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05-01-2017, 10:06 PM
Richard Branson champions the unique strengths of dyslexia
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Richard Branson's latest quest is to get the world to perceive people with dyslexia in a totally different light.
We should see young people with dyslexia as being full of potential, **t as having a disadvantage, the billionaire writes (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/richard-branson-dyslexia-is-merely-a**ther-way-of-thinking-8tlmgsndw) in The Sunday Times. He candidly describes his struggles in the column, published ahead of the launch of charity Made By Dyslexia (http://madebydyslexia.org/) on 2 May.
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Branson says his teachers thought he was lazy or dumb. "Maths just didn’t make sense to me. I once did an IQ test and the questions seemed absurd. For years I hadn’t been able to work out the difference between gross and net," he said. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/01/richard-branson-dyslexia-charity/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Richard Branson's latest quest is to get the world to perceive people with dyslexia in a totally different light.
We should see young people with dyslexia as being full of potential, **t as having a disadvantage, the billionaire writes (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/richard-branson-dyslexia-is-merely-a**ther-way-of-thinking-8tlmgsndw) in The Sunday Times. He candidly describes his struggles in the column, published ahead of the launch of charity Made By Dyslexia (http://madebydyslexia.org/) on 2 May.
SEE ALSO: Richard Branson's supersonic jets could find a landing spot in Dubai (http://mashable.com/2017/04/28/boom-jets-pitch-dubai/)
Branson says his teachers thought he was lazy or dumb. "Maths just didn’t make sense to me. I once did an IQ test and the questions seemed absurd. For years I hadn’t been able to work out the difference between gross and net," he said. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/01/richard-branson-dyslexia-charity/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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