10 Stars with Dyslexia
Whoopi Goldberg, comedian and award-winning actress, struggled in grade school and wasn’t formally diagnosed with dyslexia until later in life. Her teachers thought that Whoopi just couldn’t keep up with schoolwork but Whoopi eventually realized that her dyslexia symptoms were misidentified.
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December 3, 2013Citation:
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