Finding Strength Through The Struggle: Seeing Dyslexia As A Difference Not A Disadvantage

Dyslexia is one of the most common learning deficiencies that are often neglected in terms of treatment. People with dyslexia are sometimes left unidentified and untreated, thus they would usually be tagged as slow learners. It is never easy for a dyslexic individual to deal with words, as some struggle with numbers, read on and get a glimpse of what's it's like to suffer from dyslexia.

Catherine Deveny opened up about her dyslexia as she shared her struggles and triumph. During an interview with ABC, Deveny shared that being a dyslexic should not hinder and individual to underperform. She then gave out words of encouragements and useful advice for parents of dyslexic children.

Catherine Deveny stated that parents should not fret if their child is identified with dyslexia. She then added that being dyslexic is a "difference" and not a "disadvantage." Deveny made it clear that dyslexic individuals have their own way in dealing with things hence people would tag them as someone with a mental health disorder, which is not the case as it is a learning disability.

Dyslexia can be outgrown, which means that a dyslexic individual will eventually be able to process words. Though the speech is usually tagged as one of the causes of dyslexia, Science Daily explained that it may be the effect, contrary what everyone thinks.

"Most research on the cause of dyslexia has focused on neurological impairments in processing speech sounds that make up words, and how dyslexic individuals have difficulty learning how to map visual letters to those sounds when they are learning to read," Lori Holt, a professor of psychology in CMU's Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC) said. "Our finding that procedural learning is impaired in dyslexia is important because it links observations of procedural learning deficits in dyslexia, which are not language-specific, with the phonological impairments so typical of dyslexia."