Go on you, after reading that im now proud to be dyslexic! This has boosted me and now im going to do the best that i can in my GCSE’s!

THANK SO MUCH x

I agree with everything you say. Because though dyslexia is not such a bad thing, many people are ignorant of it and they may use it against you. Maybe you can use your time convincing the interviewer of your skills and so when he finds out you have dyslexia, it won’t matter much to him anymore.

Being proud or not depends on your profile (how your dyslexia affects you) I am dyslexic myself but my particular profile effects my ability to write coherently and to spell (this is being composed on Dragon NaturallySpeaking which I would recommend to anybody with specific learning difficulties (I feel this is a much more accurate term for describing dyslexia). I myself have just started a new job as an instructor teaching horticulture and all the way through the application process I made it very clear that I was dyslexic unfortunately this doesn’t seem to make much difference as the college I work for still insists on me filling out a lot of paperwork by hand, I find this quite ironic that working in the 21st century with all the modern technology available that I work in a profession that is still reliant on paperwork and supposed to have an ethos of equal access to all! I would agree that dyslexics are innovative thinkers with a unique way of looking at problems. As for highly intelligent ,as for the famous examples we hear of I think this is a case of particular profiles that work best within the culture of the time e.g. Albert Einstein and General Patton their profiles couldn’t have had a particular impact on their ability to write. I think you might be right that people who are dyslexic have to be more tenacious and to find alternative strategies to succeed in the world at large. Being realistic is about how hard you are prepared to fight for what you want!

i am dyslexic.and did not know until a got the test a age 40.i worked in the childcare field and have to leave my post as i was very badly treated. i started in a new company in retail and told the people i worked for about my dyslexic at the interview and they were fine and 2 years down the line i am work in that company.

Hi, you know, I wanted to contribute with my opinion.
I am dislexic, it affects both my visual and hearing senses.
But I have never thought of it as a disability because I have always been clever enough to manage to solve the problem. Thanks to the great memory a dislexic has, you can learn tricks that help you correct some mistakes, or hide what you don´t like. I just figured out that if I drew the d different than the b, it was a start. (It did help a looooooooot). I started writings stories of things I liked, and that helped as well, and if I don´t know how to spell something I just ask google. (Ok there I cheat but isn´t that the whole point of technology?)
With my hearing dislexia, I learned to read lips, that way if I just hear a mumbling sound instead of the word, I trick myself into playing a guessing game: “What word related to the conversation did the sound matches the letters I could identify in the movement of the person´s lips?” I guess playing hangman, and guessing songs underwater with my brother helped me practice this a lot.
I realized I was able to solve physics and algebra problems really fast, in highschool my teacher even offered my a job if I studied physics-mathematics. But to be honest I hated it and I just wanted to make art. (Now I know it wasn´t a good choice, though I love it.)
I worked at an Airline, as a check-in agent for 6 years. The main job of these people is not selling tickets, and checking people´s information before they board a flight. IF you really get into it, it´s a whole series of mathematical problems and procedures, which is fun, it´s like solving a really really long problem. It would be interesting to have a person just come and buy a ticket and then leave. That´s like 1 in every 600. The rest are problems to solve, possibilities, changes, variables, math, time, numbers, etc.
Later, I realized that not only I but all or 99% of my coworkers are dislexic. We are all very smart and very clever, and we solve problems very fast. If problems can´t be solved because of an external factor like authorities, immigration, etc etc, well that´s out of our hands, but… if it is in our hands, Uff, you are in good hands.
I have to even say that the computer system is usually made with codes, when systems change and add simple clicking features, you will notice that agents, specially those who are dislexic ( which is most of them) would rather keep on using the old systems in which coding was used to check in or solve issues. Why? I guess because it doesn´t interrupt with their thinking-time-solving process, and because you don´t have to change your focus point either. We become automatic living computer processing agents with a smile
I guess this is why I was so good at computer programming and design when I was little, because it was all a matter of commands and more commands and so on.
Maybe I should had just studied computer sciences instead. Or quantum physics… anyways. Some dislexic people are very clever and bright and have a very high IQ, so more than considering dislexia as a disability, it should e considered as an option or skill in some work areas.
This is why when I told the HR head of the company about all of us being dislexic, he was thanked and started using that feature as one of the main things to look for in future candidates, because he actually realized it was true. I guess mostly dislexic are the ones that find it easier to asnwer psychometric exams faster than others, and more accurate, because they see all the answers in their heads, and skip the procedure, this way reducing time which is also monitored in this types of tests.

So, for those who are dislexic and are having trouble finding a job, try that sort of fields. I had no knowledge of aviation whatsoever when I entered, and jet, among a lot of people who get interviewed, I was one of the few who go the job ( at the time of my interview), everyone considered me being one of the best newbies, and because of my other dislexic skills, I was always invited to conferences to learn tactics, courses to later explain to my other coworkers, and even offered other positions. (I had to quit because I moved to another country. Funny how in this country I moved to, it seemed that since I am a foreigner, eventhough I speak better than natives of the country, the reason I don´t get a job is not my dislexia, nor my lack of experience, but the fact that I am a foreigner… and that is really creepy.)

I hope that something that I´ve written here helps others with dislexia in some way. Be proud of being dislexic, it means that you are more of a fighter, because you have to. There are always ways to trick dislexia to stop it from keeping you down, and use it as a skill instead.

Cheers!
(Btw, the funny part is that I used to live in a “third world country”, and the one I moved to is a One world country… so… what´s happening with the world? So from wanting to work for scientific, spatial, psychology, neuroscience, physics, government, etc departments, I have to maybe just relize I am going to end up working at a grocery store… IF I get lucky…geese. Oh well, things happen for a reason.)

I am dyslexic and has always hid it during my job interviews and at work places. But this time in my next job interview, I’m disclosing that I’m dyslexic therefore I would need extra time to think before i answer any questions.

Also one thing that I found was that I hardly answer questions in sequence I would sometimes start from the middle of the question.

im am dyslexia but it has never stop me under performing. I just have to work harder but my output is good as any other perosn

hi im dyslexia and it make so fustrated my friends tease me as im rubbish at spellings,i cant remember things and cant string sentances together. i am the most hard working person and push my self so much that i have actualy nearly suffered a brake down at 14 and i never get anywhere or acheve dispite all my efforts. my dyslexia is a pain and makes me not sucseed. i wish i could be proud of it but im just not.

Its really good to read, how other dyslexic’s deal with stuff, for years growing up my teachers thought i was stupid, lazy etc and for years i felt embarrassed by my dyslexia…. although i have come a long way and now have a degree I still don’t feel i need to accomplish more to prove I am not stupid to myself as well as others. I often get offended when people comment about the work i produce as one manager said i should be in a caring role as thats my personality rather than the corporate world, i got offended as i believe i work my bum off and do anything i can… I never reveal that i am dyslexic as i think i would not get the job or will be looked at differently… i only reveal that i am dyslexic when they comment on my spelling and there is no other way of hiding it! Due to my past experience i have studied Early Childhood Studies in which i hope to work with other children who have dyslexia, in order for them to succeed from a young age and have the confidence to go forward! i do believe from my own experience that dyslexic people do work 3 time harder than a non-dyslexic… just dont think that ever comes across! Recently thought about buying Richard Branson (hope i spelt it ok) book as i hope he is a dyslexic who can inspire me…. if i could change being dyslexic i would without giving it a second thought! as I am 31 i still have very low self-confidence!!! when it comes to jobs as i always wonder if i good enough! can you all tell me how you built your self-confidence?