{"id":1654,"date":"2025-06-10T19:22:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T19:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/?p=1654"},"modified":"2025-06-10T19:22:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T19:22:35","slug":"he-didnt-read-a-book-until-he-was-31-then-a-diagnosis-led-him-to-inspire-kids-with-similar-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/?p=1654","title":{"rendered":"He didn\u2019t read a book until he was 31, then a diagnosis led him to inspire kids with similar struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Henry Winkler\u2019s journey to success was anything but smooth. He faced significant challenges in school, which led to harsh criticism from his parents. The constant putdowns and name-calling eventually took a toll on his confidence\u2014something he vowed never to impose on his own children. It wasn\u2019t until decades later that Winkler discovered the underlying reason for his struggles. Understanding this, he sought to use his diagnosis to inspire others, particularly children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite being a highly accomplished actor, Winkler had to work incredibly hard for all his achievements. His difficulties began early in life, largely due to the high expectations placed on him, particularly regarding education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy parents were very, very, very, very, very short Jews from Germany,\u201d Winkler shared with The Yale Center for Dyslexia &amp; Creativity. \u201cThey believed in education. They thought I was lazy. I was called lazy. I was called stupid. I was told I was not living up to my potential.\u201d But Winkler knew he was giving his best effort, despite what his parents believed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henry Winkler\u2019s journey to success was anything but smooth. He faced significant challenges in school, which led to harsh criticism from his parents. The constant putdowns and&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1655,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1654\/revisions\/1655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}