Dyslexia Success - dyslexic and success

• My Own Business - Creating Drawings for Architects - When I was in grade school, there was no information or clarity about dyslexia (1960's). I suffered through reading problems and because of that the school sent me to a private reading teacher to help me get my reading skills up. Certain words like "the, there, were, where what, was, are, this" and others, would reverse themselves and/or the letters would briefly appear scrabbled or the whole world would jump in front or behind where it belonged, causing a choppy kind of reading that was confusing and almost stutter-like.

• Upside Down in a Right Sided World - The laughter echoed from behind me, and as if a reprieve from on high the bell rang, I could hear the rest of the 3rd grade class shuffling out to the waiting buses. I had been standing at that same board for nearly three hours. Ever since spelling class had begun after lunch, I had been asked to correct the spelling of a sentence that the teacher had written on the board. I could not correct what I did not understand. I could not correct the words because I could barely read. I was not sure of the spelling of any word, save my name.

• Chance Test Leads to Novel Joy for Dyslexic - A severely dyslexic woman who struggles to write a shopping list spoke of her pride after publishing her first novel. Mum-of-three Su Ridley, 43, came up with the plot for the Gravesend-based crime thriller, 'Unnatural Justice', after finding books her husband read to her on holiday too boring. The former market trader, of Hatham Green, Hartley, hatched the twisting tale of murder, intrigue, politics and passion before dictating the 90,000-word whodunit to a typist. Mrs Ridley said: "When I was at school they just thought I was thick and I left with no O Levels. I have trouble spelling and writing, and have to read something at least four times to take it in. "But I have a great memory and the whole book was in my head." Full story

• Rigby has worked hard to deal with his dyslexia - It was Tom Rigby's big moment to shine.He was a sophomore at Red Bank Regional, making one of his first starts at linebacker against Pinelands, and the fate of the game came down to the Wildcats' final drive. On third and 8 for Pinelands, defensive coordinator Brad Olsen called for a blitz -- Base Bandit Right. As Rigby jogged out of the huddle, he kept repeating to himself, "Right, right, right."

• Dyslexic artist finds talent naturally - Dyslexia kept Laura Frances Maguire from performing well in school, so she decided to pursue a career in acting. She said somewhere along the way, drawing and painting became her stage. Mastering the art Ms. Maguire earned an Andy Warhol scholarship to the New York Academy of Art where she received a master of fine arts degree in sculpture in 1991.

• Dyslexic Pat Gives Music Clinic For Learning Disabled - Pat Gesualdo remembers learning how to play the drums the hard way - harder than it likely was for most other aspiring musicians. His music teachers "freaked out," when he would play drum rudiments, or right and left hand patterns, backwards. The fact that he had dyslexia was unknown territory to them, he said.

• Success story comes in loud and clear - Jerry Miller's teachers at a Minneapolis school for the mentally retarded in the 1950s suggested he might make a good bricklayer or maybe a carpenter. Miller, son of Greek and Norwegian immigrants and afflicted with dyslexia, never took that advice. Instead, he took his abilities and a fascination with radio and built a Hall Of Fame career out of it.

• Marilyn Bartlett - A determined dyslexic woman has finally won her eight-year fight to take the state bar exam with a computer and other aids to help overcome her disability. Manhattan federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor ruled yesterday that Marilyn Bartlett's dyslexia qualified her as a disabled person under federal law - and therefore entitled to "accommodations" in taking the bar exam.

• Actress Plays Leading Role in Battle Against Dyslexia - Joyce Bulifant didn�t learn how to read until she was 13. Now, as executive vice president of The Dyslexia Foundation, she�s bringing dyslexic education programs and awareness to the Roaring Fork Valley region. Bulifant knows all about dyslexia. She is dyslexic, as is her son, John. So was her father, though he was never formerly diagnosed.

• Steve Redgrave - Olympic oarsman Sir Steve Redgrave, 39, was last week awarded a Lifetime Achievement in the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year awards. He is the only person ever to have won gold medals at five consecutive games, achieved despite diabetes, colitis and lifelong dyslexia. Dyslexia was an embarrassment at school. At ten, I still had problems reading and writing. And children can be cruel when they discover that you are different.

