Overcoming Dyslexia as an Obstacle to Success
Dyslexia Quiz
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Match the Famous People’s names to the ‘Obstacles Experienced’:
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FAMOUS PERSON |
OBSTACLES EXPERIENCED |
Famous chef and celebrity |
Was put in the ‘stupid row’ when at primary school; later, as an unemployed and struggling single parent, wrote on scraps of paper in a local café. |
Famous for founding the ‘Woolworths’ chain of shops |
Enjoys writing songs and tried to get into reading but just can’t get into that ‘book thing’. |
Famous entrepreneur |
Achieved his greatest work after the age of 46, by which time he was completely deaf. |
A famous composer |
Being dyslexic has helped him in the business world – he sees some things more clearly than others. |
Famous for inventing the telephone in 1876 |
Didn’t speak until he was four and didn’t read until he was seven. His teacher described him as ‘mentally slow, unsociable and adrift forever in his foolish dreams’. |
A famous writer |
Was told by his employers at the shop where he worked that he was not good enough to service customers. |
A brilliant physicist |
Was told after a meeting with the President, “That’s an amazing invention, but who would want to use one of them?” |
Famous singer |
Didn’t do well at school; people thought he was ‘thick’. |
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