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The 26-year-old actor, currently promoting the David Cronenberg film A Dangerous Method, which is out in UK cinemas on 10 February, told GQ magazine she learned to bypass her dyslexia by focusing on the script and imagining what Thompson would do in her shoes.
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It would probably come as a major shock for any middle-aged adult to find out that he has a learning disorder. But what if that man was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, and the disorder was dyslexia, which fundamentally affects one’s ability to process language? That is precisely what happened to Philip Schultz, a writer whose self-worth and self-understanding were rocked by the relatively late-in-life discovery.
In his new memoir, “My Dyslexia,” Schultz shares what it was like to grow up as a member of what he calls the “dummy class”
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Multiple circumstances in Gail Douglas’ life led her to become a special education teacher.
She had been diagnosed with dyslexia. Her mother was a speech pathologist, and her father was a social worker.
For the past 16 years, she taught job skills and life skills to her Coronado High School special education students while making them a part of the school environment.
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When Nancy Ruhmel learned that she had ovarian cancer and would need chemotherapy, the first thing she did was to contact her students.
She already had retired after more than 30 years teaching children with learning disabilities in the Allentown School District. But she was still surrounded by youth who needed help. They were herdyslexic students whom she tutored from her home office.
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Douglas Booth, who has just starred as Pip in BBC1’s hit version of Great Expectations, only took up acting as he feared his dyslexia would block other careers.
Now, following his lead role in the classy Dickens adaptation, hordes of girls are demanding to know where he has come from.
Twitter has gone into meltdown, with female fans feverishly declaring their adoration for the 19-year-old.
One wrote: “I can’t cope with how beautiful he is. It hurts.”
Another said: “How many women were crying out for Pip to have a Mr Darcy moment in the water just then?!”
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Bella Thorne shared details about her Dyslexia in a “The Time I” Disney Channel segment. Watch the clip below to see how Bella found out she had Dyslexia and how her family worked with her to conquer her trouble reading and writing.
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