Several years after I was diagnosed with Dyslexia I had the notion in my mind that a learning difference meant I had limitations in my ability to be successful. If I had Dyslexia then how could I be a successful student or have the career I wanted if I had a “disability”? In my mind people had a pre conceived idea of what intelligence was, and being a slow reader who couldn’t spell weren’t qualities that defined an intelligence or successful person. I took many years of people telling be that I was a smart and cable of success for me to change my idea of my abilities. My learning difference wasn’t a definition of my ability to be successful; it was an enabler for my success. Having Dyslexia has given me immense patience from having to spend
