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Famous People and Dyslexia: Six People Who Probably Did Not Have It
It has become fashionable to apply diagnostic labels to famous individuals who were not so diagnosed during their lifetime.
A contemporary example is the trend to posthumously diagnose eminent figures from the past as learning disabled or dyslexic. Included in the growing list are Hans Christian Andersen, Winston Churchill, Harvey Cushing, Charles Darwin, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Galileo, Carl Jung, George Patton, Auguste Rodin, Leo Tolstoy, Woodrow Wilson, and Emile Zola.
The frequency with which such individuals are mentioned in texts, journals, and the media is turning them into symbols for the idea that even geniuses can suffer from learning disabilities.
For example, Edison was described in childhood as stupid and mentally defective; Rodin was seen as uneducable (Adelman & Adelman, 1987). Below is an advertisement that supports the work of a prominent learning disabilities orga