| An Example to Follow | | | | dyslexia or not. What is known is that Albert |
| Daily life can be a bit of a battle and it is difficult | | | | struggled at school and felt thwarted by the |
| at times to remain to an upbeat about the future. | | | | system that focused so much upon rote learning |
| However dyslexia can be overcome and need not | | | | at the expense of creative thinking. He tricked his |
| be a millstone that drags people down and holds | | | | school in Germany to letting him leave and his |
| them back. There are many success stories of | | | | parents sent him to the school in Switzerland to |
| people who have overcome dyslexia. In this article | | | | finish his high-school education. The Swiss school |
| I want to discuss the dyslexia of famous people | | | | had a more imaginative and creative approach to |
| and outline their lives as an inspiration to other | | | | learning and Albert flourished under it. |
| individuals with dyslexia across the world. The | | | | Robin Williams |
| experiences of Orlando Bloom, Robin Williams | | | | Robin Williams was born in Chicago in 1951. He |
| Albert Einstein and Leonardo da Vinci will be | | | | was an incredibly shy child who found drama and |
| outlined here. | | | | acting work that way to overcome this shyness. |
| Orlando Bloom | | | | His first big success was in the TV series Mork |
| Orlando Bloom was born in Canterbury, England in | | | | and Mindy. Since then, he has proved himself to |
| 1977. He is most famous for acting films such as | | | | be a great stand-up comedian and actor starring |
| Lord of the Rings, Black Hawk Down and Pirates | | | | in films such as Mrs Doubtfire and Good Will |
| of the Caribbean. He was diagnosed with dyslexia | | | | hunting for which he received an Oscar for Best |
| as a child at school but he did not let it beat him | | | | Supporting Actor. Robin Williams is best known for |
| and has said record that in order to get the | | | | he is impersonations and mimicry. He is well liked |
| qualifications needed he just had to work harder. | | | | for being very creative and spontaneous- qualities |
| He left school with three A levels which was a | | | | that perhaps he owes in part to having dyslexia. |
| great achievement. He then moved to London | | | | Leonardo Da Vinci |
| and worked with the National youth Theatre | | | | Finally in this article that concentrates on dyslexia |
| before attending the British American drama | | | | in famous people, we will finish by looking at |
| academy before completing a three-year course | | | | Leonardo da Vinci. He was born in Florence, Italy |
| at the Guildhall School of music and drama at | | | | in the 16th century. He is remembered first and |
| which he acted in an enormous range of place- | | | | foremost for his painting of the Mona Lisa. |
| from Shakespeare to Chekov. It was just before | | | | However he was a very intelligent man who is |
| the finish studying the Guildhall School that he | | | | also thought to have conceptualized the possibility |
| auditioned successfully for a role in the Lord of | | | | of a helicopter and solar power. It is thought that |
| the Rings. | | | | Leonardo da Vinci wrote most of his notes |
| Albert Einstein | | | | backwards and he had very poor spelling. He was |
| Albert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879. He is | | | | hopelessly disorganised and erratic and there |
| best known for his theory of Relativity. He was | | | | would have been many more examples of his |
| named by Time magazine as the most important | | | | brilliant ideas and thoughts had he not lost or |
| person in the 20th century. There is some | | | | destroyed so many of his notes! |
| controversy over whether Albert suffered from | | | | |