My Experience With Dyslexia

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Have you ever just looked at a piece of paper and blanked? No words were coming to your mind? You have read the whole book to yourself and then you finally finish it, you think about the book and you remember not a single word. In all honesty you think harshly to yourself, "I am stupid"; "I can not read like all the others". Or have you stood in front of a class and just felt ashamed not knowing what will come out of your mouth at any second because your eyes switch up with your brain? Sweating bullets because you’re “stupid”, because you can not read like the others. In 7th grade I was diagnosed with a disability called Dyslexia. Having a life with a disability like dyslexia is harsh. You get made fun of because you aren't "normal" or …show more content…

My experience with dyslexia is having difficulties in learning to read or interpret words, letters, and other symbols. But I also understand that it does not affect general intelligence. Going through my dyslexic experience, I first got diagnosed with this disorder. I thought that my ability to read or speak would never get better or I would never become one of the normal kids. I have learned that having dyslexia isn't a disorder to be ashamed of. In most cases the person with dyslexia does not understand the things they are reading and that is exactly how I am. For me, this disorder mixes up the littlest things. At random moments when I am speaking, reading, and comprehending what I say and hear makes since to me. But when you actually look at the work, I have mixed up proper grammar to my own "language" that I can learn and …show more content…

Dyslexia is a disorder that can have a lot of benefits to it. When you have this disorder you have the ability to think outside the box a lot, however; some of the victims of this disorder do not understand that they have a gift. People with this disorder just have not found the right way to do things. Because once they figure out that magnificent talent that they betray, they will have total confidence in themself. The gift that comes from the dyslexia "disorder" is a whole bunch of brain loop holes. These minds are the most creative and the most complex. You work harder to read and to speak. You also think harder as well. Most of these people make it an excuse rather than persevere. Think their brain is just a few steps behind the average. But in fact if you look at the at the work of a dyslexic person they are brilliant, they just do not know how to use there gift to their advantage. These people are so blessed. In the beginning they might not think so. Looking at the future they will be very successful if they choose to still fight and not let it get in the