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Walter Elias Disney Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the twentieth century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion. Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created a number of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse. He received fifty-nine Academy Award nominations and won twenty-six Oscars, including a record four in one year, [2] giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. Noted as one of the most influential and innovative figures in the field of entertainment during the twentieth century. Walt Disney had dyslexia, which is a learning disorder characterized by reading difficulties. While Walt Disney was attending high school he also went to the Academy of Fine Arts. This caused him to have double the school work than an average student on top of the fact that he also dealt with being dyslexic. H

His Work… Walt Disney was the inaugural recipient of a star on the Anaheim walk of stars. The star was awarded in honor of Disney's significant contributions to the city of Anaheim, California, specifically, Disneyland, which is now the Disneyland Resort. The star is located at the pedestrian entrance to the Disneyland Resort on Harbor Boulevard. Disney has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures and the other for television. Mickey Mouse was based on a mouse Walt Disney had adopted as a pet while working in a Kansas City studio. Mickey's voice and personality was provided by Disney. Disneyland holds the distinction of being the only theme park to be designed and built under the direct supervision of Walt Disney himself. Currently the park has been visited by more than 515 million guests since it opened, including presidents, royalty and other heads of state. H

What is Dyslexia Dyslexia is a learning disorder that manifests itself as a difficulty with reading and spelling. It is separate and distinct from reading difficulties resulting from other causes, such as a non-neurological deficiency with vision or hearing, or from poor or inadequate reading instruction. It is estimated that dyslexia affects between 5% to 17% of the U.S. population. Dyslexia is thought to be the result of a neurological defect, and though not an intellectual disability, it is variously considered a learning disability, a language disability, and a reading disability, among others. Dyslexia is diagnosed in people of all levels of intelligence H

There is no cure for dyslexia, but dyslexic individuals can learn to read and write with appropriate educational support. For alphabet writing systems, the fundamental aim is to increase a child's awareness of correspondences between graphemes and phonemes, and to relate these to reading and spelling. It has been found that training focused towards visual language and orthographic issues yields longer-lasting gains than mere oral phonological training. Managing Dyslexia H

Assistive Device Technical Details  Captures text within seconds  Features the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, containing over 240,000 entries and definitions  Displays and speaks dictionary definition  Recognizes 6-22 point size text, bold, italic, underlined, inverted text  Adjustable for left and right handed users H

 Especially designed for people with learning disabilities such as Dyslexia or those learning English as a second language.  Concise Oxford English Dictionary, containing over 240,000 entries and definitions, hundreds of new words and phrases.  ScanSoftt British English Real Speak text-to-speech module.  Scans full lines of text, displays the scanned words in large characters on the LCD screen, pronounces the scanned word, reads the definition out loud, as well as defining words within the definition (cross-reference).  Its small size of the Reading Pen makes it completely portable for use wherever and whenever needed.  The Pen also now includes a "Trainer" which fits onto the end of the pen and assists with scanning for the first time. The Reading Pen-The Reading Pen II H

Disney and the Reading Pen II Although Disney did not use the devise, the Reading Pen II could have been beneficial to his work. Because people with dyslexia have a hard time reading and spelling and Disney was a writer, a technology that can support his learning could have been beneficial to him. H Click Here to End