While her classmates puzzled over mathematical word problems on the page, the moment the problem was read out loud, the answer clicked instantly. Noticed by her teacher, this pattern became the turning point that led to Cordiner’s dyslexia screening, and, years later, continues to shape how she navigates graduate school today.
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Britain still treats dyslexia as a school problem, not a workplace one
A few years ago, I was in a café with shared toilets as part of a larger complex. To use them, you needed a four-digit code. When I asked where they were, the staff gave me detailed directions and the code at the same time.
My brain had to hold both pieces of information, where to go and what number to remember, while my stress levels were rising. I went back to the counter four times: first to check left or right, then because I couldn’t find the toilets, then because I’d forgotten the code, and finally, repeating “7435” under my breath, I tripped and cut my knee.
This might sound like a small thing, but for me it’s a perfect example of what dyslexia can feel like in everyday life – juggling too much information all at once, often with time pressure, knowing that if you drop something it could be misunderstood as careless.
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“Theater is a place where I am constantly learning and challenging myself, and that is why I love theater so much,” Duggan explained. “It is my safe place where I can work to become a better person and connect with people from many different backgrounds.”
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Evian Johnson, or Evie, is one of the candidates for Miss Teen South Dakota.
“I’m trying to beat my goals of last year. I’ve spoken to a lot of classrooms all over our state,” said Evian.
The Brookings High School senior is still doing that, where she reads books that have a common theme: dyslexia.
Something she was diagnosed with dyslexia at a young age.
“I couldn’t read. The best my words moved like this in a wave. I could read the really big words. My favorite word to say is gluteus maximus, which is butt. I could read that as a little kid, but I couldn’t read the words at or the. My brain couldn’t comprehend those words, and it made me feel different in a bad way,” said Evian.
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World Book Day is a wonderful celebration of reading, writes Adam Dance MP.
Schools across our area mark the occasion with costumes, storytelling, and activities that encourage children to discover the joy of books.
But for some children and adults, reading is not always straightforward.
I know that from personal experience.
I live with severe dyslexia and ADHD, and reading traditional text can sometimes be difficult.
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Lauren Sánchez Bezos has said she spent most of her life hiding her dyslexia, even when she worked as a news reporter.
During Tuesday’s segment of the Today show, the former Emmy-winning journalist, 56, revealed that she wasn’t diagnosed with the learning disability until she was 19.
“My community college teacher … got me tested,” she said. “She literally looked at me, because I was like, ‘I can’t write,’ and she goes, ‘You’re not dumb, you just can’t spell. You were learning differently.”
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