Whoopi Goldberg Comedian, Actress
“It was nice to know I wasn’t just lazy and that I didn’t have to explain to people anymore that it wasn’t that I didn’t want to [read], it’s just that I was having a hard time,” Goldberg said. “Back in the old days, they just assumed you were lazy and stupid.”
She said her mother knew something was amiss with Goldberg’s learning habits, but without the knowledge on dyslexia that exists today, her mother had a hard time understanding what was making her daughter struggle.
“The thing that crushed me more than anything was: I didn’t understand how they didn’t see I was smart, I just couldn’t figure things the way they were doing it.”
Now, Goldberg is among a coveted group of only 20…
