There is no cure for dyslexia but people who have dyslexia go on to live extremely normal lives. They use different strategies and techniques to help them with their weaknesses. They can learn to read accurately but they continue to read slowly.
What do the following people have in common: Magic Johnson, Tom Cruise, Leonardo da Vinci, Cher, Thomas Edison and Whoopi Goldberg? Take a minute. Figure it out yet? They are all famous Dyslexics who went on to live an extraordinary life.
An article from DARC has many quotes from famous dyslexics that talk about the positive and negative that they had experienced with dyslexia. It also talks about life after school.
“I had to train myself to focus my attention. I became very visual and learned how to create mental images in order to comprehend what I read.”-- Tom Cruise, actorThat is just one example of what one of the many said. More can be read at DARC.
Sources: DARC
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