Aug 10, 2012 | DM News Blog
Magic Johnson was a star player in the ‘Dream Team’ – the U.S. men’s basketball team in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Did you know he is also dyslexic? From a young age, Magic (whose real first name is Earvin) struggled to read and write, performing poorly in...
Aug 6, 2012 | DM News Blog
A 14 year-old dyslexic girl was among those chosen to carry the Olympic torch in this year’s torch relay for the games of the 30th Olympiad. Jessica Hogarth-Hall is a student at All Saints RC School in York, United Kingdom, and was nominated for the honor of bearing...
Jul 27, 2012 | DM News Blog
In honour of this year’s summer Olympic games in London, we’re bringing you a couple of posts on famous dyslexic athletes who fly the torch high for learning challenges. One of the United States’ star athletes in the 1970s was Bruce Jenner. He had dyslexia and always...
Jul 13, 2012 | DM News Blog
Let’s play guess who! “Known for being especially cool and for his catchphrases “Eyyyy!” and “Whoa!”, his coolness gave him special powers, such as making machinery function by pounding his fist, or getting the attention of girls by snapping...
Jun 29, 2012 | DM News Blog
“The way I write, the way I see the world, is part and parcel of my dyslexia…” These are the words of Benjamin Zephaniah, who alongside being a hugely successful novelist and playwright, is one of Britain’s most celebrated poets. Try as you might you will struggle to...
