Published 2 March Share close Share page Copy link About sharing A student who could not read until he was aged 13 has graduated from university with a first class degree and is now studying for a PhD. William Carter, 22, has severe dyslexia and dyspraxia and was mocked because he could not read at primary school. His grades improved rapidly after his dyslexia was diagnosed. Mr Carter achieved a degree in politics and international relations from the University of Bristol and is now studying in the United States. “Learning how to read and write made the world more intelligible to me and, ultimately, made me more intelligible to the world,” he said. “Fundamentally, dyslexia made me who I am today.” Mr Carter, from Southwark, south London, has been awarded the London Schools and the Black Child outstanding achievement award. He hopes to become a professor of political theory and black geographies, and then go into politics to change “a system in disrepair”. “The fact that I, through luck and the support of others, ‘made it’ in spite of social-economic barriers shouldn’t justify our system and society,” Mr Carter said. “I think above all, being an underrepresented demographic has made… Read full this story
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