Learning and working with a disability is a difficult situation at best. There are many children and adults who suffer from the effects of dyslexia. Some very famous names are all too familiar with the disorder. What follows are some Q and A’s and a few videos I found to share on the subject. Hopefully, this post will help shed some new light on the topic.
Q. What is dyslexia?
A. It is a learning disability that makes it difficult to read, to write or to spell.
Q. What other challenges do people with this disorder have?
A. A person with this disability can also have difficulties with math, memory, speech, sense of direction and, with time.
Q. How many people does it affect?
A. Estimates gauge that dyslexia affects 40 Million children and adults.
Q. Who has been diagnosed with dyslexia?
- Tom Cruise
- Winston Churchill
- Albert Einstein
- Steven Spielberg
- Pablo Picasso
- Agatha Christie
- Beethoven
- John Lennon
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Sylvester Stallone
- John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy
- Robin Williams
- Michelangelo
- Cher
- Thomas Edison
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Vincent Van Gogh
- Jack Nicholson
- Walt Disney
- Julius Caesar
- Mozart
- Edgar Allen Poe
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Q. Are there any positive aspects to this disorder?
A. People with this condition tend to process information visually by thinking in a series of pictures. They can solve problems very quickly but have trouble translating what they have reasoned through to others.
Q. What other unique attributes do people with dyslexia have?
A. They have a wonderful curiosity about life and are very aware of their surroundings. They tend to use all their senses. They are highly-intuitive and insightful. They are very imaginative and creative.
Some interesting videos on the subject:
Famous People with Dyslexia –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_qGJ9svUbM
Dyslexia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuSe5wsrVAQ&feature=related
What’s it like to have dyslexia?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwZLFTW4OGY&feature=related
Learning Difficulties Awareness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PoX3afiKx0&feature=related
Positive Aspects of Dyslexia
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