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Disney Star with Dyslexia, Bella Thorne, Comes to Carpenter

This week, Carpenter students learn about differently-abled people.

Bella Thorne wowwed the students of when she came to speak to them at an assembly and told them of everything she had been through.

The Disney startlet of Shake it Up and other shows talked about her struggles with dyslexia and how it affected her studies.

It's part of a week-long program that Carpenter is doing for the second year in a row called which shows and celebrates diversity among students with special needs or challenges.

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See the photo gallery of Bella and the students above.

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