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title: 'Video: A doctor learns about dyslexia through his daughter’s reading struggles'
description: 'Family physician Travis Harker used to think kids who struggled in school just needed to try harder. His daughter’s experience with dyslexia opened his eyes. '
slug: video-a-doctor-learns-about-dyslexia-through-his-daughters-reading-struggles
author: The Understood Team
published: '2019-08-05T15:49:42.933Z'
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source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-a-doctor-learns-about-dyslexia-through-his-daughters-reading-struggles
lang: en
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# Video: A doctor learns about dyslexia through his daughter’s reading struggles

Travis Harker is a thriving family doctor. But until recently, he never thought to ask his patients’ families many questions about their children’s struggles in school. That was until his daughter, Paloma, started struggling with reading. Hear Travis’ story about how he and his wife first [thought Paloma just needed to try harder](https://www.understood.org/en/articles/i-used-to-think-my-daughter-with-dyslexia-just-needed-to-try-harder) — and what he learned after her [dyslexia](https://www.understood.org/en/articles/what-is-dyslexia) diagnosis.

[![Video](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/m8uQAsTu6hQ/sddefault.webp)](https://www.youtube.com/embed/m8uQAsTu6hQ)

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