DIFFICULTIES

She suffered from dyslexia; is a learning disorder that manifests itself as a diffculty with reading, spelling and in some cases mathematics

Dyslexia affected her studies

Drop out of school at age of 17

Whoopi had a lot of difficulty in school, but not until she was an adult

When she was growing up, she remenbers being called dumb and stupid because she had reading problems

Eventhough she had dyslexia she had successful film and television career

Other risk factors: Smoking, Heroin, Aviophobia

She got pregnat at 14 and probably did abortion

Worked at a funeral parlor and as a bricklayer while taking small parts on Broadway