Study of Famous Person with Exceptionality Will Smith 2022

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Study of Famous Person with Exceptionality
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Introduction
Will Smith is a famous person with disability; and suffers from “famous dyslexics”.
Dyslexia refers to the learning disability that changes the manner in which human brain process
written material (Brennam, 2019). Also referred to as “developmental reading disorder”,
dyslexia is associated with problems of learning to read and with different language
comprehension despite above average intelligence (Brennam, 2019). People who suffer from
dyslexia normally find it hard to recognize and spell words. In this essay, Will Smith will be
analyzed as a famous person with exceptionality; dyslexia.
The basic history of the person
Will Smith was born in the year 1968 and today remains one of the
most famous people with disabilities in the world. Smith grew up in a
middle-class suburb of West Philadelphia, when he was diagnosed
with dyslexia in his childhood age (LaVette, 2013). Will Smith
found it difficult to read and this disturbed his school life. At 17, Will
Smith started acting and has since achieved modest fame as a rapper
under the brand “The Fresh Prince”. In early 90’s, Smith’s popularity
dramatically increased on launching the popular TV series “The Fresh
Prince of Bel-Air” (Morgan, 2012). Today, Smith attributes his success to his childhood
disability/ failure to learn and read, and a role model to emulate by those people with dyslexics.
The challenges the individual faced in their life
Will Smith states two main challenges that he encountered in his young ag; inability to
read and write and his parents deciding to separate while at his youth age. Despite his current
popularity and success, Will Smith struggled with reading and writing while he was a young boy
due to dyslexia (Cucciniello, 2016). Smith encountered inadequacy feelings and was stressed
up over his future. In his school desk, Will Smith felt helpless despite his desire to read and
write. Understanding written words greatly disturbed him; his dream to study and learn was
impaired and could not become realized.