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FAMOUS PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISORDER

Daniel Radcliffe (Dyspraxia)

 Most notable for his role as Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe has live with a mild case of a dyspraxia
for his entire life.
 Dyspraxia is common neurological disorder that affects motor skill development meaning that at
25 years old and the star on one of the largest franchises, movies history.
 Still has trouble tying his shoe laces.

Justin Timberlake (ADD and OCD)

 Revealed that he has both attention deficit disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder, and is
voted as saying I have OCD mixed with ADD.
 Try living with that
 His OCD manifests in the need to have things line up correctly
 Despite battling his obsessive thought.

Keera Knightley (Dyslexia)

 I had trouble reading I wasn’t a good student

 I did a lot of pretending as child
 Michael Phelps (ADHP)
 In ability sit still and was formally diagnosed with ADHD when he was in fifth grade.
 After being on Ritalin for over two year Phelps choose to stop using the drug and instead used
swimming to help find focus

Whoopi Goldberg (Dyslexia)

 Actually call dumb while growing up due to her dyslexia

 Knew I wasn’t stupid and I knew I was dumb

Jamie Oliver (Dyslexia)

 Currently hold the title of world a richest chef with a net worth.
 Might surprise you to learn that he only finished
 Reading his first book
 I know sounds incredibly ignorant but I’m Dyslexia and I get bored easily
Vince Vaughn (ADD and Dyslexia)

 Vaughn Struggle to read and consequently ceased caring about school work in order to avoid
embarrassment
 Diagnosed with ADD and Dyslexia and transcribed me dictation for tem his father refused that
from of treatment