Cher's Influence On Dyslexia

In the essay “On Being Seventeen, Bright, and Unable to Read,” David Raymond offers information on him having the experience of dyslexia.  He explains how dyslexia plays a major role in his learning. In a positive and negative way.  Dyslexia doesn’t only stop him with other educational activities but effects his self-confidence. While dyslexia brought Raymond many struggles as a child, it also played a huge role in Raymond’s confidence such as him saying that he wanted to die since he was different to everyone else. David visibly tells us how his dyslexia held him back from every day activities as a child. While reading, he says, “My family began to suspect I was having problems almost from the first day I started school.” This quote makes

I’m a senior at the University of South Carolina Upstate and have been diagnosed with dyslexia since childhood. This label could have caused for a disastrous college experience, but there has always been something in myself pushing beyond the stigma.

Dyslexia is one of the most common learning disabilities in the world. This disability is present in twenty percent of children (Handler). Many famous actors and actresses possess this disability, including Whoopi Goldberg. Whoopi Goldberg was diagnosed with dyslexia in the 1960s after she had dropped out of high school (Adams 22). Dyslexia can be a difficult disability for everyone to understand; however, with the help of famous people, such as Whoopi, people can better relate to this disability. The acts and energy she has put into helping others with dyslexia can expand the knowledge of this disability for others to better comprehend.

When we think dyslexia, we immediately cast the victim as the underdog in most situations. The reason why we do so is because we think in order to be successful in this competitive world, you have to be able to do everything better than your competitor does. When in reality you do not have to. David Boies, a world-renowned lawyer, had dyslexia. But he realized his weakness and made it his strength. Beginning at a young age, Boies realized he had a hard time reading, but instead of giving up, he tried harder. Boies would listen carefully and contently as someone spoke and his memory became a formidable instrument. This was Boies’ greatest strength: his ability to listen and keep everything he heard in his memory. Boies and many other dyslexics were not always successful at doing so. For example, Gary Cohn had discovered that he failed more than he succeeded. Gary realized that accepting the chance of failure made his life a whole lot easier, and sometimes more exciting. At a young age, he made a fateful decision to jump in a cab with a stock broker, who happened to be very high up in the ranks, and within an hour he was able to manipulate this man into believing that he was a successful options trader. The man bit the bait hook line and sinker, landing him a job and setting him up for a

Whoopie Goldberg, Steven Spielberg, Anderson Cooper, Albert Einstein, and Thomas Edison are just a few of the most recognized and influential people in the history of media, science and math whom have a learning disability called dyslexia. Dyslexia affects approximately every 1 in 5 people (Ted Ed, 15 July 2013), and unfortunately has no cure. As a student with no special education background, it is amazing to read and learn about disabilities, the differences in the brain structure, and to study teaching tactics and methods that can be done to make learning an easier journey for children with disabilities because as one can see through Einstein and Spielberg a disability is something that with the right methods of learning can be overcome

Imagine this: A struggling student with dyslexia, starting a magazine and a record company, which would soon escalate into the Virgin Group, a series of companies including an airline (that would soon beat British Airways), a soda line, and much more. The former is none other than Richard Branson, one of the world’s most recognizable billionaires. In London on July 18th, 1950, a baby was born to Eve and Ted Branson, whom they named Ricky. He had two sisters named Lindy and Vanessa. Ricky had a condition called dyslexia, which means the “dyslexic” can switch things up and have a hard time learning.

Yes, you read that right. Self-made billionaire, Virgin CEO Richard Branson struggled with dyslexia while growing up. As a matter of fact, also did Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs.

What do: Bella Thorne, Tom Cruise, Mohammed Ali, Kevin O’Leary, Steven Spielberg and Tommy Hilfiger all have in common? They are all successful people who have dyslexia. There are many more people around us that live with dyslexia and have found ways to make themselves successfully function in society.

I have dyslexia, Which to me now isn't a big deal I take all the normal classes Get almost all A’s and I read well. I am not a great speller but that's not anything I can really change that. Dyslexia is something i've come to terms with in my life and I rarely think about that it affects me anymore, but it wasn't always like this for me.

Film director Steven Spielberg wasn’t diagnosed with dyslexia until he was in his 60s. School administrators thought he was lazy, was bullied by classmates, and his troubles in school played a part in his career. Not only did making movies give him a place to channel his energies, but feeling like an outsider helped him cowrite The Goonies, a hit movie about a quirky group of friends who didn’t quite fit in at school. He said finding out as an adult that he has dyslexia was like “the last puzzle piece to a great mystery that I’ve kept to myself.”

Growing, developing and learning are the facts of life for all children. Each day children are faced with many new concepts and various challenges. Can you imagine how it feels for a child to face not only new challenges life has, but to face these challenges while living with a learning disability? These challenges are met not just when they begin school either. Students suffer from learning disabilities from the moment they begin learning, not when they start school. Learning disabilities are real and they affect millions of people. “One such disability that affects over approximately 15 percent of the total American population is dyslexia” ( Nosek 5).

I fell into a continuous pattern of using my dyslexia as an excuse for failure. Around each corner came another bad grade, another teacher's disapproval, another mountain that seemed to tall to climb. I would work hard until it became an inconvenience. I would set goals for the future, until someone disbelieved in its achievement. I believed failure was inevitable. I was unmotivated and became thoroughly uninterested in changing my habitual actions.

People with dyslexia are slow, but that doesn’t mean that they are not intelligent. I think that people with this disorder have the most creative and outgoing minds in the world. People with dyslexia may have intelligent levels over one hundred. Brilliant mind come with brilliant ideas. Athletes, writers, actors, and even characters have or had dyslexia. Here are some of the brilliant minds you may know: Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin, Mozart, John Lennon, Tom Cruise, Magic Johnson, and Walt Disney. All of these dyslexics have come to be some of the greatest minds and just look were that put them. Don’t put people with dyslexia down encourage then to go on because some day they could do great things for are world. (Sollier)

What many don’t realize is that many of the people that made an impact in our world overcame these very diseases. Leonardo De Vinci was the ultimate Renaissance man, and although he had many talents he had an equal amount disabilities of which were dyslexia, ADHD, and many other disorders. (Kilmartin 4) Despite his many difficulties, he is not known for them but rather for his ambission and creativity. Charles Darwin is widely known for his theory of evolution. What is unknown to many people is the fact that historians have recently claimed that Darwin suffered from dyslexia as well as obsessive compulsive disorder. (Kilmartin 3) Agatha Christie, a successful mystery author, was unable to read and write legibly, and she suffered from dysgraphia. (similar to dyslexia affecting writing, spelling, and math) (Kilmartin 3) Inspite of this, her creativity and writing changed the world and many writers were and are inspired by her life. All these people had one thing in common. They persevered and did not let statistics or opinions get in the way of their dreams that later changed the

There are over 3 million cases of dyslexia each year (Statistics, 2010). Even though Mrs. McGuire with her disability is now able to help people realize that people with disabilities shouldn’t be teased, forgotten, and be treated as minorities. Not everyone has that opportunity. We all have the same value. Everyone is unique in their own way. When I become an educator I want to always make sure my students realize that students with disabilities are their equals and deserve to be treated with respect. Many of the comedians suffered from bullying that they never expected.