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Holly Branson praises her billionaire father Richard for opening up about his dyslexia as the Virgin founder declares 'our uniqueness is our superpower in life'
The mother-of-three, 42, revealed that her son, Artie, nine, is dyslexic like his billionaire grandfather, 73, so it 'means a lot' to her for the businessman to talk about it.
Writing on his blog last week, Richard explained: 'Over the years, I learnt to harness my dyslexic thinking, and embrace the curious ways my mind would work.' Celebrities and historical figures affected include Orlando Bloom, Albert Einstein, Walt Disney, Leonardo da Vinci, Keira Knightley and Jamie Oliver. read and write very slowly confuse the order of letters in words put letters the wrong way round (such as writing 'b' instead of 'd') have poor or inconsistent spelling understand information when told verbally, but have difficulty with information that's written down find it hard to carry out a sequence of directions struggle with planning and organisation But people with dyslexia often have good skills in other areas, such as creative thinking and problem solving.
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