Oct 31, 2014 | DM News Blog
Anita Roddick was the founder of the wildly successful line of natural beauty products, The Body Shop. She was also dyslexic. Like many entrepreneurs, Roddick struggled with her reading and spelling, but had great vision and gumption for starting new things. Newly...
Oct 24, 2014 | DM News Blog
The late Robin Williams, a comedian and actor who took the world by storm with his antics and wit, struggled with dyslexia. As a young child, Williams struggled to learn to read and write. He joked about his literacy difficulties in an interview with Johnny Carson: “I...
Oct 17, 2014 | DM News Blog
Michael Heseltine is a retired politician who spent many years in the top inner circle of the Conservative Party. He is famous for often challenging his party leader, Margaret Thatcher. He is now 81 and continues to run his businesses and advise the government. And he...
Oct 10, 2014 | DM News Blog
Comedian Jim Carrey is best known for his roles in Ace Ventura, Dumb and Dumber, The Truman Show, and Liar Liar. Famous for his crazy facial expressions and slapstick physical comedy, Carrey has come far from humble beginnings. His family had very little money when...
Oct 3, 2014 | DM News Blog
Max Brooks is a world-famous author of novels like World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War and The Zombie Survival Guide. He is the son of actors Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft. And he has dyslexia. As a child, Brooks struggled at school from very early on. He...
