Eight-year-old Ishaan is having, and causing, issues in school making his parents to send him to boarding school to be disciplined. There his art teacher, Nikumbh, sets out to help the young boy. This film was originally in Hindi but was dubbed into English and includes both English and Hindi subtitles.
Based off the book of the same name. Rose and Maggie Feller share only two things in common, their hatred of their stepmother and shoe size. Standardized tests soon separates the two sister’s lives even more, with Rose’s high scores allowing her to attend prestigious universities and Maggie being unable to take the tests due to her dyslexia and is forced to work minimum wage jobs and be dependent on her father and sister. Eventually, Maggie overstayed her welcome and is forced to hide in the Princeton University Library where she discovers a love for reading.
Percy Jackson & the Olympians, based on the book series by Rick Riordan, is about the half-human half-Greek god, Percy Jackson, being flung into a world of myth and monsters while trying to stay alive. All of the half-bloods, the term for children born of a Greek god and a human, are dyslexic with ADHD to aid in their survival. Riordan had his half-blood characters have dyslexia and ADHD due to his own son having both diagnoses.
Disclaimer
Please note that these films do not necessarily portray the experience of any or all individuals with dyslexia.