Khaby Lame: The ‘Universal Language’ of an Unlikely Fashion Icon dyslexiacampusApril 3, 20230522 views Khaby Lame was born in Dakar, Senegal in 2000. The following year, he came to Italy with his parents, settling in a public housing project in Chivasso, a small town near Turin. He had a happy childhood. His dyslexia presented challenges at school but he “managed to get by” and dreamt of becoming an actor, idolising Will Smith on “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” He often made funny YouTube videos. “They were always comedy videos, where I made fun of myself or parodies of someone else,” he recalls. “I always liked making people laugh, entertaining them.” Read more
Inside One Billionaire’s Plan To Bring Solar Power To Every Homeowner dyslexiacampusApril 3, 20230353 views HAYES BARNARD figured out how to make costly green energy affordable—and it has made him one of the richest people in America. Read more
An Actor And Returning Citizen’s Quest To End Dyslexia’s Impact On His Community dyslexiacampusApril 3, 20230327 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
Gwen Stefani Expands Her GXVE Beauty Brand To Give Back To Fans: ‘My Dream Has Been Touched And Made A Reality’ dyslexiacampusApril 3, 20230352 views Gwen’s rise to stardom did not come without its obstacles. She goes on to tell me that she does not think many people realize that she struggled so much in school, revealing to me that she has dyslexia and ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder). She says it was not until she wrote her first song, unaware that she even had it in her to do so, that she felt she had found her calling, saying, “God just put it in me and it just came out.” Read more
What Inspired me to Write a Book on Dyslexia and Anxiety? dyslexiacampusMarch 31, 20230315 views Diagnosed later in life with dyslexia, I have first-hand experience of the interrelatedness between dyslexia, anxiety, and negative emotion. Read more
LeVar Burton, ‘The Right to Read’ Director Jenny Mackenzie on the Underbelly of the American Literacy Crisis dyslexiacampusMarch 29, 20230840 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