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Benefits of being Dyslexic

A lot of people go right into the problems and struggles of being dyslexic - but they are missing the big picture.  In reality, there are many great things about being dyslexic.  Below is a great list from happydyslexic.com of all the positive traits that someone who is dyslexic may have. 

  • Perception: the ability to alter and create perceptions;
  • Highly aware of the environment;
  • Highly curious;
  • Great intuition and insightful;
  • Thinking and perceiving multi-dimensionally (using all the senses);
  • A lively imagination;
  • Can experience thought as reality;
  • Creativity;
  • Easy adoption of change;
  • Holistic, see the big picture, don’t get lost in details, get to the important aspects;
  • See patterns, connections, and similarities very easy;
  • Concentration;
  • Can be very driven, ambitious and persistent;
  • Superior reasoning;
  • Capable of seeing things differently than others;
  • Love for complexity;
  • Simultaneous multiple thought processing;
  • Not following the crowd;
  • The ability of visual, spatial and lateral thinking.