He attended St. Edmunds School in Canterbury, but struggled in many courses. But enjoyed pottery, photography and sculpturing. He used to took part in school plays and was very active at his local theater. And today Orlando Bloom is one of the busiest and most sought after actors in the Hollywood.

School was a challenge for him, a nightmare. He had couldn't memorize and recite word for word in class. He did terrible in the standard IQ tests. But had the ability to connect with people, mind to mind, soul to soul. Now, head of many enterprises that carry the Virgin name and estimated personal wealth of $3 billion,he is Sir Richard Branson.

During his high school years, he continued to struggle academically. He joined the wrestling team there and after suffering a serious injury, decided to do something else. That something else was acting. And today Tom Cruise is one of the world's most famous actors but was once just as average as everyone else.

Thomas Edison, Leonard Da Vinci, Pablo Picasso, Walt Disney. The list is a long one, and consists of many big and successful names.

Whats common among all these people. First is that they all are dyslexic people. And the second one is that they all struggled in their schools. Being dyslexic is not a problem. But the problem is the education system prevailing in schools which instead of supporting children suffering from dyslexia, discourages them, demotivates them.

Education is important for all even if he is a blind or suffering from any other problem like dyslexia. Why is education important? Importance of education is basically for 2 reasons. The learning of a human mind is not complete without proper education, is the first reason. Education makes man a right thinker. It makes a person take right decision.

The second reason is that only by the attainment of proper education, man is able to receive information; to make himself acquainted with the history, learn everything about the present and work to make the future better for him and the world.

"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't."  -- Anatole France

A learning disability, primarily as a difficulty with written language, specifically with reading is known as Dyslexia. This disorder doesn't result from neurological deficiency with vision or hearing.

Rather evidence suggest that it results from differences in how the brain processes written and spoken language. But, it is not an intellectual disability. Dyslexia can be diagnosed in people of all levels of intelligence.

Some of the well-known symptoms of dyslexia are:

• confusion over the direction letters face (b/d, p/9, p/q);
• difficulties with left and right;
• difficulties with keeping organized;
• difficulties with spelling;
• difficulties with directions (e.g. east and west);

Dyslexia is not a disorder but a gift

People having dyslexia visual, multi-dimensional thinkers. They are creative, excel at hands-on learning and sre intuitive. And the reason is that they think in pictures, as usualy it is hard for them to understand numbers, letters, written words and symbols.

Hence, they can do everything like us and even better than many of us. The only thing they require is patience, compassion and motivation from the people who guide them. What else they require is methods and teaching pattern geared to their unique learning style. Then they can learn to read, write and study efficiently like everyone else.

Take Time : There is no quick method for dyslexia. At times it can 1 year, sometimes upto 3 years to get a dyslexic child make reading and spell at grade level, depending upon the level of severity, the frequency of their remediation, and other issues.

Take Professional Help : The most important decision a parent must make is hiring the right tutor. Anyone can call themselves a tutor, but not everyone knows how to effectively teach an Orton-Gillingham-based system.

The Orton-Gillingham approach to reading instruction is language-based, multisensory, flexible, structured, cumulative, sequential and cognitive. And are taught only in a very few number of public schools today. Usually they are used in private one-on-one tutorials. This intensive, sequential phonics-based system teaches the basics of word formation. The technique makes use of the three learning pathways, through which people learn—visual, auditory and kinesthetic.

Take Technological Tools : A speech recognition software that runs which comes with a headset. The dyslexic person has to just peak, and the software types, spelled correctly. Portable electronic dictionary can also be a very helpful tool. There are some others in the market too.

1. The right system
2. The right teacher
3. Teaching at the right time & intervals
4. The right setting ( 1 to 1 preferable )
5. For the right duration