Fred J. Epstein, MD
Internationally renowned for the development of pioneering neurosurgical techniques to treat children threatened by brain and spinal-cord tumors;
Smart Kids with LD 2005 Community Service Award winner

"Those of us who have had to grapple with LD and have overcome it will outstrip others. You have to work so much harder to get to the same end, you're willing to pursue ideas without fear of how you'll be perceived if they don't work out."

Speaking at a Smart Kids with LD event: “What I say to kids with LD is, ‘We're like anybody else in terms of intelligence. But we're wired differently. If we were in the majority, we'd be trying to figure out how to teach them.’”