Brad Falchuk Interview: Finding Success With Dyslexia
Brad Falchuk is a successful writer, producer and director in Hollywood. He has worked on successful TV shows and movies, including Glee, American Horror Story and Nip/Tuck. But years ago,...
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My name's Brad Falchuk, and I am a television writer, producer, director. And I have dyslexia.I was raised in a way, highly educated parents and family, that, "You're very smart!"Everybody, "You're very smart." And I think there was suddenly a disconnect at school,where it was very clear that I wasn't, as far as I could tell, because I really wasn't keeping up.To me, the biggest issue with a learning disability is when it's undiagnosed.Again, all of these side effects, is that you give yourself an identity, and that identity goes into everything you do.My parents had an image of me, which was that I was a certain level of intelligence and a certain level of ability.And I knew that was...
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My name's Brad Falchuk, and I am a television writer, producer, director. And I have dyslexia.I was raised in a way, highly educated parents and family, that, "You're very smart!"Everybody, "You're very smart." And I think there was suddenly a disconnect at school,where it was very clear that I wasn't, as far as I could tell, because I really wasn't keeping up.To me, the biggest issue with a learning disability is when it's undiagnosed.Again, all of these side effects, is that you give yourself an identity, and that identity goes into everything you do.My parents had an image of me, which was that I was a certain level of intelligence and a certain level of ability.And I knew that was...
