Of course, I would never want there to be any difficult situations. And I think life is about the moments, it’s the challenges that make you. “My husband’s also dyslexic so we’ll see whether we’re having this conversation in a couple of months’ time with a new baby in the house, but I really see it as a gift. From ancient Chinese ceramics to Alexander McQueen evening dresses, take an incredible journey through 5000 years of human creativity. I think it’s really important for every parent, that they feel they are not alone in this. Because if you can just change one little idea in someone’s head, then you’ve done a great thing.”īeatrice revealed her husband Edoardo, 38 – who has a son Wolfie with his ex-girlfriend Dara Huang – is dyslexic and she thinks their kids would be “lucky” to also have it.īeatrice, who calls Wolfie her “bonus son”, explained: “If any child, any bonus son, or future babies that are on their way, are lucky enough to be diagnosed with dyslexia, I feel incredibly grateful to have tools such as the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity to be able to tap into, to give them that extra support. I find it very inspiring every day to talk about it. And that’s something that’s really, really important to me. It was always about moving forward, it was always about what you could do. “I was very lucky that when I was first told that I had dyslexia, not one person around me ever made me feel like it was a ‘lesser than’ scenario.
And I think just shifting the narrative a little bit towards something that is positive, that is impactful, I think can really help everyone. Even referring to it as a diagnosis I feel does a disservice to the brilliance of some of the most fantastic minds that we have. Speaking to HELLO! guest-editor Giovanna Fletcher for the publication’s Back to School digital issue, she said: “Honestly, what inspired me to talk about dyslexia the way that I have, is because I really want to change the narrative around the diagnosis. The 33-year-old royal – who is expecting her first child with her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi – was diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of seven and has been patron of the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity since 2013. She said she got the idea after trying to think of something that "right now can directly impact my community.Princess Beatrice says dyslexia is a “gift” and her children would be lucky to have it. "When the girls come in, kind of frightened, they're just like, 'I don't know what I'm getting myself into," Bisceglia said.Īfter climbing six ranks, the teen spent 200 hours on her Eagle project, making hand-sewn masks for a Lower East Side church. She's used to being underestimated, but now she wants to show other young women what they can achieve. The 16-year-old has been working for this since female troops were first allowed to join the Boy Scouts in 2019. "It just means a lot to be part of a program that can see young boys and girls equally and give us both these stepping stools of life," Bisceglia said.
The 2020 class of Eagle Scouts will be the first to include girls.
"And now I'm Eagle before a lot of the boys in my troop, which is kind of ironic."īisceglia and troopmate Sydney Ireland, both from Manhattan, will stand before the Eagle Scout review board Thursday - and make history. "Definitely going into the program - there's a girl, she's new, probably won't make it," Beatrix Bisceglia said of what others said of her when she joined the Boy Scouts. Before now, no girls had even gotten a chance. They among the first-ever girls to become Eagle Scouts, breaking a barrier that has been around for more than 100 years. But two New York City teens have joined an even more exclusive club within that rank. Boy Scouts who have reached the rank of Eagle Scout are part of a very exclusive club, with only six percent of scouts ever reaching that level.