Movies: Dyslexia

Inspired by a true story, A Mind of Her Own tells the poignant and moving story of Sophie, a determined young girl whose ambition to become a doctor is obstructed by the fact that she is severely dyslexic. But Sophie, encouraged by her closest friend...

Misunderstood by his family, abandoned by the system, and desperate for respect, a dyslexic teenager becomes a drug dealer struggling to balance his addiction and debt to a local gangster while a rival threatens to destroy his world, driving him apar...

13-year-old Brian has problems reading, which his teachers attribute to laziness. It is later discovered that he has Dyslexia....

Does having a learning disability mean that you can’t learn? Eight children prove that the answer is a definitive 'No' in this documentary. Interviews with kids are intercut with scenes of the children engaged in activities that reflect their talents...

A group of determined moms band together to create the first public dyslexic school in the largest school district in America, New York City....

Venice, a determined student, faces a timed test that triggers her deep-seated anxiety and learning challenges. As the clock ticks, numbers on her paper distort, and an overwhelming creature of her fears grows within her mind, feeding on her risin...

Dislecksia: The Movie, dyslexic director Harvey Hubbell V and crew explore Hubbell's own experiences about growing up as a dyslexic while also looking into the latest scientific research and educational developments regarding the condition. They exam...

Addresses misunderstandings of learning differences and demonstrates potential in dyslexic persons....

A dedicated mother fights against the stubborn administrative system to get her son the services he needs....

In May 1998, a year before the massacre at Columbine High, 15-year-old Kip Kinkel murdered his mother and father, and then opened fire at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon, killing two fellow students and wounding 25 others. In this first i...

Jamie's Dyslexia Revolution follows Jamie Oliver's campaign to improve the education system for the tens of thousands of children with dyslexia....

What is at the bottom of this dark hole, which a child's tear has dug in the sheet of paper? What are these strange hieroglyphs written on this board? It's not easy to be a schoolboy when letters and words get mixed up! It's not easy to make people r...

When a script is unexpectedly switched, a dyslexic actor struggles to navigate his conservatory audition. Mixing the Greek myth of Chiron and the textures of off-off-Broadway theater, "All the Words on the Page " is an anxious tale about wrestling wi...

A dyslexic girl seeks to win her distant father’s attention by taking on an ultra-marathon....

Spain 1969. After the death of her brother, a young, dyslexic organist begins a forbidden love affair with an idealistic woman who pushes her to write a song and rebel against the highly censorious and conservative society ruled by the dictator Franc...

Erkam, a primary school student with dyslexia struggles to keep up with school....

Nobody's perfect. We've all got our strengths and weaknesses. Kristi knew her weakness and discovered Brad's -- dyslexia, a learning disability. She learned what a learning disability is, and about handicaps -- those you see and those you don't....