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I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word. -- Laura Linney
I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word, -- Laura Linney
You can't separate me from my upbringing as a child overcoming learning disabilities and having to make my way through that. -- Dannel Malloy
I spent a lot of time in the school psychologist's office. I didn't apply myself. My mother thought I had learning disabilities. -- Roger Goodell
When I was a kid, I had trouble at school because of my learning disabilities. Carving is my body compensating for the lack of other skills. -- Willard Wigan
There are so many artists that are dyslexic or learning disabled, it's just phenomenal. There's also an unbelievably high proportion of artists who are left-handed, and a high correlation between left-handedness and learning disabilities. -- Chuck Close
I wanted to translate from one flat surface to another. In fact, my learning disabilities controlled a lot of things. I don't recognize faces, so I'm sure it's what drove me to portraits in the first place. -- Chuck Close
Neurologically, I'm a quadriplegic, so virtually everything about my work has been driven by my learning disabilities, which are quite severe, and my lack of facial recognition, which I'm sure is what drove me to paint portraits in the first place. -- Chuck Close
I was not good in school. I could never read very fast or very well. I got tested for learning disabilities, for dyslexia. Then I got put on Ritalin and Dexedrine. I took those starting in the eighth grade. As soon as they pumped that drug into me, it would focus me right in. -- Channing Tatum
I can get motivated seeing a kid at my son's school overcome a learning disability. -- Jason Alexander
Learning disabilities cannot be cured, but they can be treated successfully and children with LD can go on to live happy, successful lives. -- Anne Ford
So, for example, if a child is labeled as having a learning disability, it has very concrete consequences for the kinds of services and potentially accommodations that child will get. -- Robert Sternberg
I was diagnosed with a severe temporal spatial deficit, a learning disability that means I have zero spatial relations skills. It was official: I was a genius trapped in an idiot's body. -- Sloane Crosley
I have terrible handwriting. I now say it's a learning disability... but a nun who was a very troubled woman hit me over the fingers with a ruler because my writing was so bad. -- Andrew Greeley
I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I can't do something and I think I can. It goes back to my childhood when I had problems in school because I have a learning disability. -- Ann Bancroft
Often as a child you see someone with a learning disability or Down's Syndrome and my mum and dad were always very quick to explain exactly what was going on and to be in their own way inclusive and welcoming. -- Christopher Eccleston
The way my brain processes information is quite odd. I mean, I have Attention Deficit Disorder and another learning disability I can't even spell. I don't even have a high school diploma. I'm smart, but you can't prove it on paper. -- Ron White
I didn't learn to read until I was almost 14 years old. Reading out loud for me was a nightmare because I would mispronounce words or reconstruct things that weren't even there. That's when one of my teachers discovered I had a learning disability called dyslexia. Once I got help, I read very well! -- Patricia Polacco
It's the thing I struggle with every day: the mental diligence and stamina needed to sit in front of the computer, open the file, start writing and to keep doing so, word after word, until I've created the next story. A combination of learning disability and chronic health issues make that the hardest thing for me. -- Nalo Hopkinson
Growing up in a group home, and with an undiagnosed learning disability to boot, the odds of success were not on my side. But when I joined the high school football team, I learned the value of discipline, focus, persistence, and teamwork - all skills that have proven vital to my career as a C.E.O. and social entrepreneur. -- Darell Hammond
Online learning can be a lifeline to those who have obstacles, such as geographical distances or physical disabilities. -- Paul Levinson

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