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Meet Nancy Lelewer
Nancy has
been involved in learning disabilities, early childhood development and hearing
loss for over fifty years. In 2004 Nancy received the Alice H. Garside award
from the Massachusetts Branch of the International Dyslexia Association (MABIDA)
for her outstanding contribution to the field of Learning Disabilities. She was
one of twelve dyslexics included in the Orton Dyslexia Society, Los Angeles
Branch 1997 Calendar of Outstanding Dyslexics. Nancy has served on
various boards including being a Founding Board Member of Multidisciplinary
Institute for Neuropsychological Development, Inc. (MIND. INC.), Cambridge, MA, The
Cove Foundation, Winnetka, IL, two International Dyslexia Association
boards, and was Chair of the Board of Trustees of The Linden Hill School,
Northfield, MA (a residential school for boys with learning disabilities) from
May 1998 to January 2005. She was an Executive Advisor to the Asperger/Autism
Network (AANE) for over 20 years. She was on the national board of the Hearing Loss Association of
America (HLAA) from 2010 to 2019. Nancy’s mother had a profound hearing loss and
Nancy has been a member of SHHH which became HLAA since its beginning. Nancy
also has a profound hearing loss but does well with a hearing aid in her right
ear and a cochlear on the left side.
Her
autobiography, SOMETHING'S NOT
RIGHT: One family's struggle with learning disabilities won a
Parents’ Choice Commendation in 1994 and in 2000 was reviewed by one of
Amazon.com’s top ten reviewers who wrote, “I hope everyone will read this book.”
Her second book THE LELEWER LEGACY:
Traditions of a Loving Family was released by Ivy House Publishing
Group 5/24/2010. Her third book
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DAVID
LELEWER, edited, annotated, copyrighted and published by Nancy.
She has been a guest lecturer at many conferences and schools including Harvard
Graduate School of Education, Lesley University, Boston University, Northeastern
and the University of Massachusetts.
Nancy was an Associate in Neurology at Harvard Medical School, Neurobehavioral
Infant & Child Study Laboratory from 1986 through 2013 where she was involved in
dyslexia research at Boston Children’s Hospital. From 1983 to 1987 she was a Research Affiliate in MIT’s Man/Vehicle Lab, Department of
Aeronautics & Astronautics. She has
published scientific articles in National and International Journals.
She is the designer & creator of the
CHILDREN’S ACTIVITY WALL CALENDAR, a temporal learning program for
kindergarten through 2nd grade and older children with specific learning
disabilities, which was
manufactured and originally distributed by Teaching Resource Center, San Leandro,
CA. I now have about 90 calendars left that
I am selling
myself.
Nancy was granted three patents, a Trademark and copyrights on the
1, 2, 3 INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM,
board games she invented, which teach spatial orientation, concrete and abstract
sequencing, basic math concepts and board game skills to preschoolers through
first graders and
exceptional children. This program was marketed by J.A. Preston Corporation,
New York, NY.
She was a founding director of Permobil of America, Inc. (now renamed Permobil
USA) & served as its clerk and treasurer from 1984 to 1987. Today Permobil is
the world’s leading manufacturer of powered wheelchairs.
In 2017 Nancy helped Irving Silverman and his daughter, Ellen Beth Siegel, get
people from around the country to contribute to their book
AGING WISELY . . . Wisdom of Our Elders
published by Jones & Bartlett LEARNING. She also has two chapters in this book,
“Serendipity” & “Dealing with Hearing and Vision Loss as We Age”.
Nancy lives at the Prudential Center, Boston, MA. She was on the board of
the Prudential Center Residents’ Association (PCRA) for twenty years, is a past
President of PCRA and was their alternate representative to the Prudential
Project Advisory Committee, (PruPAC) that advised the Boston Redevelopment
Authority (BRA) & the Mayor on the build-out of the Prudential Center.
Nancy is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence
College. During her junior year she attended The Instituto Internacional,
Madrid, Spain, as a Smith College exchange student. She is the mother of four
grown children, has eight grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.
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