The podcast Dys : ma force, co-produced by AirZen Radio and the Henri-Maria Teresa Foundation, is far more than a documentary series about dyslexia and other learning differences. It is a manifesto. An invitation to rethink how we see ourselves, how we approach school, and how society embraces difference. At the heart of this project is Prince Louis of Luxembourg: openly dyslexic, a coach for dyslexic adults, and a driving force behind a foundation that turns inclusion into concrete action.
What are dys disorders?
Before diving in, it helps to set a clear foundation.
“Dys disorders” are specific learning differences linked to variations in one or more brain functions, including attention, memory, language, and executive functioning.
The main dys disorders include:
- Dyslexia (reading and written language)
- Dysphasia (spoken language difficulties)
- Dyspraxia (coordination and motor skills)
- ADHD (attention and concentration)
One essential and often misunderstood fact: these conditions affect children whose intelligence is average or above average.
They are very different from general learning difficulties, which can often improve with targeted support.
Dys disorders require specific support, not to “fix” the child, but to help them develop strategies to navigate the way their brain works.
Between 8 and 10% of school-aged children are affected.
Certain signs can alert parents and teachers: persistent difficulties with reading, writing, or memorization, attention problems, fatigue during everyday tasks, or slower independent work.
When several of these signs appear together, a multidisciplinary assessment is recommended, involving specialists such as pediatric neurologists, neuropsychologists, speech therapists, or occupational therapists.
Six episodes to rethink the way we see dyslexia
The podcast Dys : ma force opens like a fairy tale: “Once upon a time, there was a little prince… and millions of others like him.”
Behind this poetic opening lies a very real truth: millions of children and adults who think differently, learn differently, and face every day a world designed for only one kind of brain.
The series unfolds across six immersive narrative episodes, with Prince Louis of Luxembourg serving as the guiding voice, woven together with a constellation of experts.
From the very first episode, My Life as Dys, the tone is set.
Béatrice Sauvageot, speech therapist and neuroscience researcher, Dr Michèle Mazeau, rehabilitation physician and author, and Nathalie Groh, president of the French Federation of Dys Disorders, establish both the scientific and human foundations of the conversation.
“They often feel like they live in another world,” explains Béatrice Sauvageot.
A feeling Prince Louis confirms with striking clarity:
“You know you’re not unintelligent. But you are constantly confronted with failure, and your difference is measured through the eyes of others.”
The second episode, What If It Wasn’t an Anomaly?, deepens the scientific perspective: dyslexic brains do not activate the same neural pathways as neurotypical brains, but they often build alternative connections that can be richer and more complex.
Diagnosis, the experts remind us, is not about labeling.
It is about making meaningful educational adaptations possible.
Episode three, School: A Field of Possibilities?, questions an educational system that still struggles to adapt to neurodivergent learners.
Episode four, Another Brain, Another World, highlights the specific strengths often found in dys profiles: three-dimensional thinking, creativity, intuition, empathy, and the ability to connect distant ideas.
As Dr. Mazeau puts it:
“Being dys does not mean being less capable. It means being capable in a different way.”
Sabrina Menasria, from the Neurodiversity Alliance, goes even further, pointing to serious studies showing strong entrepreneurial skills and an exceptional ability to bring people together.
Episode five, The Time for Solutions, explores practical tools already available: the Poppins app for playful remediation, enriched books by Mobidys, inclusive subtitles through DysTitle developed by Canal+, and the Orasis Ear eye movement analysis system.
As Prince Louis reminds us:
“What helps dyslexic children often helps all children.”
Finally, episode six, Tomorrow: A Bilexic Society?, projects us into the year 2041, imagining a school where every child can choose how they learn.
There, Béatrice Sauvageot introduces a hypothesis as beautiful as it is ambitious: replacing the word disorder with bilexy.
Not as a deficit, but as the ability to speak one’s own neurological language while understanding the language of others.
A profound shift in perspective, one that says better than any speech just how essential changing the way we see dyslexia truly is.
Don’t compensate. Navigate.
When asked whether, as an adult, he still faces challenges related to dyslexia, Prince Louis of Luxembourg gives an answer that reveals just how far he has come:
“We use our strengths. We learn to navigate. Above all, not to compensate, or to compensate as little as possible. Because compensation is an enormous burden for dyslexic people, and one of the reasons burnout is so common among them.”
This shift, from compensation to navigation, lies at the heart of what he now seeks to pass on through his coaching work with dyslexic adults.
Because compensation means exhausting yourself trying to function like everyone else.
Hiding your differences.
Chasing a version of “normal” that was never built for you.
Navigation is something else entirely.
It means learning how to read your own brain, identify your strengths, and use them where they create the most value.
