DYSLEXIA AND SPELLING.

 

   

I have been dyslexic all my life.   This complicated my learning to read.  The word was might change to saw in my brain, and letters in longer words might switch places.   I was a whiz in math and science, but anything related to reading was painful.

 

At some time during my military career, I taught myself to read.  I do not read individual words.   I read the meanings of groups of words or whole lines.    I am able to devour novels, technical manuals, or research material at a rapid rate with high recall.   This ability made college a breeze; however, my wife, who attended college with me, had to go over my papers and correct my spelling.  This was during the eighties before computers.

 

Occasionally, my wife and I read to each other, but I tend to insert words or leave out words in sentences, and that annoys her. 

 

Even now, when I copy a list of numbers, I am careful that numbers don’t switch. 

 

I understand that misspellings drive the Spelling Police crazy, but some of us are doing the best we can.

 

Famous people with Dyslexia:

Whoopi Goldberg

Richard Branson

Steven Spielberg

Orlando Bloom

Albert Einstein

Muhammad Ali

Pablo Picasso

Cher 

Thank goodness for spell checkers.

The Ol’ Bzzuard