<p>Dyslexia doesn’t mean you can’t read.
I think it is good that Tom Cruise feels successful-
I think it is appropriate that he attributes the method he feels helped his dyslexia- but it is a way of processing- the way your brain functions.
Just as after a stroke you can relearn skills and new synapses are formed, you can build on neurological differences to better function. However- that doesn’t mean the neurodifference, disappeared or didn’t exist.</p>
<p>Scientology may well have a method that helps people. Many people with neurodifferences are helped by focused concentration, like with yoga, rock climbing or meditation.
If they are lucky enough to find careers which employ gross motor movement ( engaging both sides of brain), like carpentry, massage therapy or * acting*, they could be very successful.</p>
<p>There seems to be a genetic tendency, especially if the mom has it- although since some school districts don’t recognize it ( or treat it) and it doesn’t necessarily mean that you can’t read or write ( but your reading/writing level does not match your overall intelligence). I worry about kids/adults who know something is not right and have trouble finding appropriate help. </p>
<p>At least Cruise is not saying that everyone who is dyslexic can be helped & can only be helped by Scientology- I don’t think he is that delusional.
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<p>Tom Cruise is a multi millionaire with celebrity. Scientology is a pretty strange religion, but is it really any worse than other religions? If it works for Tom, I say good for Tom but scientology is not for me.</p>
<p>I’ll never understand this intense hatred for Tom Cruise. He’s a nice guy with a good heart, and that’s all that should count. Just because someone’s wrong doesn’t mean he or she should be despised.</p>
<p>yawn, I can tell you one reason I despise Tom C. I had a sibling who suddenly became mentally ill in his forties (a few years ago). He refused to get treatment, and clipped MANY articles and cartoons regarding Tom C’s position on mental illness not being a true illness that I found in his office after his suicide. The last thing mentally ill people need is a celebrity discouraging them from seeking treatment.</p>
A while ago there was a Christian family whose daughter died from an easily-treatable disease because they didn’t want her to get medical treatment. There’s a tribe in Africa who regularly use jagged rock edges to cut hundreds of incisions into the flesh of their own babies and adolescents as “rites of passage”. Etc, etc. Tom Cruise is but one celebrity. He can’t be held accountable for all of mankind, and he’s certainly not the only one who believes what he believes. Every virtuous person will strongly advocate what he or she believes to be right. Cruise just happens to be simultaneously famous and wrong.</p>
<p>^^^ But Tom Cruise is also cocky and arrogant and adament with his inaccurate assertions. While there has been some speculation that John Travolta’s Scientology beliefs could have contributed to the tragic death of his son (preliminary reports are saying he only gave Jett his anticonvulsant meds every 3 days, so it may not be surprising that his seizures weren’t adequtely controlled, and Travolta also said something about Scientology having some thing about super cleanliness, which led to Travolta’s compulsive disinfecting of Jett’s carpet, etc when he was young, possibly contributing to Jett’s Kawasaki syndrome or some other health biohazard reaction). Anyway, while Travolta is a dedicated follower of Scientology, even before this horrible loss, he wasn’t “in your face” with outlandish assertions or overgeneralizations. He was much quieter in his beliefs and more diplomatic in his interpersonal interactions.</p>
<p>I have heard that Travolta’s son was on anti-seizure medications, but the dose he needed was causing all kind of side effects including organ damage. They may have been between a rock and a hard place.</p>
<p>I have been wondering whether or not the Travolta family’s religeous practice has somehow contributed to the health and well being of their son.</p>
<p>From what I have read , they keep their family life very private, so I am guessing that all of the publicity surrounding the death of their son is excrutiating, in addition to losing their child.
But back to the topic,
I do not despise Tom Cruise, but like many celebrities who abuse their status by trying to influence the masses on subjects they have no more knowledge or authority than any average Joe…
Yeah, shut up Tom.</p>
<p>I don’t despise him. I just think he’s an arrogant jerk. What he believes and how he lives is none of my business nor do I care. What made me mad at him was when he went public criticizing Brooke Shields for her post partum depression. He is free to do whatever he wants with his health, but leave others alone.</p>
<p>I detested TC long before I found out that he was a Scientologist.</p>
<p>Re Jett Travolta: the family released a very sweet little portfolio of family pictures of him today. I thought it was a nice and dignified way to put who he was and their love for him out there. And direct public curiosity into a more positive channel.</p>