That is precisely why he chose to focus on adults, convinced there is a major blind spot in the conversation:
“There is so much around childhood. There is almost nothing around adults. I see a real need there.”
Through his coaching, he helps dyslexic adults understand how their minds work and turn that understanding into a professional advantage, particularly in the startup world, where big-picture thinking and creativity can become powerful assets.
Complexify to understand, simplify to communicate
One of the most counterintuitive ideas in Dys: My Strength is captured in a paradoxical formula that Prince Louis of Luxembourg expresses with striking clarity:
“Make it more complex to understand it, and simpler to communicate it.”
The dyslexic brain thinks in networks, images, and systems.
It often understands a whole forest better than a single tree.
Presenting a problem in a linear, fragmented way can strip away its natural compass.
But offering complexity from the start, showing the connections between things, is like speaking its native language.
The second part of the formula is just as important.
Because what Prince Louis points out so precisely is that the difficulty dyslexic people face is not a difficulty of understanding:
“It’s not a problem of understanding. It’s a problem of communication.”
A dyslexic mind often understands deeply, intensely, and globally.
Learning how to translate that inner richness into accessible language is a skill, one that can be developed, and one of the core pillars of his coaching work.
Believing rather than knowing: the power of an open mindset
This may be the most philosophical idea in the podcast, and one of its most valuable.
Prince Louis makes a subtle but essential distinction between knowing and believing:
“If we know something, we put it in a box and stop thinking about it. We should always believe, because when we believe, we keep our eyes open to the subject, and we keep wanting to learn more, to stay flexible, and to reach an even deeper understanding.”
When we know, we close.
We categorize.
We file away.
We stop exploring.
When we believe, we stay open.
We keep searching, questioning, and going deeper.
According to him, dyslexic people naturally adopt this exploratory mindset, not because they lack rigor, but because their relationship with the world is fundamentally curious and non-linear.
And it is precisely this openness that allows them to reach unusual depths of understanding.
Inclusion is useful, not just kind
This may be the sentence that best captures the political ambition behind Dys: ma force.
As Prince Louis of Luxembourg puts it:
“School inclusion, social inclusion… it’s not just about being kind. It’s useful. It makes no sense to leave people on the sidelines when society needs to be enriched by what they bring.”
Across its six episodes, the podcast makes one thing clear: dyslexic brains are not dysfunctional.
They function differently.
Their three-dimensional thinking, intuition, creativity, and cognitive flexibility make them, in the words of Sabrina Menasria, true “sentinels” within organizations.
People who challenge collective thinking, spot what is not working, and innovate where others simply repeat established patterns.
Prince Louis takes the reflection even further with a simple and deeply peaceful vision for the future:
“I don’t think everyone needs to understand everything about everyone. I just want everyone to accept everyone.”
The Henri-Maria Teresa Foundation: turning conviction into action
Behind the podcast stands an institution.
The Henri-Maria Teresa Foundation, chaired by Maria Teresa of Luxembourg, translates these convictions into concrete action.
With the active involvement of Prince Louis, the Foundation has already made significant contributions to improving support for learning differences.
Among its most important initiatives: the creation, in March 2026, of the first forum dedicated entirely to adult dyslexia, a space that remains far too rare, while most support systems and resources are still overwhelmingly focused on childhood.
Because while early diagnosis is crucial, thousands of adults live with dyslexia that was never diagnosed, or only recognized much later, without ever having access to the tools to understand it or turn it into a strength.
The work of the Foundation, like the podcast itself, aims to fill that gap and make inclusion a reality at every stage of life.
As Prince Louis concludes:
“The suffering has to stop. They need to be placed at the center. They need to have their place.”
Not as an idealistic wish.
But as a roadmap.
Why this podcast resonates with us
At Lili for Life, we share the conviction expressed by Prince Louis of Luxembourg: technology should help reduce the cognitive load experienced by dyslexic people. As he puts it: “Artificial intelligence will be absolutely revolutionary for dyslexic people, because it will increasingly take over many of the tasks they struggle with today.”
When exhausting tasks are delegated to technology, the energy that is freed up can finally be used for what dyslexic minds often do best: understanding deeply, connecting ideas, creating, and innovating.
That is exactly the ambition behind Lili technology.
By reducing the cognitive fatigue associated with reading, it allows dyslexic readers to focus their mental resources on what their brains are particularly good at: connecting ideas, thinking deeply, finding solutions others might not see… and perhaps even rediscovering the pleasure of reading.
Dys : ma force is available on all podcast platforms. Prince Louis of Luxembourg’s full interview is also available on AirZen Radio’s YouTube channel. The podcast is an original co-production by AirZen Radio and the Henri-Maria Teresa Foundation.
