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...also had a devil of a time learning in class. "It was a real problem for me," says Cruise. "I was diagnosed as having dyslexia. I confused letters. I was a slow reader. I didn't know how to use a dictionary. I tried, but I didn't have a system where I could learn. I couldn't catch up." In high school, he lived in Glen Ridge, N.J., with his mother. Cruise found confidence on the stage (he skipped his graduation because he was appearing in a dinner-theater production of Godspell) and started his movie career...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: About Tom | 6/24/2002 | See Source »

...Represents the United States of Dyslexia b) Is Jasper Johns' greatest artistic leap in 40 years c) Was hanging from the balcony on the night Abe Lincoln was killed d) Was Strom Thurmond's swaddling cloth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Jul. 16, 2001 | 7/16/2001 | See Source »

...case will be reopened in courts if the panel does not decide to do away with flagged scores," J. Thomas vial, Executive director o f the international Dyslexia Association, a party to the suit said...

Author: By Nicole B. Usher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: College Board Frustrated By Court Settlement Mandating SAT Studies | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

Executive Director of the International Dyslexia Association J. Thomas Viall said he does not foresee abuse of the un-flagged score reporting...

Author: By Nicole B. Usher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SAT Grade Reports Spark Controversy | 4/13/2001 | See Source »

...that case, the plaintiff, Mark Breimhorst, blamed his rejection from business schools on the flagged scores and charged ETS with violating anti-discrimination laws. Disability advocacy groups including The International Dyslexia Association and the Californians for Disability Rights subsequently joined the case...

Author: By Nicole B. Usher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SAT Grade Reports Spark Controversy | 4/13/2001 | See Source »

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