{"id":13048,"date":"2019-09-30T09:24:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T13:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/?p=13048"},"modified":"2020-10-28T22:46:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T02:46:48","slug":"the-world-is-open-to-me-now-a-scientist-with-dyslexia-on-how-learning-to-read-changed-her-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/the-world-is-open-to-me-now-a-scientist-with-dyslexia-on-how-learning-to-read-changed-her-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The World Is Open To Me Now’: A Scientist With Dyslexia On How Learning To Read Changed Her Life"},"content":{"rendered":"
Catherine Drennan describes herself as insatiably curious, a trait she credits to her parents. Some of her first memories come from protest rallies and academic lectures that her mom attended while finishing her Ph.D. in anthropology.<\/p>\n
She says her parents didn’t care much for babysitters. So she went wherever they went and became fascinated with the world around her.<\/p>\n
“They were just always out there asking questions,” Drennan remembers. “I think I eventually took that on.”<\/p>\n
Drennan says she was definitely on the “nerdy” side as a young kid. She remembers preferring the conversation at the adults’ table over what was happening at the kids’ table at family gatherings.<\/p>\n