Comments on: Here is a definitive list of famous dyslexics.

By: amanda

amanda — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:24:16 +0000

hi im amanda im 14 and i have been dyslexic all my life. its been hard for example i couldnt read till the 3rd grade. but what ive learned is if u work hard u can learn to deal with it. its possible to get good grades also u just have to study 2X harder than anyone.

By: Rosalind

Rosalind — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:44:49 +0000

sorry for spellings and spaces on my comment!

By: Rosalind

Rosalind — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:42:42 +0000

Hi I’m dyslexic to and I agree its a gift,most of my family on my dads side has the gift I was lucky they test early on.I think that you shouldn’t be ashamed to admit you have it,aperatly 1/3 people born have onaveradge.

lots of love Rosalind age11 (nearly 12!)

By: irlen syndrome

irlen syndrome — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:43:00 +0000

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By: AmeliaPondRox

AmeliaPondRox — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 04:50:30 +0000

You forgot about Steve Jobs. He was dyslexic and look where he got!

btw I think my little sister is dyslexic. she can’t read very easily, though she is doing better, and she always throughs a fit when she doesn’t understand something. I know that throwing fits isn’t a sign of dyslexia, but I thought I should mention how frustrating it is for her- especially when my parents don’t have the heart to tell her. I don’t want to tell her for fear that my parents will get mad at me, but she really deserves to know. It makes me sad to see her when she is so frustrated like that, but my parents and I are really trying to make it easier for her. Wish us luck!

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 11:43:20 +0000

Hi, I’m dyslectic, I’m 48 years old. I can imagine people wanting dyslexia because if we have confidance and don’t feel bad about being dyslexic we can do amazing things, seeing life through a quirky mode.Dyslexia wasn’t recognised as existing way back when. My first clue was an english teacher in year 8 (age 12) my english teacher often read out my work and never marked me down for spelling and one day whilst passing out graded assignments she bent down to my ear and said “shakespear could never even spell his own name the same way twice.” My life then began to change. FYI I have the best job, have done quite well for myself overall and yes there some famous and some very happy, sucsessful, dyslexics amoung us. Yay spell check

By: Ren

Ren — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 06:05:08 +0000

I have dyslexia I was diagnosed when I was only 7 years old.
I have a friend and I think she wants to have dyslexia becouse I showed her your list and now she is saying she finds it hard to read and spell and all that but she is a strate A student i do not understand I never knew someone would wont dyslexia ?

By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:54:25 +0000

I am dyslexic and have very serve dysgraphia,I have been professionally diagnosed several times over the years .By doctors as well as consulars and two schools that had programs for dyslexics .I need to disagree with a comment above that claims dyslexics do not scan read.

Scan reading is very commonly done by people who are severely dyslexic We often learn to do it in school so we appear as if you know what’s going on. We look for the words we can quickly recognize and skip the ones we do not .This doesn’t however work when you have to read out loud.Then all bets are off.

By: » Jessica Watson

» Jessica Watson — Thu, 13 May 2010 01:13:45 +0000

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By: harry bower

harry bower — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:03:33 +0000

hi i’m harry bower (worlds youngest cricket umpire) and buding engeneer i’m dyslexic and i’m amazed with the amount of people i have heard of hear who are dyslexic and how dyslexics have afected the world