October 25, 2009

Racing Legend Jackie Stewart: Dyslexic Penpal from the hardest Jail

Racing Legend Jackie Stewart

Racing Legend Jackie Stewart got diagnosed with dyslexia at age 41.

RACING legend Sir Jackie Stewart has disclosed that he has become penpals with a dyslexic captive in one of Scotland’s hardest jails.
The former Formula one world champion, who also suffers from dyslexia, asserts he answered after getting a touching letter from the con.

He plans to visit him in Edinburgh’s Saughton jail within weeks. He informed the sunday Mail the man’s reading issues might have guided him into a life of crime and requested more support for young sufferers. Sir Jackie expounded he didn’t need to name the prisoner without his authorization – but revealed he was serving about nine years.

Sir Jackie, who got raised in Dumbarton and won three Formula one world championships in the latter Sixties and early Seventies, discovered he was dyslexic at the age of 41.

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Source: Sunday Mail UK

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