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ALL ABOUT DYSLEXIA The following is quoted from an article in the November 22, 1999 Newsweek. It reads: "As part of her on-going research, Virginia Wise Berninger, an educational psychologist at the University of Washington tested Jason and then invited him to a summer program for dyslexic boys. ... and he learned to read words relating to the science they were studying. Berninger explained that their brains weren't detective, just different. She told them that Einstein had trouble in school too until he found one that emphasized individual thinking and discouraged rote memorization. ... He still stumbles over new words in a text. But he is an honors student. ... they have a gift, even though the world sees it as a disability. Indeed famous and successful dyslexics include Tom Cruise, artist Robert Rauschenberg and Olympian Dan O'Brien. Other persons mentioned in this Newsweek issue who were identified as having the gift of dyslexia, include Discount Broker Charles Schwab who flunked English twice and failed French. Stephen J. Cannell who is one of the most prolific writer-producers, and successful novelist writes that in order to graduate from University of Oregon he selected professors who did not take off points for misspellings. The Newsweek article left out the names of the two people whom others have identified as "they must have been Dyslexics". These were Leonardo daVinci and Thomas Edison (both of whom were slow learners). These and others with brains that are connected (wired) differently have visual comprehension of what words mean and do not see words as being made up of sounds. It is still thought that their hearing is abnormal and studies now show that different parts of the brain are used for reading than used by others.
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