Being Dyslexic... are there any advantages ? A positive spin!

Hello folks,

was just sat here... thinking away and wondering if anyone sees being dyslexic as a gift rather than a disadvantage?

I know they can be numerous disadvantages, and wondered if anyone saw their dyslexia as a gift?

If so, what would that be?

[lwall33781]

It took me long enough, but I do see it as a gift, I have a different way of looking at things. I see angles that other people don't always see. My challenge, is learning how to use those gifts.

[Stanleyxx]

As a social worker I see it as a gift in that dyslexia through my way of working helps undestand the needs of clients I work with and provide support for.

[RATTER15]

I see it as a gift. The trouble is the most exciting gifts can have a downside.

As a carer, caring for people with Dementia and now going into the field of learning disabilities, It has certainly given me a snippet of life growing up with a learning difficulty.

It has blessed me with being able to think outside the box, being able to think with "their" brain to an extent, just to see life from their point of view.

It has given me emotions that appear to escape the normal thinking brain to a very large degree, I am a very emotional guy.

Im told this is my feminine side, No Im not feminine in any way shape or form lol. I like to think that it is my Dyslexia side,

I often wondered growing up why I tended to be quite emotional as a bit of a tearaway teen. To learn that it was just one of the symptoms of Dyslexia, that started to help me on the the voyage of discovery to understand that I am Dyslexic.

[lemi513]

i see it as a gift, i work with young people with special needs and privately tutor children with dyslexia. By having dyslexia i can think outside the box and help the students to do the same, for example I had an 9year old student who couldnt do his 3x tables so i gave him a pack of cards and taught him that way.

[papadeli]

It's not a gift when you are at school as a student. But if you see how many people with special needs have become great, yes, it must be a gift... But you have to wait...

Look at my growing list of my favourite links to dyslexia. You might find some answers there.

scoop.it/t/dyslexic-learners

[Ryam]

Of course there are advantages,

I just graduated and my MA dissertation has been awarded the best one among those of the other students (some of them coming from the best University in UK and the world). The problems come after, when you have to survive and demonstrate your strengths on occasion of job interviews, tests and other paraphernalia of hiring process. I think these interviews are not made for dyslexic people. That is why employers often don't appreciate us. I think I am the most clear example of this. I am collecting successes at University but I can only find jobs as a volunteer. Nobody wants to invest on dyslexia as it is not considered a resource by the others. The world needs us but doesn't know. The problem is not us (we know our strengths) but them, the "normals".

[UaLiathain]

I am a writer. The disadvantages are obvious (bad speller, slow reader, struggling to find the word to describe what I see, etc.)

The advantages...well, apparently not everyone can see scenes in their head in 3-D Technicolor. Visual thinking is what we do best. I don't construct characters. They pop up in my head and I watch them, listen to them and write down what they say. I have read so many blogs by articulate writers bemoaning the fact that they can write anything except fiction. Do I want to be cured? And lose the worlds in my head? Heck no!