Patrick didnt let dyslexia stop him

LIFE: What was your own experience in the public-school system?DEMPSEY: I wasn’t diagnosed with dyslexia until I was 12. I wish I had been diagnosed earlier on. I would have had better tools. It’s almost like the kids in the movie: If your journey is not like everyone else’s and doesn’t fit the "norm," then you feel like you’re less than [the other students]. My learning style did not fit [into the school’s]. LIFE: How do you think this affected you?DEMPSEY: I didn’t really start my education until I dropped out of high school. Because of acting, I had to learn to work through my reading issues. I had private coaching. If I couldn’t read a line, I had someone tell it to me. Once I had it, I could run with it. I still do that. . . . What I don’t like about Grey’s Anatomy is they never give you the script until the last minute. I fight those anxieties every time I sit down for a table read-through. So I’m not completely over it. LIFE: Does education worry you, as a parent?DEMPSEY: It concerns me now with my children. How do I develop them and their learning styles? Reading to my daughter has been therapeutic. I’ve gone back and started to learn to read on a very basic level. I’m reading Dr. Seuss, and I’m healing that part of myself, as well as developing my daughter.

Source: life.com