#iamdyslexic😎 And that's fab, who wants to be a mundain neuro typical anyway? Not me

Hellay hellay and thrice hellay blog readers hope you are all well
Some time ago I read a statement that said dyslexia does not define us.

What do you think? Please comment

I would totally disagree. Now there is a surprise lol. I am not ashamed to be dyslexic. I don't suffer with dyslexia Yes it has been somewhat of a pain in the past but that was before I was assessed.

I am dyslexic, I don't have dyslexia, I don't suffer with dyslexia. I don't hate being dyslexic. 

Once I was assessed I began my own journey of understanding  of what being dyslexic means and the many positives that came with being dyslexic.

Strong emotional intelligence, fab creativity, big picture thinking, empathy and so much more. Hey give me more positives comment please.... 

Ok reading is a pain but it does not stop me reading. My spelling can be a trifle bazar but it does not stop me spelling or writing. My memory eeep my memory can be a trifle forgetful and don't ask me about remembering names hmmmmm wassyour name again?  Lol I was on a date once and for the life of me I couldn't recall what her name was the whole night sigh.

I would say the way I define being dyslexic is positive. I own the label and it does not own me. I see the world through a dyslexic prism and very happy in my dyslexic skin. But I am far from happy by the was society defines dyslexia.

It is my view that society has a very one dimensional view of dyslexia and dyslexics. One that does tend to focus negatives.

Comparing dyslexics to non dyslexics is a bit like comparing a cow to a kangaroo. You ask a kangaroo to jump and it will jump. You ask a cow to jump and it cant. Then you label the cow disabled, you diagnose it you send it to remission jumping lessons and so on lol. Ok daft example lol but you get my drift lol. 

Then I would say then not being dyslexic has its own negative aspects. I would not want to be not dyslexic, if that makes any sense. We as dyslexics need to define dyslexia for ourselves not let a society that lacks any real understanding about being dyslexic define dyslexia for us.

I bang on about the medical / deficit model of dyslexia and how negative it is. All the medical / deficit model tells us is we are ill in someway. That we need to be cured.

There is far to much focus on remediation on trying to make us into a non dyslexic image that we will never achieve Not enough focus on enabling us to develop our strengths so that we can embrace our dyslexia and succeed because of it.

Unless we break away the medical model of dyslexia many of us will keep on becoming negative self fulfilling prophecies and keep on being marginalised by wider society.

Anyway that's enough of me rattling on

PS

To coin a phrase I don't want to build a wall I want to make a brick to built a strong and positive global dyslexic community that can forge a new positive social model future for dyslexics everywhere.