Harry Belafonte
March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) Singer, Actor & Activist Listen I grew up in a school system . . . where nobody understood the meaning of learning disorder. In the West Indies, I was constantly being physically abused […]
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Aakash Odedra
Dancer & Choreographer Listen Diagnosed with dyslexia at a young age, Aakash Odedra found conventional education at school very challenging. He felt defined by his learning difficulties, rather than his abilities. As written language was so alien, dance became his […]
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Actor and Singer Listen I never read in school. I got really bad grades—D’s and F’s and C’s in some classes, and A’s and B’s in other classes. In the second week of the 11th grade, I just quit. When […]
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Singer Listen I can’t read or write, I can’t read music. Not many people know that about me. When I was a child it probably wasn’t understood among the Polynesian community at that time what dyslexia was. I […]
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