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Understanding Learning Disability with the Editor Have you heard of Albert Einstein or Thomas Edison or Alexander Graham Bell? Of course yes, you know them! They are the great inventors whose inventions are still talked about, and their inventions have paved the way for several new innovations. But did you know what was common to all three of them? They all suffered from learning disability sometime in their lives. We always get inspired by famous people and their work. We also want to do something as remarkable as they had once done. But a diagnosis like learning disability shatters all our dreams and the next thought is that you will only be noticed for your disability and not for the work you do. This is all false thinking. It is because you do not know that many famous people have also, at some point of their life, suffered from learning disability. It might have made it difficult for them to achieve what they had accomplished but it never was impossible. More than treatment, awareness is required to take care of a problem like learning disability. The month of October is the Learning Disabilities Awareness Month to create an awareness of learning disabilities and the challenges faced by these individuals and their families. Here is a short list of some well-known people with learning disabilities… Agatha Christie, the famous English novelist, had a learning disability called dysgraphia, and therefore, all her material had to be dictated to a typist. Albert Einstein, a great mathematician and physicist, suffered from learning disability and did not speak until age 3. It was very hard for him to express himself through writing. He was considered slow and unsociable by his teachers. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of microphone and telephone, had a learning disability. He suffered from dyslexia. Bill Gates, one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution, also suffered from learning disability. Today he is well known as an American business magnate, philanthropist, the world's third richest person and chairman of Microsoft. George Washington, first President of United States, had learning disability and he could barely write. He had very poor grammar skills. Thomas Alva Edison, a brilliant inventor, had learning disability. He couldn't read until he was twelve years old. His teacher though he was mentally ill and his mother withdrew him from school and taught him herself. Tom Cruise, an extremely famous actor, is unable to read due to a learning disability called dyslexia. Despite being a success in his chosen field, this entertainer can learn lines only by listening to a tape. Walt Elias Disney, a film producer, a director, an animator, an entrepreneur and a philanthropist, also suffered from learning disability. He was also labeled as slow as a child. Winston Churchill, one of the greatest political orators in modern history, faced the problem of learning disability. Woodrow Wilson, the U.S. President from 1913-192, had a learning disability and was a dyslexic. These are a few examples of some renowned people with learning disability. They had problem with learning but they overcame this problem and turned out to be the greatest people whose footsteps will always be followed. So, if you or your child is diagnosed with learning disability, do not think it as a curse. Yes, it can be worked out. Your positive attitude and your efforts along with proper moral support can successfully help you or your child to overcome this disability. Always remember that even an ‘IMPOSSIBLE’ says ‘I-M-POSSIBLE.’ So get motivated…may be someday you will prove better than the other able people around you!