Steven spielberg biography dyslexia association

Usually behind the scenes, filmmaker Steven Spielberg stepped in front of the camera to talk for the first time about his challenges with dyslexia and how he struggled for years with the undiagnosed learning disability.

It was just five years ago that Spielberg was properly diagnosed with the developmental reading disorder, which occurs when the brain does not properly recognize and process certain symbols.

In a video for the website Friends of Quinn, the director explains how he "dealt with it by making movies."

The director is interviewed by Quinn Bradlee, who also has learning disabilities and other physical ailments related to a condition called Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome, or VCFS, as documented in Quinn's memoir "A Different Life: Growing Up Learning Disabled and Other Adventures."

Spielberg, 65, reveals that as a child in New Jersey, it took him more than two years to