Lauren Sánchez Bezos has said she spent most of her life hiding her dyslexia, even when she worked as a news reporter.

During Tuesday’s segment of the Today show, the former Emmy-winning journalist, 56, revealed that she wasn’t diagnosed with the learning disability until she was 19.

“My community college teacher … got me tested,” she said. “She literally looked at me, because I was like, ‘I can’t write,’ and she goes, ‘You’re not dumb, you just can’t spell. You were learning differently.”

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Adrian Ross, who grew in Bridge of Allan and attended Dollar Academy and Stirling University, has written ‘Sons of Great Men’ – described as a wry family story narrated by Victor, a sometime actor and pantomime dame, who battles his dyslexia to record his hospitalised mum’s memoirs.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom revealed a comment his mom made “cruelly” in his upcoming memoir as the 58-year-old Democrat struggled with severe dyslexia growing up.

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Barbara Wirostko, MD, FARVO, is a glau­coma clinician-researcher and Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology and Bio­medical Engineering at the University of Utah, Moran Eye Center in Salt Lake City. Outside of her ophthalmological work, she runs a national nonprofit charity supporting young adults with dyslexia who are pursuing careers in science, tech­nology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). In this Q&A, Wirostko shares how personal loss led her to create a foundation that has transformed hundreds of lives.

How did you get into this work? I did not “choose” to do this work—it essentially evolved out of need. In 2014, our son, Joseph James, died suddenly in a car crash. He was a junior at Montana State University (MSU), studying mechanical engineer­ing. We asked our community to donate in lieu of spending money on flowers. What began as a local grassroots effort has turned into a national volun­teer nonprofit, the Joseph James Morelli Legacy Foundation. Over 11 years, we have awarded close to $900,000 in 496 scholarships across 44 states.

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A dyslexic mum from Leamington is preparing to launch a safe, creative digital platform for children who struggle with words – whether that’s reading, writing, spelling, or expressing what’s going on inside – after securing backing from Innovate UK last year.

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