Jan 9, 2015 | DM News Blog
Marlon Brando was a film and stage actor who won an Oscar for his role in On the Waterfront. And he was dyslexic! Brando was raised in Nebraska and California, and struggled in school. His father was not very supportive of his difficulties. Brando has been quoted as...
Dec 12, 2014 | DM News Blog
Stephen J. Cannell founded The Cannell Studios in Hollywood, which produced nearly 40 television series over the last four decades, including the popular A-Team and 21 Jump Street. And he had dyslexia. Cannell struggled in school from an early age. He described...
Nov 21, 2014 | DM News Blog
CEO Mike Norris runs Computacenter, Europe’s largest reseller of computing goods. He’s been an entrepreneur since his teenage years… and he has dyslexia. Norris was born and raised in Essex. He struggled with literacy as soon as he started school....
Nov 14, 2014 | DM News Blog
The actress Lorraine Bracco, famous for her roles in Goodfellas and The Sopranos, has recently opened up about her struggles with dyslexia. Growing up, she felt “stupid and dumb” compared to her siblings. She struggled all the way through school with...
Nov 7, 2014 | DM News Blog
We’ve written a post on the brilliant Sally Gardner before (for those of you who don’t know, she’s an award-winning British children’s novelist with totally unique style of her own!). For Dyslexia Awareness Week, she put together a poem for...
