Celebrity presenter, Holly Willoughby, has recently revealed her backstage difficulties with dyslexia. Although having struggled with dyslexia since she was a child at school, Willoughby has found ways to compensate for her reading difficulties, such as using a colored script and familiarizing herself with the content the teleprompter before the show.
Holly Willoughby reveals how she conquers off-screen dyslexia battle on This Morning #dyslexia
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Holly Willoughby uses creative methods to overcome dyslexia.
Wiloughby also revealed that Co-host Philip Schofield was instrumental in ensuring her position at This Morning. Indeed, she goes so far to claim that she never would have secured the position without his generous endorsement. As such, Wiloughby feels that she and Schofield are a true team, and cannot fathom This Morning without him.
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Holly has been open about struggling with dyslexia when she was at school, but admitted that using coloured scripts and checking the autocue before each show helps her career run smoothly.
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Holly Willoughby suffers from dyslexia, a learning disorder which makes her job backstage more difficult.
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She has found ways to work around her dyslexia when presenting, such as using coloured scripts.
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Phil Schofield was instrumental in helping Wiloughby secure her position at The Morning.
