Dyslexia & My Blog

-people with Dyslexia

What is dyslexia? - Dyslexia has been around for a long time and has been defined in different ways. For example, in 1968, the World Federation of Neurologists defined dyslexia as "a disorder in children who, despite conventional classroom experience, fail to attain the language skills of reading, writing, and spelling commensurate with their intellectual abilities." According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, dyslexia is a learning disability that can hinder a person's ability to read, write, spell, and sometimes speak. Dyslexia is the most common learning disability in children and persists throughout life. The severity of dyslexia can vary from mild to severe. The sooner dyslexia is treated, the more favorable the outcome; however, it is never too late for people with dyslexia to learn to improve their language skills.

I was diagnosed with dyslexia when i was very young 1st or 2nd grade, and have been dealing with it ever since. Its not something i hide behind, i don't like to read out loud because i suck at it, and i am not one too help you with grammar and such for a paper. Also my type of dyslexia is not the most common thought of one where you right everything backwards. I have trouble spelling in the since that i use phonetics to spell everything, and i really have trouble understanding grammar. But on the other hand dyslexia has made me a great auditory learner, and speaker, along with being very visually creative. So how dose that relate to my blog, well it harder for me to express my self in words, so i have tried to use ideas that i live by and pictures that grave me to express myself in the blog. Its not that i am slacking and don't spend anytime on it because thats not true, i just express my self differently and this is how i do that through a blog.