{"id":3949,"date":"2025-06-20T23:10:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T23:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/?p=3949"},"modified":"2025-06-20T23:10:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T23:10:25","slug":"he-didnt-read-a-book-until-he-was-31-then-a-diagnosis-led-him-to-inspire-kids-with-similar-struggles-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/?p=3949","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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Henry Winkler\u2019s path to success was filled with obstacles. He encountered significant difficulties in school, which resulted in harsh criticism from his parents. The relentless insults and negative labels eventually impacted his self-esteem\u2014something he promised himself he would never inflict on his own children. It wasn\u2019t until many years later that Winkler uncovered the root cause of his challenges. With this newfound understanding, he aimed to use his experience to motivate others, especially young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though Winkler is a highly successful actor, he had to put in tremendous effort to achieve his goals. His struggles began early in life, primarily due to the immense pressure placed on him, especially in terms of his education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy parents were very, very, very, very, very short Jews from Germany,\u201d Winkler recounted to The Yale Center for Dyslexia &amp; Creativity. \u201cThey valued education and thought I was lazy. I was labeled as lazy and stupid, and told I wasn\u2019t reaching my potential.\u201d However, Winkler was aware that he was trying his hardest, regardless of his parents\u2019 perceptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henry Winkler\u2019s path to success was filled with obstacles. He encountered significant difficulties in school, which resulted in harsh criticism from his parents. The relentless insults and&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3950,"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3949\/revisions\/3950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}