Specific Learning Disabilities

Simply put it is a disorder of handwriting primarily that causes my handwriting to be illegible to many people … and makes it next to impossible for me to learn spelling. My verbal IQ however, is in the 99th percentile - the highest possible score.

Living with dyscalculia ... can be really frustrating at times ... the biggest challenge is dealing with the attitudes I get from others, who cannot understand my apparent inability to remember locations or follow directions.

Many people think dyslexic people are boneheads. Dyslexia doesn't equal a lack of intelligence. Don't laugh at your mates when they have problems with reading! Maybe they'll become movie stars and you'll want tickets to their premieres.

Orlando Bloom on his dyslexia taken from the Orlando Bloom Files