10 Stars with Dyslexia
The star of the hit television show Grey’s Anatomy, Patrick Dempsey, told Barbara Walters about his experience with dyslexia in an interview in 2006. He revealed that he wasn’t diagnosed until he was 12 years old and that it’s given him a different perspective on life. Now at age, 47, Dempsey says he still struggles with learning new scripts.
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