[at-l] Re: Dyslexia

[turtle at min.midco.net (Howard)]

Hi, don't look at dyslexia as a negative!  I've had it all my life.  I 
am also AAD and ADHD. Now I know it and can look back and explain many 
things, but now I ALSO see many positive aspects.  It is not writing 
things backword or saying things backword, but having a totally 
different way of viewing EVERYTHING!  You may not see what others see, 
but then they cant see what you see.  Dyslexics have a gift in being 
able to see even what isn't visable--their mind works at a different level.

Show a child an object in a room--say a furry ball in the corner.  They 
will say, "Look at the furry ball".  Show the same object to a dyslexic 
child and you might hear, "Look at the kitty".  With their different 
mind set they are able, perhaps, to "unwind" the fur ball mentally and 
see the kitten.  Praise God for such a blessing and let it be reflected 
in your speach, journaling, etc.

Turtle

Jan Leitschuh wrote:

>> when I write down a
>>
>>> phone number I had better read it back because it is too easy to 
>>> reverse the first two digits.
>>
>
> Yes, I've had the same problems with numbers. You do learn some coping 
> mechanisms, such as you mentioned - double-checking by rote, etc. It's 
> not a competence issue, it just happens - although, I've noticed, the 
> frequency increases when  I am distracted.
>
> This is happening to a number of my female friends around my age. It 
> started with me in my mid-to-late 40s. I'll try to find out from my 
> friend just where the "hormone/brain rewiring" theory came from, she 
> is very knowledgeable in medical matters.
>
> I DO know I am acquiring a radically different life view than that 
> which I had when I was in my early and middle child-bearing years. 
> Women my age and older, I've noticed, are certainly becoming more 
> outspoken/less willing to be shat upon, whereas before we might have 
> "made nice." (Some are able to do BOTH, with class. Just look at 
> Granny D, who is able to speak up without alienating). Is it my life 
> experiences changing me, the shifting balance of hormones, or both? A 
> chicken and egg issue...
>
> I've never seen this written about, only spoken of anecdotally.
>
> NoShat Shoe
>
>
>
> Jim and/or Ginny Owen wrote:
>
>> "Fingers Lightshoe" wrote:
>> As an interesting aside on brain wiring, I seem to becoming strangely
>> dyslexic. Truly. Over just the last few years, I've been swapping
>> lettres like crayz. Thank dog for spellchekc. Someone told me it had
>> somthign to do with hormonse. Anyone ever hear of something like thsi?
>>
>> ***********
>>
>> I've experienced the same thing.  I know I wasn't dyslexic as a 
>> child, but the older I get the more I reverse letters and numbers.  p 
>> b and d have become interchangeable and I've learned that when I 
>> write down a phone number I had better read it back because it is too 
>> easy to reverse the first two digits.  I don't know why it happens, 
>> but it does happen.  Since I work as an Admin. Asst. there are times 
>> it can be a real problem.
>>
>> Ginny
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