Prince Charles Philippe and Sofia of Sweden and Princess Beatrice of York attended the World Dyslexia Assembly held at David Geffen Hall in Manhattan's Lincoln Center. Both Princess Beatrix and Prince Carlos Felipe suffer from this learning disorder that consists of reading difficulties due to difficulties in identifying speech sounds and relating them to letters and words, and for this reason they contribute to eliminating discrimination and improving the lives of others who suffer from this pathology of neurological origin.
The Swedish princes' Instagram account, @prinsparet, has shared a snapshot of the meeting and on the social network they have assessed that "it feels great to once again have a joint commitment with Princess Beatrix to highlight the power of dyslexic thought". Beatrice and her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, joined Sofia and Carlos Felipe at the first World Dyslexia Assembly held last year at the Royal Palace in Stockholm.
For her part, Beatriz de York has been a patron of Made by dyslexia for a decade, an organization that has already summoned the Swedish prince on several occasions. Carlos Felipe has always been open to talking about this disease that both he and his two sisters, princesses Victoria and Magdalena, have suffered from childhood, and also his father, King Carlos Gustavo.
The first stop for Carlos Felipe and Sofía on their trip to New York was a tour of the Windward School classrooms, the first private center for children with dyslexia or reading and writing difficulties. The couple has learned how this school works and the new learning techniques implemented by the teaching staff.
In his speech at the first World Assembly on Dyslexia in Sweden, Carlos Felipe admitted that he knows "the challenges that children and young people with dyslexia have to face". "But here's the thing: even though I've had some difficulties, I've been lucky to get the right help. To be greeted with knowledge and understanding. To be included. Unfortunately, not all kids with dyslexia are that lucky," he added.
The prince pointed out at that first assembly in Stockholm that it was "the first stop on a world tour of partners with a joint mission: to empower dyslexic thinking in every school and every workplace", and so you are.
