Dyslexia

“I used to love reading when I was little, and then it became difficult and I didn’t understand why.”

“Because of my history, it’s hard for me to learn things, so I practiced 20 times as hard.” 

-Jewel, Singer

“I didn’t succeed despite my dyslexia, but because of it.

It wasn’t my deficit, but my advantage.

Although there are neurological trade-offs that require that I work creatively [and] smarter in reading, writing and speaking, I would never wish to be any other way than my awesome self.

I love being me, regardless of the early challenges I had faced.”

-Scott Sonnen, Professional Athlete

“One of the greatest struggles for me was that I couldn’t write fast enough for the words, so I would have all these ideas and things that I want to put down on the page and I could never get them down, and when eventually I did, it wasn’t quite as it had been in my mind.

It’s still a problem now because even when I’m talking my mind moves faster than the words can come out.”



–Orlando Bloom