CNN's Robyn Curnow learned she was dyslexic as an adult and has since discovered the upside to the common learning disorder -- and all the help that is now available.
As a parent, if you were told your child would be a creative, intelligent, big-picture thinker with a strong sense of grit and resilience, you'd be happy, wouldn't you? That sounds like a great set of skills for life success, doesn't it?
Now, what if you were also told that your child would have trouble learning to read and write for the rest of his or her life?Robyn Curnow Like two sides of a coin, dyslexia is a gift and a struggle.I know this because I'm dyslexic. So is my youngest child. It's genetic and extremely common. It's estimated that 1 in 5 people have dyslexia. Dyslexia is, put simply, a different wiring of the brain. It is not a measure of intelligence.
'Shark' takes a bite out of dyslexia 01:18 Global accounting giant and professional services firm Ernst & Young released a report in 2018 called the Value of Dyslexia which carefully lays out how"dyslexic strengths match closely to the pressing skill requirements of the changing world.
Winston Churchill, as many advocates believe, had dyslexia, pointing out that he dictated, and did not write, his speeches and books. He would have found many of today's voice-to-text tools helpful. Microsoft's learning tools also have incredible options for dyslexics, such as tools which read out text, break-up syllables and increase spaces between lines and letters.
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