Basic Abilities that All Dyslexics Share

If you are dyslexic, you have to understand what your mind can do differently than other types of minds. The mental functions that cause dyslexia are special. The basic abilities that dyslexics share include:

1. The ability to alter and create perceptions 
2. Acute, 3D awareness of their surroundings
3. The heightened sense of curiousity
4. The natural tendency to think in images - not words
5. The enhanced intuition and insight
6. Multi-dimensional perception using all senses
7. The ability to experience thought as reality
8. Heightened vividness of imagination

Check out these great books:
Gift of Dyslexia
In the Mind's Eye

I had a great opportunity today to talk about Dyslexia

DyslexicBrian.com is a web site that supports dyslexic people in overcoming their dylexia. Antonio Farruggia creates the learning and support programmes there based on his 25 years of experience. He has a place on the site called "inspirational stories" and asked me to write a brief story about my own dyslexia. I sent him a poem about "reading" and he liked it so much he asked for the story.

Now you can read it: http://dyslexicbrian.com/category/inspirational-stories/

Dyslexia has helped me understand that there are powerful differences in the ways human minds are wired and I respect others wiring even as I respect my own. There are many ways a mind can be wired – dyslexia is just one – and they are all very fascinating. I embrace this wiring. I know the pitfalls and the glories of it and that there is so much to learn from a person with a 3-D mind.


I hope you enjoy the story. Thanks for all your support.