[Brock Eide]

Hi Tiana, thanks for posting. I think a lot of young people are wondering about the highly “fluid future” that’s being created with some of the revolutionary changes in technology. The Routes Roadmap and Career Finder sections in Next Step Prep are meant to help students begin to think about some of these challenges, and while no one has every answer for what the future may hold, one thing that is critically important for every young person is to become as comfortable as possible with the use of tools to improve efficiency. AI tools are going to replace first the most non-creative repetitive tasks that people with dyslexia tend not to be so good at, and to be good partners in helping dyslexic people leverage their creativity. So either workplace or school-based training that allows students to learn think well and deeply about how the systems around them work, rather than focusing on mastering details, will likely continue to be valuable in the future, no matter what occurs.