Does Matt Hancock have dyslexia?
DYSLEXIA is a condition which affects a person's skills to accurately read and spell and can prove to make learning a bit more difficult.
Matt Hancock spoke out about how he was diagnosed with dyslexia and learnt to overcome it.
Does Matt Hancock have dyslexia?
The former Cabinet minister has admitted it was not easy for him to deal with the disability during his political career.
He even revealed how England's former deputy chief medical officer Sir Jonathan Van Tam helped him to learn how to read words such as "dexamethasone."
Ahead of TV press conferences, especially during the Covid-19 crisis, Hancock would find himself asking for help on tricky words before going live.
In 2022, he raised awareness with his own Private Members' Bill - calling on ministers to introduce universal dyslexia screening of kids.
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What has Matt Hancock said about dyslexia?
The former health secretary has spoken out about his battles in a bid to raise awareness of it.
He said: "Previously I would have done everything I could to avoid the word.
"I got probably the best person in the world to teach me, but I am not sure it was the best use of time.
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"JVT spent hald an hour one afternoon teaching me how to say the word dexamethasone and getting it into my head.
"And now it's a picture that translates into my head.
"It was a moment of light relief in what was quite a difficult period.
"I have always had a cheerful view of the whole thing especially once it was identified.
"The reason I want the universal approach is because good schools already do this.
"The number of people in private schools who get an assessment is much, much higher than the number of people in state schools and that’s another injustice.
"I still get examples given to me right now in 2022 of teachers telling dyslexic children they are just not suited to education."
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When was Matt Hancock diagnosed with dyslexia?
Matt Hancock revealed that he was diagnosed with dyslexia when he was at university in Oxford.
He was taught to read words by seeing them as pictures, however, he still struggles with some unfamiliar words that he comes across.
But he didn't speak out publicly when he was a minister about it.