PERSON WHO WAS SUCCESSFUL INSPITE OF DISABILITY
Patricia Polacco
Patricia Polacco is a
writer and illustrator of children's books.
She did not start writing children's books until she was 41 years
old! Patricia majored in Fine Art and
received her Ph.D. in Art History. Ms.
Polacco now lives on an old historical farmstead in Union City, Michigan. She named her farmstead Meteor Ridge. You can read all about the meteor that landed
in Ms. Polacco's grandparents' yard by reading her book Meteor. For more information on this and other books
Ms. Polacco has written, visit her website at http://www.patriciapolacco.com/.
The unique thing about
Patricia Polacco is that she has been writing children's books even after she
was diagnosed as having Dyslexia, Dysnumeria and Dysgraphia at the age of
14. Patricia did not learn to read well
until after she was 14 years old. A
teacher was able to get the additional help Ms. Pollaco needed to overcome her
reading problems! Ms. Pollaco has
written a book about her experiences and this teacher who helped her. The book is titled Thank You, Mr.
Falker. You can find information about
this book at the website mentioned above.
Enjoy!
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