Famous people with dyslexia, play 5 minute game

Give a dyslexic child strong role models and help them to learn which famous people have dyslexia by playing the fun game on the card below.

Could a dyslexic child you know be a future millionaire? The next Steve Jobs, inventor of the I-pad and I-phone. Maybe they will be a famous musician like John Lennon from the Beatles. Or a self-made businessman like Richard Branson. What all these famous people have in common is that they are all highly talented and that they are all dyslexic.

Dyslexic children are more likely to grow-up to become self-made millionaire. Yet growing-up with dyslexia is hard and a dyslexic child may struggle to learn. They need motivating and inspiring. Given the self-belief, that if they keep going, keep working hard, they can do great things. Showing them strong, famous, dyslexic role models can do this.  

Superpower People card

Play the game on “Superpower People” card below to help a child learn about famous dyslexic people and their achievements. These Mooki Cards are based scientific research, learn more “Maslow’s social needs”.

Dyslexia superpowers

Get top facts below about dyslexic people who are successful:

• Did you know, 40% of self made millionaire’s and people working in technology, are neurodiverse? Compared to 15% of the population.
• Dyslexia is a form of neurodiversity, people with it think in a different way. This makes it harder for them to learn, yet it makes them better at coming up with original creative ideas.
• Dyslexic children may struggle to learn at first, yet when they have grasped something new. They can excel at it and be very successful at it.

Learn more about famous dyslexic role models, see “Made by Dyslexia Celebrity Interviews”.

Watch clickable video below where the Dyslexia Mum demonstrates how to the play the ‘Dyslexia Superpowers’ game on the card above:

Dyslexic thinking

Use the top tips below to speak a dyslexic child about the positives of being dyslexic and how it has helps any famous people to become famous:

• Hard Working – Dyslexic child find it harder to learn, they have to work so much harder than other children to keep up. This means they are hard working, used to failing and resilient. All the skills needed to be successful in a workplace or when building a business. Remind the child about this next time they are struggling in class.
• Dyslexic Thinking – On the jobs web-site “Linked-in”, dyslexic thinking is now listed as a job skill. Some digital, technology, scientific companies look to employ dyslexic people. Because they come-up with creative ideas, that other people may not have. Talk about this with the child, tell them that could have bright future working for these companies.
• Role Models – Showing dyslexic children strong role models. Who have struggled to overcome life’s challenges to achieve great things. Is a good way to show them that dyslexic does not need to hold them back in life, that they too can be successful. See a list of “Famous Dyslexic People”, for more examples.

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