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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Danny Rigg & Graeme Murray

Woman who felt like 'imposter' her whole life handed shock diagnosis age 59

A woman who felt like an "imposter" her whole life finally understands after receiving a "shock" diagnosis aged 59.

Julia Hardman recalls a teacher and calling her "a numbskull, stupid and thick" because she "didn't learn like other kids".

The 62-year-old struggled to read and do multiplication tables and was put in the "dunce" class, aged 5.

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