Ice skating has always been an escape for this Olympic figure skater, a place where she isn’t defined by her dyslexia.

For 59-year-old Duncan Goodhew, his career in the swimming pool was more to him than just a competitive sport.

The WNBA’s #1 Draft pick of 2015 went through a lot of hoops to secure her spot on the Seattle Storm basketball team.

Carrie Lofgren was a member of the national champion U-M varsity women’s rowing team throughout her career at the University of Michigan. At a meeting of the university Regents while a freshman (2011), Lofgren presented her views on the importance of university support services for students with disabilities. She said that next to rowing, support services set U-M apart from other schools on her list.

Chris Heald, a fifth-year senior with the U-M men’s varsity wrestling team in 2015, was one of four wrestlers at U-M to be named as Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholar Award recipients. 57 University of Michigan student-athletes received the prestigious honor in 2015.

Nolan Ryan did not let his dyslexia from achieving his goals. Nolan Ryan completed 27 seasons as a Major League Baseball pitcher before retiring.

Dyslexic and undiagnosed until he was 41 years old, this legendary Scottish Formula 1 driver has 27 Grand Prix victories and 3 world championships under his belt.

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Scott Sonnon was advised early in life that he should not set very high expectations for his potential. In fact, he overcame dyslexia so severe that he was hospitalized in a children’s psychiatric institution.