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From High School Dropout to Harvard Grad Student

Clip: 3/16/2012 | 5m 2s

This is the story of Daniel Paris, a Harvard grad student with learning disabilities.

This is the story of Daniel Paris, a young man who was identified to have multiple learning disabilities, as well as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). After dropping out of high school during sophomore year, Daniel returned to school and completed his degree. He's now a graduate student at Harvard University.

03/16/2012

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