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title: 'Video: Activist David Flink on growing up with ADHD and dyslexia'
description: 'See Eye to Eye co-founder David Flink talk about what helped him as a child growing up with ADHD and dyslexia. Get tips for parenting kids with attention and reading issues. '
slug: video-activist-david-flink-on-growing-up-with-adhd-and-dyslexia
author: The Understood Team
published: '2019-10-16T11:49:51.980Z'
thumbnail: https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/5E02B86D31AD471C821BE209142194E8/d11b8dab7418ff1171b34d504f0558c1/Video-GrowingUpWithDyslexia.jpg
source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-activist-david-flink-on-growing-up-with-adhd-and-dyslexia
lang: en
---

# Video: Activist David Flink on growing up with ADHD and dyslexia

David Flink knows how hard it is to keep being told to “[just try harder](https://www.understood.org/en/articles/why-just-try-harder-is-a-myth).” Watch this series of videos as the founder and chief empowerment officer of [Eye to Eye](https://eyetoeyenational.org/), a founding partner of Understood, looks back on growing up with ADHD and dyslexia. Find out what helped him not just survive but flourish. See how to become a “learning detective” and make other changes that can help your child.

[![Video](https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/5E02B86D31AD471C821BE209142194E8/d11b8dab7418ff1171b34d504f0558c1/Video-GrowingUpWithDyslexia.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/embed/iCctV15Xt8g)

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