The Gift of Dyslexia

"The biggest problem with dyslexic kids is not the perceptual problem, it is their perception of themselves. That was my biggest problem." - Bruce Jenner

I think I have mentioned before, I am dyslexic. Today I am particularly Dyslexic. I hadn't noticed it explicitly before, but apparently stress makes me worse. I managed to transpose every set of four numbers when reading out a credit card number.

I don't consider myself "very" dyslexic, although in truth I don't really know what constitutes as mild or sever dyslexia. Sometimes I wonder though, maybe I just don't notice it, maybe it is my attitude that makes it feel like part of me rather than something wrong. It is swings and roundabouts. My attitude, that it is just another unique part of my make up, probably makes it easier for me to get on with things, but harder to recognize where it does make experiences different for me.

It made me wonder what else we take for granted. I am not suggesting we are all walking round a bit wrong, but more self awareness can't be a bad thing?