Contributor Louise Conway

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Opinion

How dyslexia helps some of the biggest filmmakers to think differently

by Louise Conway

Recent studies have shown how people with dyslexia have enhanced abilities in originality, creativity, and reasoning. Could it be that movies can provide the perfect place to focus on the strengths of this different way of thinking?

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