I have 2 brothers who are dyslexic. The most severe cannot read successfully without a struggle. His breakthrough came when he was 19 and discovered what they called rose coloured glasses. We also discovered at the time he could not see 3D.
I myself have been suspected of being dyslexic, however I discovered the art of focusing very early. A teacher very early on realised that I wasn't able to see the words and was just seeing chicken tracks on a barbed wire fence. Showed me how to group them till I had a word. Something no one ever did for my brothers. The less severe to this day writes his B and D in capital in the middle of lower case letter. The other one, well, only I can really read and understand his writing. It's grammatically correct but takes a fair bit of deciphering. He reads these days and has a rather high IQ and excellent memory to compensate.
My view is that dyslexic probably only have the advantage with learning photoreading because they have struggled so much with reading to them it's just another thing that may or may not work this time.
Solutions please take this as kind advise as intended. Do not label yourself dyslexic, whether proven through test or not. You don't need the negative consequences that society places on people with handicaps. It took both my brothers years to find worthwhile employment and even though my younger brother did secure a good job he never was able to advance very far because of the red flag on his file that he is dyslexic. (He had to challenge them to give him employment because they were discriminating against him.)
Your writing in your post suggest to me that any residual dyslexica that you may be suffering isn't worth the condemation.
Also consider that dyslexia means cannot read or write. Once you can so a reasonable degree where you can communicate and be understood through writing you really are no longer dyslexic, even though the problem may be the way the mind processes things for you, You don't need to have people prejudge your skills without seeing what you are truly capable of and in my view overcoming dyslexia to the point that you can express yourself in writing is a skill that former dyslexics can be proud of.
Alex
[This message has been edited by AlexK (edited December 12, 2003).]
