| Educational systems, systems of teaching, have long | | | | hiding these and other dyslectic symptoms. It is |
| favored teaching to the average, the majority of the | | | | unfortunate, because they could easily be helped, |
| group, ignoring the special needs of those that were | | | | probably could master the tasks that now stump them. |
| different. The very bright and the very dim generally | | | | If their condition were to be diagnosed, their |
| got bored and overwhelmed, respectively as a result. | | | | differences measured, someone could show them |
| Dyslectics were little understood and suffered for that | | | | how they could bypass their mental roadblocks and |
| lack of understanding. Their condition was more subtle, | | | | easily learn what has eluded them before. But societal |
| not readily observable. Recently a great deal of work | | | | pressures sometimes make this difficult. Everyone |
| has been done in the field and we know a lot more... | | | | wants to be a "regular guy" or "regular gal". No one |
| Being dyslexic doesn't mean that a person is dumb or | | | | wants to be different. So they hide these differences |
| stupid. It just means that his or her brain is wired up | | | | that a simple adult dyslexia test could identify, and they |
| differently, like the difference between left-handed and | | | | suffer needlessly for it, feeling somehow inferior and |
| right-handed people. It's not a big thing if the teachers | | | | having low self-esteem. The first essential step is to |
| just recognize the difference, teach to the student and | | | | recognize that maybe their learning or remembering |
| don't try to hammer all into one mold. Dyslexics see as | | | | problems could be some form of dyslexia. After all, this |
| well as non-dyslexics. The difference is in how their | | | | affects 10% of the population and it could affect |
| brains process the information, going from seeing | | | | anyone. Albert Einstein, George Washington and |
| letters to written words to thoughts of what they | | | | Winston Churchill suffered from dyslexia. Still, they did |
| mean. For most of us the process is straightforward. | | | | all right! Once you face the possibility and ask yourself |
| For dyslexics they need helper steps, like sounds of | | | | the question, the only way to know for sure is to get |
| letters and words to help get there. When diagnosed | | | | yourself tested for dyslexia. A simple half-hour adult |
| at an early age, children can usually be taught how to | | | | dyslexia test that costs less than a dinner out for two |
| use various aids to get past their "roadblocks" with | | | | could change a dyslexic person's whole life, radically, |
| ease. There is no "one formula fits all" with dyslexia, | | | | for the better! And dyslexic people tend to have or |
| since each case is different - there is no such thing as | | | | develop extraordinary talents of perception and form |
| a "typical" dyslexic. Many mild cases go undetected, | | | | and creativity. Finding and removing the roadblocks to |
| put down to slow learning... When you think about it | | | | doing the things that gave them problems before could |
| you probably know people who almost never read, | | | | lead to full development and blossoming of their other, |
| have problems with simple numbers, can't spell worth a | | | | unique abilities... For more information on dyslexia and |
| hoot, etc. Many of these are likely embarrassed by | | | | adult dyslexia tests, follow the links below... |
| their inability to do these simple tasks and may be | | | | |