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Successful Dyslexics

  • eReadingbook: For Dyslexics and Those Who Want to Learn a Foreign Language

    eReadingbook has developed fun reading apps for both kids with dyslexia and adults who want to learn a foreign language.

    January 19, 2024
  • The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia (with upcoming airtimes!)

    One of the selections from the 2012 Sundance Film Festival features four dyslexics, dyslexia professionals, and famous dyslexics in The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia.

    January 19, 2024
  • John Chambers

    It took a couple of large setbacks for John Chambers to realize that he could overcome anything.

    "We’re a product of the challenges we faced in life," Chambers, the CEO of Cisco Systems, Inc. said. "And how we handled those challenges probably had more to do with what we accomplish in life."

    Chambers has dyslexia, and he struggled in school—at the time, dyslexia was not a known disability.

    One of his teachers in grade school helped him face his dyslexia and persevere through his disability.

    June 4, 2026
  • Michael Bennet

    Despite all his success as a senator from Colorado, Michael Bennet failed the second grade.

    September 27, 2025
  • Marilyn Bartlett

    After getting denied extra time on the bar exam Dr. Marilyn Bartlett had to fight a legal battle to be given her accommodation.

    June 4, 2026
  • Dean Kamen

    Not many people know who invented the Segway, the futuristic-looking individual transportation vehicle, but now you do. His name is Dean Kamen, and he is dyslexic.

    June 11, 2025
  • Greg Louganis

    Even one of the world's greatest divers has to overcome some setbacks.

    July 29, 2025
  • Top Five Ways to Have A Successful School Year – Number 1

    The first of five tips to have a successful school year, asking for help.

    July 8, 2025
  • David Boies

    David Boies has been involved in many high-profile lawsuits in the United States, but he struggles with reading and has a very limited vocabulary. How is he a successful lawyer with those struggles?

    June 11, 2025
  • Carol Greider

    For a woman who has made a breakthrough in DNA and cancer research and won a Nobel Prize, it's hard to imagine that she was barely accepted to graduate school.

    June 10, 2025
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