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There are innumerable legends which suggest that Einstein was a poor student, a slow learner, or a sufferer of autism, dyslexia, and/or attention deficit disorder. According to the authoritative biography by Pais (page 36, among others), such legends are unfounded. An article in The Washington Post on April 24, 2001 further debunked these legends.
The following is a list of some notable people who have dyslexia. ... Albert Einstein (1879–1955), German-born theoretical physicist. [60] His dyslexia is disputed.
The Einstein Factor: A Proven New Method for Increasing Your Intelligence. Penguin Random House. ASIN B07JJJCVLS. West, Thomas G. (September 1, 1997). In the Mind's Eye: Visual Thinkers, Gifted People with Dyslexia and Other Learning Difficulties, Computer Images and the Ironies of Creativity. Prometheus. ISBN 978-1573921558. Silverman, Linda ...
This quote could quite nearly have come out of "Thinking in Pictures : and Other Reports from My Life with Autism" by Temple Grandin (1996). She is autistic, not dyslexic. She also writes about Einstein, and speculates whether or not he had Asperger's Syndrome (an autistic spectrum condition).
Einstein gave a speech about racism in America, adding, I do not intend to be quiet about it. [166] A resident of Princeton recalls that Einstein had once paid the college tuition for a black student. [165] Einstein has said, Being a Jew myself, perhaps I can understand and empathize with how black people feel as victims of discrimination. [162]
I once tried to track down the origins of the story and found "Dyslexia: To Read or Not To Read", Essays of an Information Scientist, 10 March 1980: "A psychiatrist Lloyd Thompson… also suggests that Einstein may have been dyslexic, though Einstein's biographer, Ronald W. Clark, disagrees." [Refs.
A special education coordinator accused of abusing a 5-year-old autistic student at a Catholic school has been fired from her latest gig at a Bronx charter school, after inquiries from The Post.
Vaccines do not cause autism. There have been no successful attempts to reproduce fraudulent research by British ex-doctor Andrew Wakefield, where the misconception likely originates. Wakefield's research was ultimately shown to have been manipulated. [461] Dyslexia is not defined or diagnosed as mirror writing or reading letters or words ...