Famous Dyslexics

Nelson Rockefeller “I was one of the ‘puzzle children’ myself — a dyslexic . . . And I still have a hard time reading today. Accept the fact that you have a problem. Refuse to feel sorry for yourself. You have a challenge; never quit!” — Nelson Rockefeller	Leonardo da Vinci You should prefer a good scientist without literary abilities than a literate one without scientific skills. — Leonardo da Vinci
Winston Churchill “I was, on the whole, considerably discouraged by my school days. It was not pleasant to feel oneself so completely outclassed and left behind at the beginning of the race.” He was regularly punished in school for failure or lack of effort, sometimes failing the same class numerous times. — Winston Churchill	Agatha Christie “I, myself, was always recognized . . . as the “slow one” in the family. It was quite true, and I knew it and accepted it. Writing and spelling were always terribly difficult for me. My letters were without originality. I was . . . an extraordinarily bad speller and have remained so until this day.” — Agatha Christie
Albert Einstein “He told me that his teachers reported that . . . he was mentally slow, unsociable, and adrift forever in his foolish dreams.” — Hans Albert Einstein, on his father, Albert Einstein	Thomas Edison A teacher sent the following note home with a six-year-old boy: “He is too stupid to learn.” That boy was Thomas A. Edison. — Thomas Edison

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