• Charles Schwab, dyslexic financier - When Charles Schwab speaks, people listen. That is a good thing, because Mr. Schwab, who has dyslexia - a learning disability that makes reading and writing difficult - prefers to communicate that way. These days, it's not just financial strategies that Mr. Schwab, the chairman of the discount brokerage firm, is espousing. He and many other executives with learning disabilities are becoming increasingly outspoken about the challenges they have faced.

• Living with dyslexia - How should I start? I was diagnosed with dyslexia when I was a Senior in High School, that was twenty-four years ago. That wasn’t the first diagnosis of my reading and writing problems. It first started in First grade when I was introduced to reading and writing. That is when my parents where told that I was having difficulty and was unable to learn phonics .

Famous dyslexic people:

Tom Cruise Tom Cruise is an American actor and producer who has starred in a number of top-grossing movies... Read on
Cher Cher is an American actress and singer. She rose to prominence in the 1960s as a member of the duo Sonny and Cher, then as a solo artist when the duo ended in 1974. She has sold over 100 million records worldwide since the start of her career... Read on
Charley Boorman Charley Boorman appeared at the age of five in Deliverance, a film directed by his father, John Boorman. Since his 19,000-mile globe-spanning motorbike trek with Ewan McGregor, Charley has been riding solo for his TV series Right to the Edge: Sydney to Tokyo By Any Means, which is also the title of his book and DVD. Read on
Orlando Bloom The actor once said, “Dyslexia is not due to lack of intelligence, it’s a lack of access. It’s like, if you’re dyslexic, you have all the information you need, but find it harder to process.” He now considers himself “mildly dyslexic.”... Read on
Steve Jobs Founder of Apple Computers, CED of Apple and Pixar, the Academy Award-winning animation studio... Read on
Walt Disney Walter Elias "Walt" Disney was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator. One of the most well-known motion picture producers in the world... Read on
Erin Brockovitch She struggled in school and wasn’t diagnosed until later in life. She helped win a $333 million class action lawsuit that is the largest in U.S. history... Read on
Thomas Edison Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an inventor and businessman who developed many important devices. Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors, holding a record 1,093 patents in his name... Read on
Tracey Gold The actress from “Growing Pains” suffered from dyslexia in high school.... Read on
General George Patton George Smith Patton, Jr., was a leading U.S. Army general in World War II. In his 36-year Army career, he was an early advocate of armored warfare and commanded major units in North Africa, Sicily, and the European Theater of Operations... Read on
Salma Hayek Salma Hayek sometimes struggles with her lines as a result of her dyslexia.... Read on
Nelson Rockefeller Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, an American politician, was Governor of New York and the 41st Vice President of the United States of America from December 19, 1974 to January 20, 1977... Read on
Jewel The singer used to love reading when she was younger and then found it more difficult as time went by and was diagnosed with dyslexia.... Read on
Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, was one of the recognized masters of 20th century art, probably most famous as the founder, along with Georges Braque, of Cubism... Read on
Keira Knightley Keira says her problems have not affected her ability to learn her lines and adds, “I can learn them fine. It’s just reading them in the first place that is the problem.”... Read on
George Burns “For me the toughest thing about dyslexia was learning to spell it.”... Read on
Hans Christian Anderson Hans Christian Andersen, was a Danish author and poet most famous for his fairy tales... Read on
Patrick Dempsey Dempsey was diagnosed with dyslexia at age 12 and was placed in special education classes before that. He relies on memorization to overcome it .... Read on
Noel Gallagher “What I was bad at was spelling. Still am. Anything over six letters and that’s me gone.” '... Read on
Lewis Carroll British author of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking Glass'... Read on
Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance architect, musician, anatomist, inventor, engineer, sculptor, geometer, and painter. He has been described as the archetype of the "Renaissance man" and as a universal genius. Leonardo is famous for his masterly paintings, such as The Last Supper and Mona Lisa... Read on
Magic Johnson Magic Johnson is a retired Los Angeles Lakers basketball player.... Read on
Richard Branson Sir Richard Branson, KBE, a famed British entrepreneur, is best known for his widely successful Virgin brand, a banner that encompasses a variety of business organizations... Read on
Danny Glover Danny's dyslexia led him to tutor and help coordinate reading centers in the inner city. ... Read on
Woody Harrelson Woody Harrelson was diagnosed with dyslexia and attention deficit disorder as a child.... Read on
