Jerry Hall, the former wife of Rolling Stones legend Mick Jagger, has publicly acknowledged the fact that she and all four of her children have dyslexia.

hallDM2703_468x317Hall and Jagger have four children, Elizabeth, James, Georgia May and Gabriel, all of whom have received help for their dyslexic reading patterns. James and Gabriel have both attended schools that specialise in dyslexia throughout their education.

Hall has said that dyslexia is a gift.

Being dyslexic is very difficult in the beginning, but as you get older you learn to cope with it and I think it’s great. It’s like a gift because it makes you think differently.”

Sarah Forrest is a Reading Specialist for Morgan Learning Solutions, publishers of the Easyread System. Easyread is an online course for struggling readers and spellers who need help due to a highly visual learning style, dyslexia, auditory processing weakness and more.