Dyslexic Thinking Skills Explained
Dyslexia affects as many as 1 in 5 individuals and is a genetic variation that impacts a person’s ability to learn and process information. As a consequence, people with dyslexia have varying strengths, including creative thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills, while experiencing difficulties in areas such as spelling, reading, and memorization of facts.
In general, the cognitive profile of an individual with dyslexia will differ from that of a neurotypical individual. As a result, dyslexic individuals truly do have a unique way of thinking.
We call this thinking: Dyslexic Thinking.
Some of the things we can’t live without are the result of dyslexic thinking:
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The lightbulb
Thomas Edison was an American inventor responsible for many of our modern electrical devices.
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The Motor car
Creator of the Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford produced the first Ford Model T car in 1908.
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The Aeroplane
The Wright Brothers. Orville and Wilbur Wright were the creators of the first working, powered, manned, flying machine (plane).
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And the iPhone
Apple’s Steve Jobs grew up with dyslexia, but that didn’t stop him from building one of the most innovative tech companies ever.
Albert Einstein
World Greatest Physicist
“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.”
Michelle Carter
Olympic Shot Put Gold Medal Winner
“You can do whatever you set your mind to – you just may do it differently. You may have to work a little bit harder, but you can do it.”
Thomas Edison
Inventor of the light bulb
“Never get discouraged if you fail. Learn from it. Keep trying.”
Keira Knightley
Actress
“You may not be a brilliant speller, you may not be a very fast reader but you will learn how to read and you will learn as much spelling as you need to but you’ll be better at different things and I think that is unbelievably important to know as a kid.”
Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Space Scientist & Communicator Imaginer. Storyteller. Questioner.
“I don’t just think outside the box,
I think outside the planet.”