Benefits of Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty associated with spelling, writing and reading. Although these tasks are challenging for children with dyslexia, what most parents might not know is that their children are often talented in other areas. Despite not being high achievers in areas such as spelling and reading, children with dyslexia usually excel in other activities.
1. Creative thinking
Children with dyslexia often excel in classes which encourage creativity such as music, art and drama. This freedom of communication enables personal and unique response to activities. For that reason, an adult with learning difficulty might lean toward careers that involve art and design, holistic roles, and problem solving. Those with dyslexia have the ability re-arrange visual images mentally and create unique concepts.
2. Lateral thinking
People with learning difficulty often display lateral thinking. Due to the difficulty they have working through problems dyslexics tend to work on problems by using other methods in order to identify and create new ideas and concepts.
3. People with dyslexia have fast vision
What is referred as ‘work blindness’ associated with dyslexia could be described as an improved vision. Recent studies indicate that dyslexics usually scan over material and this is the reason why they struggle with details. Once they learn something new they try to pick out all the details hence their scanning acts as an added advantage.
4. Dyslexics have spatial visualization
People with dyslexia show an average ability for spatial and graphic visualization. They are more emphatic and have more physical co-ordination.
5. Dyslexics can decipher information
Dyslexics often decipher information in different ways as compared to the average person. They somewhat see a link between unconnected ideas, meaning they ‘see’ and understand what others might not.
Since dyslexia is often viewed as a disability, people who have the problem are not given an opportunity to contribute in decision making.
