Octavia Spencer, the Academy Award-winning actress, visited Charleston, South Carolina, on Thursday to promote her new children’s book, Detective Dell is on the Case. She read the book aloud to students at Porter-Gaud School and shared her personal story of overcoming dyslexia, which stemmed from vision issues and feeling isolated in class during her childhood in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Spencer highlighted the critical need for early reading intervention, noting that nearly 70% of fourth graders lag behind. She partnered with Ello, an AI-powered reading tutor, to empower kids. Her own teachers’ support led to her dyslexia diagnosis, fueling her lifelong commitment to helping children build confidence through…..