With the royal baby due to be born next month, we thought it would be fitting to end our series with a royal family theme. So far in this series we’ve featured dyslexics who have excelled in a variety of fields, but today’s article is about a man with a rather one-of-a-kind job. Who is Prince Charles? Charles, Prince of Wales, is the eldest son of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth Realms. He is the heir apparent (next in line to the throne) and is likely to be the next King. What has Prince Charles done to help other dyslexics? Prince Charles broke tradition by becoming the first heir apparent to attend school instead of being educated by a pr...
This is the second post in our dyslexia series. The first post was on Leonardo da Vinci and you can read it here. On the 19th of June, the winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal, perhaps the most prestigious prize for children’s fiction in the UK, will be announced. With this in mind, we have decided to share a post about one of our favourite authors. Who is Sally Gardner? Sally Gardner is an award-winning novelist who writes for children and young adults. Her books have sold over two million copies in the United Kingdom. Her career is especially inspiring because Gardner did not learn to read until she was fourteen years old. Throughout school she was badly bullied for being diff...
Richard Branson recently spoke of his extraordinary success and his ways of coping with dyslexia. Interviewed by pupils from Lincoln Castle Academy as part of the BBC News School Report, he said he liked "everything to be simplified". He put some of his success down to being "quite good at delegating and getting really good people around". He continued: "I just don't think people who are dyslexic need worry because they are often really good at other things" he added "They'll realise they've got a problem in some areas but they'll be really good at other things." Incredibly, Branson, one of the world’s wealthiest men, adm...
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