I have dyslexia and I’m in my early 30s. Too many people when I was a kid are doing what you/your anons are doing: calling it a sad thing. It isn’t a death sentence ffs! With hard work it can be overcome. It has nothing to do with I.Q. or ability, your brain just sees certain letters differently. I don’t know why everyone is calling it so sad and devastating. I went through that as a kid and tis the worst thing to hear! But my second point: Gillian DID look sad in many ways and that says so mch.

I’m sorry if I offended you, anon. I too have a low level of dyslexia, which basically results in me being unable to handwrite without making one mistake a word and switching words and letters, but I’m living a very happy life, so really, my point wasn’t to insult people who have this illness or qualify it as sad. As you may know, there are different level of dyslexia, and we have no idea how severe Gillian’s boy’s is.
I think it’s also very different when you have that yourself and have to deal with it on a daily basis than when you’re a parent and see your child not growing up with the same chances than the other children. It’s unfair, and somehow sad, and I think that’s the reason why Gillian had tears in her eyes yesterday.
She did this speech for a very personal reason, which is why we can all agree that it was moving and sincere, and I’m pretty sure there’s was no one else in her mind than her little boy at this moment.