Henry Winkler on growing up dyslexic in the ’50s: ‘I was told I was stupid, lazy’ dyslexiacampusMay 23, 20230570 views Originally posted at TODAY Pop Culture by Sarah Lemire / May 23, 2023 For nearly all of his 77 years, Henry Winkler says he has been dealing… Read more
Love & Death Actor Drew Waters on Building a Second Life in Hollywood dyslexiacampusMay 19, 20230387 views Everybody has that family member who says, “You should be in front of the camera” and “You should do this,” every once in a while in their life, and most are going to brush it off. I got out of the military. I was also dyslexic and had A.D.D., but I also had a scholarship to Rice University. I started to go into the military, grow up, learn a craft, see the world, and serve. Read more
Henry Winkler suffered ‘psychic pain’ after ‘Happy Days’ dyslexiacampusMay 11, 20230352 views Winkler has been open about his mental health throughout his career. He once spoke about the constant anxiety he felt about his grades while in elementary school, which he would later attribute to having dyslexia. Read more
What percentage of millionaires are dyslexic? dyslexiacampusMay 5, 202308.3K views The Harvard Business Review states that approximately 20% of entrepreneurs surveyed were thought to have dyslexia, and it is estimated that this figure may approximate the prevalence of dyslexia across millionaires. Additionally, a 2017 survey of individuals and families who had a net worth of over $1 million found that 33% identified as having dyslexia, suggesting that millionaires are more likely than the average population to have dyslexia. Read more
Who Is Channing Tatum? dyslexiacampusMay 5, 202302.2K views Excerpt from Otakukart May 5, 2023 Channing Matthew Tatum is an American actor who entered the entertainment industry in 2000 and debuted in Film… Read more
James Van Der Beek has dyslexia. We asked what he’d like to tell his younger self. dyslexiacampusMay 5, 20230531 views “If I could say one thing to my younger self it would be, have fun with it. You know you’re not stupid. So don’t ever believe for a second that you are.” Read more
An Actor And Returning Citizen’s Quest To End Dyslexia’s Impact On His Community dyslexiacampusApril 3, 20230421 views As a young resident of the Kelly Housing Projects in New Orleans, Louisiana, Ameer Baraka was raised by a grandmother who emphasized the importance of education. Unlike his quick-learning sibling however, Baraka found learning to be complex because he suffered from Dyslexia that hadn’t been diagnosed. Read more
LeVar Burton, ‘The Right to Read’ Director Jenny Mackenzie on the Underbelly of the American Literacy Crisis dyslexiacampusMarch 29, 20230925 views But she originally uncovered the story because she was looking at adults who are dyslexic, and that’s my story. So I was diagnosed with dyslexia when I was 14 years old. Really, I had shame. I was very much in the closet, but I came from a family that had resources and I was able to cover it up. And I was able to learn ways to compensate and to get by. I got super lucky. My parents had the ability to get me tested, get me support, get me the resources. So that really caught me on fire listening to Emily’s podcast and understanding that if all children are taught the way in which we should teach kids who have any kind of learning disability, that is dyslexia focused — which is very explicit, very systematic, step by step — then we would really create big change. Read more
Anthony Mackie Reveals Top Secret Way to Read ‘Captain America: New World Order’ Script dyslexiacampusMarch 29, 20230631 views Mackie added of his dyslexia, “That’s what got me into acting. Teachers are the most important foundation of American culture. And I had this teacher named Ms. Dorsey. I was making straight As and Bs. I couldn’t figure out English. Read more