Category Archives: Personal Stories

Dyslexia the gift

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After our story yesterday, today another of those testimonials that claim that dyslexia, in hindsight, was a gift and made them stronger than they could imagine they would have been. Again, our insight is that no one should ask for dyslexia and you should never wish this learning disability on anyone but with the right support, life will bring interesting challenges and rewards.

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Don’t think of Dyslexia as an advantage

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A blogger with Dyslexia writes: “This is perhaps the most irritating thing that a dyslexic can be asked. Dyslexia is a disability that causes emotional pain, limits career opportunities, hampers educational performance and makes on the victim of bullying. Would you ask someone who lost a leg if this was an advantage? Sure they can compete in the paralympics, but is this an advantage? Having reached the age of 51, I am quite comfortable with my dyslexia but it has been a massive struggle.”

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Dyslexia, is it the kid or the school?

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Here is an opinion from someone who challenges the use of the word dyslexia and cautions that the school may be at fault for failing to teach the child to read.

Here is a nice controversial conclusion by the writer:

” However, if some child who otherwise seems perfectly normal is failing to learn to read in school, the problem is probably in the school, not in the child. The solution is to fix the school, not label the child as disabled.”

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Mother with Dyslexia writes a novel

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A mother with Dyslexia has written her first novel.

It was self-published last month and has already had more than 100 downloads online.

The e-book is set in the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford where Miss Yates works part-time.

She used all her knowledge of the museum’s exhibits and displays and her love of animals to create the story, which concerns a secret tunnel under the museum.

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