and bs instead of ds and fs. So i think that was just because i needed someone to read it to me, so and help get let me have extra time. And now im getting as and bs. Oh, congratulations thank you. So, we have about 30 seconds left. The Youtube Video youve heard from people all over the world. This is not just a california or United States problem. So, who have you heard from . Weve heard from all over a lot of people from australia, china, all over the country, canada. Its pretty impressive. Every day, i turn on my email, and we have a new comment about how inspiring it has been for them and how theyre gonna try harder and thanking sophia for making the video for them. Sophia, what do you want to tell kids out there in 10 seconds . I want to tell kids that dyslexia i have it, too. So its not like its just you. Okay, youre not alone. Right . Yeah. Thank you so much for sharing your message. All right. And we have a lot more to talk about. Coming up, youre going to meet the mother of a dyslexic child who decided that she had to take her fight to the state legislature to get services for children like her son. Also, youre going to meet a doctor considered to be the guru of dyslexia, working on sciencebased programs for decades. Stay with us. Well be right back. With the xfinity tv app, anything with a screen is a tv. Stream 130 live channels. Plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go. You can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. Only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. Click, call or visit an xfinity store today to learn more. Or, get started with this great offer. Welcome back. Were talking about a brainprocessing disorder called dyslexia, which frequently and sadly goes undiagnosed. Our guests today are dr. Sally shaywitz. She is author of the book overcoming dyslexia. And tobie meyer, who led the fight in sacramento to get a law passed to acknowledge dyslexia in the Education Code. So, thank you both for being here. This is your book. Youve got another one coming out. This is overcoming dyslexia, and the whole point of this show is to help people and talk about it. So, dr. Shaywitz, let me start with you. You and your husband have been working on this issue for decades. Why is this your passion . Well, dyslexia is our passion because we know it affects so many people 1 in 5, as you had mentioned. But as i testified to congress a year ago we always need more information, but in the case of dyslexia, we have enough knowledge to do better. So what we have is an action gap, not a knowledge gap. And we need to use the 21stcentury knowledge we have, and we have to make sure education is aligned with 21stcentury science. And, basically, dyslexia is very prevalent. We study the brain. We know where it is in the brain. We know so much about it, and yet kids were gonna hear go struggling. Teachers dont use the word. That should change now in california. And you had pointed to tobie, and youre absolutely right. cause you had this struggle with your son, so tell me about that. Yes, i did. When he was in the 1st grade, he became a different child. I couldnt get him out of the car in the morning to go to class. And, finally, one day, he told me he was not smart, and he would lay his head down on the table in class. We asked the school to assess him for a learning disability, and they found him ineligible. We hired a neuropsychologist and then eventually an attorney to secure services for my son. But this whole process cost us thousands of dollars in loans and a full school year at my childs expense. Oh, my goodness. Now, youve studied this, and fortunately, they were able to take out loans, but there are so many people you work with who are not that dont have any resources. And thats so true. And if you look at, for example, the nations report card, you find that theres 20 to 30 of children who are not at basic. And if you look at africanamerican, latino, native americans, thats even far larger. So we have an epidemic here. Oh, my gosh. Of dyslexia. And yet attentions not being paid. There are some schools, but theyre often very expensive independent schools. If we could have, for example, public Charter Schools for dyslexia, that would make a huge, huge difference, because these children and weve studied enough of the dyslexic theyre smart. They want to learn. They went to school with their mothers and fathers youre gonna learn to read. And were failing them. Well, that is its so sad, but you talked about action. You testified before congress. You worked with the california legislature, you and a team of moms and dads and kids. Tell me about that. Yes, that is correct. Jim frazier, the assemblyman. Yes, jim frazier decided that he would go ahead and author a bill that decoding dyslexia california would sponsor, and that bill was Assembly Bill 1369. And it had over 6,500 parents and children dyslexic children and organizations from all over california that lobbied for the support of the bill. And it passed