Disease & Conditions,Dyslexia,Health & Fitness

How to Attenuate The Effects Of Childhood Dyslexia (Real Examples)16 Dec

Warner Louw

Did you know that reading and learning are the two basic things that can make the difference between success and failure in life? Reading is essential for building knowledge, but is there a solution for dyslexic kids? There are many children with dyslexia who experience behavior problems as a result of their inability to read or learn according to the set standards.

The same thing happened to Werner Louw. Although he scored 148 at the IQ test, he struggled through school due to dyslexia. However, he was not properly diagnosed. He was placed in a school for learning –disabled children, but nothing happened. The written text remained a cluttered puzzle for the young boy. In the tenth grade, his reading abilities were reassessed, and the results were astonishing: Werner read like a second-grade child. With the help of Audiblox, his reading efficiency improved from 107 words per minute to 163 words per minute, in about five months. From this point further, Werner got back on the track and… Read More

Disease & Conditions,Dyslexia,Health & Fitness

How to Live With Dyslexia – Famous People (Real Examples)17 Oct

Two examples below

Tom Cruise

There are many famous people who have achieved success and fame despite being handicapped with dyslexia. ‘When I was about seven I was labeled dyslexic. I’d try to concentrate on what I was reading, but then I’d get to the end of page and have very little memory of anything I’d read. I would go blank, feel anxious, nervous, bored, frustrated, dumb,’ he said.

He was not an academic success and went through 15 schools in 12 years. but remedial classes helped him to pass high school in 1980. He did not let his learning disability keep him from becoming successful.

Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg suffered from dyslexia and was labeled as slow and retarded. “I couldn’t understand what they were doing,” says Whoopi, referring to her inability to grasp seemingly basic lessons. Of course she couldn’t. She had dyslexia, though it would be years before the reading disorder was diagnosed.

“You don’t want to be retarded all your life. I was retarded for a good part of mine, according to all the paperwork, and… Read More