hi,
As i had my test a few weeks ago and waiting for written report of that i got severe dyslexia (as don't know exact results yet) and wondering the meaning of whatever its a learning/ mental issues, so i am not frighten of being dyslexia or being serve deaf with speech. so put me at rest what's dyslexia classed as eg disability (as government health department doesn't class it as disability) or leaning/mental issues.
as i can't wait for my results as eager to learn my results and hopefully better myself eg education or learn new skills/interests/hobbies or whatever i fancy to do, but patience required which i do have unless its really important eg work issues as well hopefully that my friends, work colleagues, health authority may understand the situation of dyslexia or there again, should i do tell them or keep it quiet?!
so if any one got answers to my question(s) then i will be very happy of a reply
thank you
matt
I'm on the other side of the world so I don't know what the policies in the UK are. I am discovering the worst thing about dyslexia is everyone "knows" what it is, and yet few really do. I told my husband "I can't be dyslexic because I could always read and the "B"s and "D"s don't flip on me. Oh sure I read slow because the letters hop around, but they do that to everyone." He assured me that was not normal. It's why I spent most of my life not knowing why I was "scatter-brained." Most dyslexics never find out and go through life thinking they are just "stupid."
The fact that no two dyslexics are alike just adds to the misconceptions. So I suppose the answer is how open-minded the friend is and whether they are willing to let go of preconceived ideas.
I'm glad your attitude is positive. Yeah, you have weaknesses but your dyslexia also gives you strengths you are not aware of. For instance, my husband said he was thinking about ways to turn a tarp into a tent, like a pup tent but it took intense concentration. He then asked me. "Can you see a pup tent in your mind? Where is it?" So I described the cedars, Douglas firs and ferns around it, the fire in front of it, the color of the tent, etc. He said all he could see was a tent on a blank background. That is so scary! I would NOT want to be cured of dyslexia and lose the world in my head.