Chicago Tribune

David Haugh: Blackhawks pick Adam Boqvist ready for anything after dealing with dyslexia

Around sixth grade, Blackhawks first-round draft choice Adam Boqvist started hating homework more than most kids his age did.

His teachers noticed. His parents, Patric and Helena, agreed. What was wrong?

"It was tough on Adam in the beginning," Patric said in a phone interview from the family's home in Falun, Sweden. "But we knew something wasn't right."

Tests revealed Adam's issues were due to dyslexia, a learning disability that's neurological in origin and characterized by difficulty decoding words. Imagine having to read this sentence three or four times for it to make sense. Think of letters being jumbled so that simple, familiar words suddenly looked

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune4 min readWorld
Editorial: Amid The Chaos, America’s Elite Campuses Can’t Educate. University Presidents Have To Turn That Around
On Monday afternoon, New York’s Columbia University looked like a military installation, not one of the most storied institutions of learning in the United States. The campus gates, festooned with balloons designed to “welcome” newly admitted student
Chicago Tribune10 min read
After 25 Years Of Selling Tamales In Chicago, An Undocumented Immigrant Mother Returns To Mexico Without Her Family
Claudia Perez’s children could count on one hand the number of times they had seen their father cry. The day their mother left was one of them. Perez had worked her whole life for a dream that did not come true: Save enough money to take her family b
Chicago Tribune7 min read
Bears Unveil Their Lakefront Stadium Plans As Gov. J.B. Pritzker Says ‘I Remain Skeptical’
CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears — one of the National Football League’s charter franchises — on Wednesday unveiled plans for a new stadium project on the lakefront partly funded by the public that would give the team a facility in line with many of the N

Related Books & Audiobooks