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Dyslexia is one of the common learning problems in children, which is manifested by a specific reading disorder. A dyslexic person has difficulty mastering writing and reading skills.
Dyslexia is called verbal blindness. And also a disease of geniuses. We will tell you about 10 celebrities who, despite all the difficulties, have not been prevented from achieving recognition and success in life by illness.
Celebrity dyslexia
1. Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Aniston is one of Hollywood's most successful stars, with films adored by millions of fans. But, as the actress herself recently admitted, she could not even dream about it when she was young. From a young age, Jennifer considered herself stupid because of the difficulty in studying. Dyslexia was discovered at an appointment with an ophthalmologist when the actress could not read the text and answer questions.
The doctor followed Jennifer's eye movement and noticed that the actress did not read the lines in a row, and after reading a few words, she came back. At the same time, she did not notice some words at all. To deal with her disorder, Jennifer had to go to specialists who helped her live with this problem.
2. Steven Spielberg
As a child, Stephen was considered lazy and not very smart. At school, the boy learned to read 2 years later than his peers. Spielberg recalls being teased and humiliated by his classmates at school. But he never felt like a victim. The disease was diagnosed when Spielberg was 61 years old.
“Cinema has always helped me, saved me from shame and guilt,” Spielberg admitted in an interview with one of the Internet portals. “When I felt like an outsider, shooting films helped me distract myself and feel your strength.”
3. Whoopi Goldberg
Her real name is Caryn Elaine Johnson. Whoopi has no education, but she has dyslexia that prevented her from finishing school. She recalls being called dumb and inhibited because she had trouble reading. Studying turned into torture, and Caryn left school at age 14. Whoopi had to go through a lot in the future, but this did not prevent her from becoming a wonderful actress loved by many fans.
4. Tom Cruise
Tom was diagnosed with dyslexia when he was 7 years old. This feature turned the boy's childhood into a nightmare. As is usually the case, he was teased and humiliated by his classmates. Teachers also did not treat him with tolerance and demanded a level of knowledge on the same level as everyone else. The situation was exacerbated by frequent family relocations. He changed 15 schools in 14 years, trying to find common ground with teachers and classmates. Tom eventually dropped out of school.
Tom's mother, who was a teacher and actress, found a way out of this situation. Knowing his son's illness, she advised him to try acting, and Tom's life changed dramatically.
5. Quentin Tarantino
Despite his rare IQ (160), world-famous director Quentin Tarantino did very poorly at school. He skipped classes, was a bully, and no one expected this guy to come out of anything good. “People laughed at me all the time, at my hair, at my jaw and at my way of talking. One day I thought: Why should I endure and suffer? And I dropped out of school.”
Tarantino had no problem reading, he loved reading, he loved history. But he was not given a letter. Like everything that had to do with numbers. Tarantino still confuses numbers and finds it difficult to determine the time by the hour. Only by the 6th grade did he manage to determine the time on his own.
People with dyslexia
6. Orlando Bloom
As a child, Orlando's mom encouraged her son to read, promising to buy him a motorcycle as soon as he read 50 books. He never got the bike. Bloom has been struggling with dyslexia for years, as it makes it very difficult for him to read the script and remember roles. However, this did not prevent him from mastering French perfectly, mastering extreme sports, mastering photography and becoming a world star.
7. Keanu Reeves
Like Tom Cruise, Keanu was very dyslexic at school age and had to change schools frequently. But every new class had an old problem: bullying and humiliating classmates. As a result, Keanu grew up withdrawn and unsociable. With the help of doctors and speech therapists, Reeves only learned to read normally by high school. But he failed all his final exams and was left without a higher education diploma.
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8. Cher
Cher has been suffering from an advanced case of dyslexia since childhood. She couldn't learn not only numbers but also letters. Most of the problems she had was recognizing numbers 6 and 9. This is now known as dyscalculia. It wasn't until high school that a future star devised a way to tell them apart. She began to represent numbers in the form of sperm with tails, 6 floating down and 9 going up. So 6 is less than 9.
9. Keira Knightley
Kira was diagnosed with dyslexia when she was 6 years old. The desire to have an agent that the parents had helped in the fight against the diagnosis. The girl really wanted to be an actress. Mom promised that if Kira spent the whole summer reading, the girl would have her own agent. Kiera says that Jane Austen's work, or rather the script based on the book “Sense and Sensibility” written by Emma Thompson, helped her overcome the disease. However, even now the actress is having some difficulty reading.
10. Anthony Hopkins
The British and American actor, composer, winner of an Oscar, two Emmy Awards and three BAFTAs was not known as a smart child as a child. He didn't think highly of himself either. He had to change several schools before he realized he was different. It's hard to believe now, but Hopkins learned to memorize huge texts in a very short time.
This is by no means a complete list of people with dyslexia. Famous dyslexics included Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Hans Christian Andersen, Agatha Christie, Peter the Great, and many others.
Dyslexia (and its accompanying dysgraphia) has nothing to do with a person's mental abilities. This inability to learn writing and reading skills is found in people with full intelligence, hearing and vision. This is clearly seen in the example of people who have achieved high success in creativity, business and life.