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.