Dyslexia Newsroom
More and more successful and well-known individuals are coming forward to speak about their struggles and triumphs with dyslexia. Also, new research in the field and advances in technology are changing the way scientists, educators and others view dyslexia. Check back here often for feature articles that may surprise and inspire you.
Dyslexia made school challenging for Dr. Greider in the early years. By middle school, she had developed strategies for success. Unfortunately, testing remained a problem and poor scores on her GRE's led to her rejection by 11 of the 13 schools to which she applied. Then, she won the Nobel Prize.
This eight-time Grammy winner and songwriter for Michael Jackson and the Lion King inspires us to: "press on and know your calling. That’s what I’ve been doing for all my life. I just went forward."
"In less-enlightened times, Sally Gardner was thrown out of several schools as unteachable. Today, her books have been translated into more than 20 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies. Oh, and she’s dyslexic. "
Philip Schultz is an award-winning poet. His collection of poems, "Failure", was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. After discovering his dyslexia, at 58 years old, Schultz wrote a prose book, My Dyslexia. Listen to his interview below and then click the link above to read about this poet who says: "I see the advantages of [dyslexia] and I don't know if I would easily give them up to be normal"
This Emmy Award-winning filmmaker did the impossible. He says he has his dyslexia to thank.
A 2007 research study by Julie Logan of the Cass Business school in London found that 1/3 of entrepreneurs surveyed described themselves as dyslexic.
HBO recently presented a documentary about dylsexia, exploring the link between dyslexia and success.
Eight year old James Childs may not be famous, yet, but he has already got one foot in the business world thanks to his new job, toy tester for Ben 10. Not only does he get paid (in toys) to try out new items before any of his friends, he even gets to suggest ideas for new products. James's dyslexia and its associated creativity may have helped him land this job.
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