Princess Beatrice is spreading awareness about dyslexia.
Beatrice hopes to “change the narrative” around dyslexia and considers the learning disability a “gift.”
“If by sharing my story I can help one young person, whether they’re 11 or 7 just receiving the news that they’ve got the gift of dyslexia, then I think you’ve got such a fantastic opportunity to share some of these great learnings,” she tells Hello! magazine’s digital magazine.
Beatrice, 33, spoke with podcaster and writer Giovanna Fletcher for Hello!‘s Back to School-themed edition.
She informs Fletcher how she was “very lucky” that “not one person around me ever made me feel it was a ‘lesser than’ scenario” when she was diagnosed.
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“It was always about moving forward, it was always about what you could do. Never about what you can’t. And that’s something that’s really, really important to me. I find it very inspiring every day to talk about it,” Beatrice tells Hello!Â
“Because if you can just change one little idea in someone’s head, then you’ve done a great thing.”
She continues, “Honestly, what inspired me to talk about dyslexia the way that I have, is because I really want to change the narrative around the diagnosis. Even referring to it as a diagnosis I feel does a disservice to the brilliance of some of the most fantastic minds that we have. And I think just shifting the narrative a little bit towards something that is positive, that is impactful, I think can really help everyone.”
Beatrice praised her “fantastic teachers” and the resources available via the Helen Arkell charity.
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“They have really been there for me, I am incredibly grateful for the work that they have done to support me in my life. I feel incredibly inspired to pay forward. Those who have had the chance to look after you, you should do it in return.”
Beatrice is expecting her first child with her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi this fall.
“My husband’s also dyslexic so we’ll see whether we’re having this conversation in a couple of months’ time with a new baby in the house, but I really see it as a gift,” she continues.
“And I think life is a little bit about the moments that make you; it’s the challenges that make you. Of course, I would never want there to be any difficult situations. But I feel like if we’re able to embrace some of the tools that we have from the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity and other organisations, then I feel very, very lucky that we can have this conversation.”
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