Article: My dyslexic perspective, (The Conversation)

Marcus
Marcuson Thursday, March 22 2018
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I found this article, 'My Dyslexia', very interesting. Even though my problem is aphasia, dyslexia (or to correct alexia) is very close, maybe the same. As the author wrote, 'it is basically a learning difficulty and coping with dyslexia is a very personal journey.'

 

She uses the same words we use for our stroke journey. 

 

'frustrated'

 

 'persist' 

 

'didn't deter me' 

 

'worked my arse off'

 

'need support for their invisible disability'

 

'still feel so ashamed of'

 

'We have tenacity and grit'

 

'So why did I keep going? To make a difference in the world.'

 

'To teach and inspire'

 

To read this article while drinking my coffee, I thought and pondered, 'Yes. I will battle my aphasia because I want to make a difference in the world.' 

 

I want 'to teach and inspire.'

 

Damn that was good coffee!

 

https://theconversation.com/my-dyslexic-perspective-on-academia-and-how-i-found-science-communication-92846

 

 

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Nina Wilde avatar
Nina Wilde

Hi Marcus

 

 

I really like that you are bringing together bits and pieces of peoples difficulty in living with communication challenges.  This is what I have done for many years, in my head.  Silently, because I was a no one and who would believe a stroke survivor from 22 years old, with little formal education was capable of linking such huge concepts.  But that is what I did!

 

Whenever I needed to put my education level on a form, I cringed because of the low expectation then that this gave whoever I was interacting with.  

Same when I had my stroke, the immediate sense of difference in any situation of disclosure.

 

 

So I continued to  link as I lived in various different circumstances.  The concentration and attention to detail I developed through tending to all aspects of my life has given me and continues to give me much joy in the little things of life.

 

The endurance I have needed to have to be at this point has been achieved quietly without fuss  and I love the conversations we are are able to have on EnableMe about such topics as they reach a deep part of my brain which breathes a sigh at this stimulation.

 

Your friend

Sue

 

 

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