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Jay Leno is also suffering from Dyslexia. This is a fine example of what you can accomplish with dedication and how Dyslexia can bring the best out of people.
About 10% of the population suffers from Dyslexia but records show that among entrepreneurs 35% has Dyslexia. Another example of the creativity, dedication and endurance that Dyslectics have.
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Peggy Stern, The academy award winning celebrity, has started a project to create Dyslexia-Ville. Dyslexia-Ville will be the world wide safe haven for dyslectics and there will be a web series to support the initiative.
She has assembled a group of specialists around her to get the project going and Jay Leno, who also struggled with Dyslexia his whole life, has kindly made tickets available for top sponsors of the project.
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John “Jack” R. Horner is Regents Professor of Paleontology at Montana State University and the curator of paleontology at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman. He studied geology and paleontology at the University of Montana, Missoula, but undiagnosed dyslexia made it impossible for him to obtain a degree. He went on to become a leader in the fields of dinosaur growth and behavior. As described in his2011 TED talk biography, “Horner discovered the first dinosaur eggs in the Western Hemisphere, the first evidence of dinosaur colonial nesting, the first evidence of parental care among dinosaurs, and the first dinosaur embryos.” Horner has also discovered several new dinosaur species and worked as a scientific consultant for the Jurassic Park movies (also inspiring the movies’ main character) and for TV documentaries. He has two honorary doctorates: one awarded by the University of Montana 1986 and another by the Pennsylvania State University in 2006.
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A WINSFORD housing association is offering a helping hand to some of its residents who suffer from dyslexia by supplying free specialist rulers.
Muir Group Housing Association is giving away coloured rulers which people with dyslexia can use when reading.
Jean Broster, service improvement officer at Muir Group, which manages properties in the town, said: “We decided to start giving away the rulers following feedback from a resident.
“We already give away magnifying strips that help the visually impaired.
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Twelve students from Colorado Springs participated in a 500-student reading relay aiming to break the previous world record of 415 people reading a single book at one time.
The book, Sword of Darrow, is written by Hal Malchow and his son Alex, who also battles severe reading disabilities. It is a fantasy novel filled with stories and characters specifically written for those with dyslexia.
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