Famous and dyslexic: How they transcended a disabilty
An HBO documentary sheds new light on dyslexia, the disability that affects millions of people. From Steven Spielberg to Richard Branson and Keira Knightley, they talk about how they dealt with their impaired reading abilities to excel.
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Tom Cruise, actor
“When I was about 7 years old, I had been labeled dyslexic. I’d try to concentrate on what I was reading, then I’d get to the end of the page and have very little memory of anything I’d read. I would go blank, feel anxious, nervous, bored, frustrated, dumb. I would get angry,” Cruise told People magazine is 2003. Read the full article
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