Profiles in Courage: Successful Adults with LD — from the pages of the Smart Kids newsletter
Meet our heroes. Share their stories with your child. Click on the names below to read inspiring words from successful adults with LD.
David Neeleman CEO, jetBlue Airways;
Honorary Chairman, Smart Kids With LD;
Smart Kids 2004 Community Service Award winner
Fred J. Epstein, M.D. Internationally
renowned for the development of pioneering neurosurgical techniques
to treat children threatened by brain and spinal-cord tumors;
Smart Kids 2005 Community Service Award winner
Carolyn McCarthy US Congresswoman, Fourth Congressional District of New
York;
Dedicated supporter of students with LD, because of her own and
her son's learning disabilities
Jonathan Mooney Truman Fellowship
recipient;
Founder of Project Eye-to-Eye;
Co-author of the award-winning book Learning Outside the Lines
Lisa Rappaport, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of
Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of
Medicine
Judith Coen Singer, vocal teacher; Artistic Director of the Spoleto
Vocal Arts Symposium
Harry Sylvester Retired sailboat designer and builder, mechanical engineer;
Former President, Learning Disabilities Association
Veronica Crawford Certified Senior Disability Analyst and corporate consultant;
ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) trainer and national
speaker;
Founder of Crawford Consulting Group
Benjamin Foss Winner, British Isles Debating
Championship; World Debating Champion
