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The Strength
in Dysexia
By Rifka Schonfeld, Director of S.O.S.
(Strategies For Optimum Success)
To spell the word spell but the rest is all a distant rhyme.
Is as simple as can be / ĂůǁĂLJƐ ĚŽ ďĞƩĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ĞdžƚƌĂ ƟŵĞ͘
Just spell it as it seems
Ƶƚ Ă ǁŽƌĚ ůŝŬĞ ǀĂĐĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ĨŽƌ - Liza Pilsbury, 5th grade
me.
/ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůLJ ƌĞĂĚ ĂŶ ŝŶƐƉŝƌŝŶŐ ďŽŽŬ ĞŶƟƚůĞĚ
To read words is easier than to The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan by Ben
ƐƉĞůů ƚŚĞŵ ĨŽƌ ƐƵƌĞ Foss, a dyslexic who has a law and busi-
For me, dyslexia opens a whole ŶĞƐƐ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ĨƌŽŵ ^ƚĂŶĨŽƌĚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ
other door. and heads a major technology company.
Foss writes about how he did not “over-
I can draw a dog spot on come” his dyslexia, but rather integrated
Bulletin
ĂŶĚ ĚĞĐŽƌĂƚĞ Ă ĐĂŬĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĨŽŶĚĂŶƚ ŚŝƐ ĚLJƐůĞdžŝĂ ŝŶƚŽ ŚŝƐ ĞǀĞƌLJĚĂLJ ĨƵŶĐƟŽŶŝŶŐ
Dyslexia makes reading and spelling both ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ůĞĂĚ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ĂŶĚ
hard ŚĂƉƉŝĞƌ ůŝĨĞ͘ >ŝŬĞ >ŝnjĂ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂƵƚŚŽƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ
ďƵƚ ůĞƚƐ ŵLJ Ăƌƚ ďĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽǀĞƌ ŽĨ Ă ĐĂƌĚ͘ poem above, Foss recognized that he
had many strengths that accompanied
>ĞŌ ĨƌŽŵ ZŝŐŚƚ his dyslexia.
DŽŶƚŚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ LJĞĂƌ
^ŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ Įůů ŵLJ ĞLJĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚĞĂƌƐ Below, I have included some common
dƌLJŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ŵLJ ďĞƐƚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚ͛Ɛ myths about dyslexia:
phone number
^ŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ŵĂŬĞƐ ŵĞ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ǁŽŶĚĞƌ͘ Dyslexic children are not smart. While
it is true that dyslexic children struggle
Ƶƚ Wŝ ĂLJ ŝƐ ǁŽƌƐƚ ŽĨ Ăůů ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ʹ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ
I want the extra credit bad ŚĂǀĞ Ă ŚĂƌĚ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ ƐĐŚŽŽů ʹ ŵĂŶLJ ĚLJƐ-
But trying to remember many numbers lexic children have great strengths. Some
makes me sad. ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚƐ ŵĂLJ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ĞdžĐĞůůĞŶƚ
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