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title: 'Video: Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants, on growing up with ADHD and dyslexia'
description: 'See how ADHD and dyslexia helped Dav Pilkey create “Captain Underpants” and “Dog Man.” '
slug: video-dav-pilkey-creator-of-captain-underpants-on-growing-up-with-adhd-and-dyslexia
author: The Understood Team
published: '2019-10-16T11:57:10.281Z'
thumbnail: https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/CFEBD881EC8C4E849CDB14F46D59D8F0/fa038c491aa1c83b58166f9ab656a689/072518_Video_Dav_Pilkey_Creator_of_Captain_Underpants_on_Growing_Up_with_ADHD_and_Dyslexia.jpg
source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-dav-pilkey-creator-of-captain-underpants-on-growing-up-with-adhd-and-dyslexia
lang: en
---

# Video: Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants, on growing up with ADHD and dyslexia

Best-selling children’s author Dav Pilkey has ADHD and dyslexia. He struggled with these issues in school — but now he sees them as his superpowers. Watch this video to see how his learning and thinking differences helped him create *Captain Underpants* and *Dog Man*.

Want to see more of Pilkey’s personal story? Go to Understood founding partner [Reading Rockets](https://www.readingrockets.org/people-and-organizations/dav-pilkey).

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