Hi there blog readers
I have put together a little survey about dyslexia for all of you dyslexics, or people who think they might be dyslexic.
I would be grateful if you could take a little time to complete it.
Please do not worry to much about your spelling just give your answers as best you can. This survey is about getting your views and experiences of being dyslexic and not a test of spelling or grammar.
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http://www.uniquedyslexic.com/
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ReplyDeleteSteve, for every on of you, lawyer John Irving, and surgeon Delos Cosgrove, et al (see Epilogue Sally Shaywitz' book, Overcoming Dyslexia) there are thousands of miserable people who can't read and think of themselves as to dumb to.
ReplyDeleteYep I'm one of them. lol
DeleteThat is indeed true but why is this? Its because we are not taught in ways we can access the learning that takes place in the classroom, by teachers not trained to teach us in an inclusive environment in an education system designed by non dyslexics for non dyslexics. I have travelled a long and difficult road with my dyslexia. Like many young dyslexics I did leave school feeling a failure. In face I just stopped attending school from age 14. My experiences as an un-assessed dyslexic still haunt me to this day. I suffer with depression, I often question my abilities and ignore what I have achieved. At times my self esteem can get very low. I was lucky as I have talent for music and got involved with music professionally for many years after I left school. It was not until I went back into education aged 35 that I discovered, much to my amazement that I could learn. I know there are so many dyslexics out there who have not achieved not because they are not bright enough but because society has let them down has effectively disabled them and left them with life long emotional scars. I know I have worked as a dyslexia specialist with so many dyslexics over my career as an inclusion and dyslexia specialist. We have to break away from the old medical model / paradigm of dyslexia it has nothing positive to say to dyslexics and has done little to improve the negative experiences many dyslexics face in education, employment and in training.
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