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A seventh-grader turned her dyslexia into an award-winning podcast

Cora Walsh spent years working harder than her classmates and still falling behind in reading. A dyslexia diagnosis, two years of tutoring, and her own stubbornness later, her podcast about the journey just took the top middle-school prize in NPR's national student competition — and she read her first book for fun this summer.

The upbeat factora kid who fought to read now has 1,500 strangers' worth of proof she has a voice.
✓ Verified · NPR · 2026-10-09 · USA
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