John Lennon Lennon was expelled from school for misbehavior. His teachers were unaware that he suffered from dyslexia.... Read on
Sir Winston Churchill The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, FRS, PC was a British statesman, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War... Read on
Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert, French novelist who is counted among the greatest Western novelists, known especially for his first published novel Madame Bovary, and for his scrupulous devotion to his art and style... Read on
Scott Adams Scott Adams is the creator of the Dilbert comic strip and the author of several business commentaries, social satires, and experimental philosophy books... Read on
Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell was a scientist, inventor, founder of Bell Canada, and was formerly credited as father of the telephone... Read on
Eric Bruno Borgman Eric Bruno Borgman, an actor, writer, and film director... Read on
Michael Faraday Michael Faraday was a British scientist (a physicist and chemist) who contributed significantly to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry... Read on
Henry Ford Henry Ford was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and is credited with contributing to the creation of a middle class in American society. He was one of the first to apply assembly line manufacturing to the mass production of affordable automobiles... Read on
Richard Ford Richard Ford is an American novelist and short story writer. His best-known works include the novels The Sportswriter, its award-winning sequel Independence Day, and the widely-anthologized short story "Rock Springs."... Read on
Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg, is a well-known American movie actress, comedian, and singer... Read on
Duncan Goodhew Duncan Goodhew is one of the most respected and instantly recognisable UK swimming athletes. He was an Olympic Gold and Bronze medallist at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. He was the England Swimming team captain, and multi-Olympics champion... Read on
Susan Hampshire Susan Hampshire OBE is an English actress best known for her many film and television roles... Read on
Eddie Izzard Eddie Izzard is a British stand-up comedian and actor. He has a very individual style of rambling, surreal monologue. He has turned his attention to acting as well as maintaining his demanding touring schedule... Read on
Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States and an American statesman, ambassador to France, political philosopher, revolutionary, agriculturalist, horticulturist, land owner, architect, archaeologist, slaveowner, author, inventor, lawyer and founder of the University of Virginia... Read on
John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy, often referred to as Jack Kennedy or JFK, was the 35th President of the United States (1961–1963)... Read on
Steve Redgrave Sir Stephen Geoffrey Redgrave, CBE, or less formally Steve Redgrave, is a British rower who won a gold medal at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000 As the only Briton ever to achieve this feat, he is widely considered to be Britain's greatest Olympian... Read on
Oliver Reed Oliver Reed ) was an English actor known for his macho image on and off screen... Read on
Rodin Charles Schwab Charles R. Schwab is the founder and CEO of the Charles Schwab Corporation... Read on
Woodrow Wilson US president during World War 1, even though he campaigned against it and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize... Read on
Steven Spielberg Film producer of 'Jaws', 'E.T.', 'Jurassic Park', and many other brilliant movies... Read on
Jackie Stewart Sir John Young Stewart, better known as Jackie Stewart, is a three-time Scottish Formula One racing champion. He is well-known as a commentator of racing television broadcasts where his Scottish accent made him a distinctive presence... Read on
George Washington George Washington was an American planter, political figure, the highest ranking military leader in U.S. history and first President of the United States... Read on
Thomas J. Watson, Jr. Thomas J. Watson, Jr. eldest son of Thomas J. Watson, the founder of IBM, dealt in his youth with the incredible pressure of being raised under the popularity and dominance of his father. Nevertheless, he himself became a successful IBM leader... Read on
Henry Winkler Henry Franklin Winkler is an actor, director and producer who is most famous for his role as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the popular sitcom Happy Days... Read on
Benjamin Zephaniah Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah is a British Rastafarian writer and dub poet, and is well known in contemporary English literature... Read on
Mohammad Ali Olympic light heavyweight boxing champion... Read on
Babe Ruth Often called the greatest of all baseball players... Read on
William Hewlett Dyslexia forced the co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard Company to memorize schoolwork.... Read on
Theo Paphitis Dragon's Den star, Paphitis came to England with his parents and brother, Marinos, when he was six years old... Read on

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