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Aadi, builder
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My dyslexic advantage is my mind. My dyslexia allows my mind to be my safe haven where I can picture anything and everything.”
“My advice to others with dyslexia is to embrace it. Don’t push it away. It’s important to adapt and focus on your strengths because dyslexia gives you so many.
Adeniyi Akingbade, sculptor
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My advantage is… Patience
Dyslexia is a gift, and it darect whosoever has it to what they are good at, so just try to understand them and help them achieve their goals and to people that are dyslexic like me believe in yourself and work hard and there’s nothing that is going to be impossible for us to achieve.
Aiden Aragon, engineering student
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My advantage is…3d Spatial Skills
You will be able to find something that you are good at. For example, mine is building things. Yours might be writing or helping develop the cure to cancer because our brains are literally wired differently we think in completely different ways that normal people think. We can use this to think differently and be creative where others can‚Äôt because they‚Äôre too linear in their thinking. If you’re having a hard time in school because of dyslexia, push through and fight for all the accommodations you can get because it is worth it.
Alex Goestch, pilot
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My Advantages are…leadership, drive, creative problem-solving, and citizenship.
Dyslexia is never a reflection of intelligence or effort, it’s just a difference in how the brain processes language. Differences make life and people unique and interesting! Never underestimate yourself, dream big, work hard, keep a positive attitude, and NEVER give up!!
Dyslexics can do anything they set their minds to!
Ameen
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.My dyslexic advantage is that I’m really creative. I see the big picture and how everything connects – like I’m seeing the world in 4D
Arayna
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My advantage is… Creating with Legos!
Dr. Cathy Drennan, MIT
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My advantage is…visualizing molecules in new ways.
Colin Poole
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My Advantage is…Sculpting and Painting
Colin makes art with his wife, Kristin Poole.
Clara and Monroe
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My Advantage is…When sibling dyslexic “super powers” combine….
Embrace your super power. How you think about it will dictate how others think about you.
Craig Butler
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My advantage is… workforce management
Sometimes, my brain feels like jazz—structured improvisation. And like any good band or team, it works best when every person is respected, and every strength is heard.
When you recognize those dyslexic strengths in someone don’t be afraid to connect. Discussions between dyslexic people are very engaging and usually entertaining….
https://www.workforcebutler.com
Dr. Dan Peters, Psychologist and Uathor
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My advantage is…visualizing molecules in new ways.
David Flink, Founder Neurodiversity Alliance
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My Advantage is…storytelling.
Neurodivergent people aren’t broken versions of ‘”normal” — We are often the boldest thinkers, the clearest pattern-seers, and the heart-forward disruptors the world needs most. The future doesn’t just include us — it depends on us.
Embrace your super power. How you think about it will dictate how others think about you.
Dr. David McComas, Princeton Professor, NASA
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My advantage is…space exploration
Dustin Richards, Computer Animator
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My advantage is…Animation
Dwight Anderson, Electrical Engineer
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My Advantage is…Engineering
In 4th grade I was tested for Retardation at Rutgers University in the late 60’s. It was devastating to my self-esteem. Eventually I graduated as an electrical engineer and realized I was ‘hard-wired’ to understand physics and engineering like no one else. My ‘super’ abilities to solve engineering problems was used as a consultant for HP, NASA, … anyway… I’m glad to share my story.
My advice to others about dyslexia :
LIke the book says it is an advantage!!!
Emma Waldspurger, Teacher
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My Advantage is…teaching.
Gil Gershoni, Designer
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My advantage is the ability to help people and organizations understand who they are and use what is most authentic and distinctive about themselves to reach audiences and effect change.
Humans are multidimensional, and dyslexia is just one dimension. The key is not to let any one dimension define you. Embrace everything about yourself — all the strengths and all the differences.
https://dyslexicdesignthinking.com/, https://deardyslexiapostcards.com/, http://dyslexicdictionary.com/, gershonicreative.com
Glenn, Skater
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My advantage is…finding my balance on ice.
Embrace your difference! Dare to be different! Resiliency is born from accepting our differences and rising to the challenge!
Harriet, Creative Stitchery
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My advantage is…being able to think of multiple ideas and pathways at the same time.
My advice to others:
Being able to think of multiple ideas and pathways at the same time.
Jamecia Blount, Television Producer
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My dyslexic advantage is a childlike nature that still values illustrations, rhythm, and motion to learn, connect, and teach as both a kids content creator and elementary school teacher.
I am a 15 year documentary television producer. The series won a handful of NAACP image awards. After the series ended a year ago, I created a kids content YouTube channel, that I play the lead in write and produce. I am also now in a masters program to become an elementary school teacher. Lastly, at the age of 40, I have a tutor who is helping me relearn all the basics or reading and spelling!!
Visit Victory Blvd: My kids content YouTube channel.
Jeffrey Conger, Professor Montana State University
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My Advantage is…Envisioning Solutions
I’m a professor of Graphic Design at Montana State University and also a photographer, author, and educator.
Photo – By Kelly Gorham
Jennifer and Leo, Mother and son artists
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My Advantage is…Drawing
Our advice to others about dyslexia:
You are not less, you are so much more!
Jessica Richards, Outdoors Sports
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My Dyslexic Advantage is Sport!
Just go out there and do it, people will think you can’t but you just have to prove them wrong!
Julia DeMontagnac, Entrepreneur, Finance
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Never be the one who tells yourself no.
Julian Schreiber, Oil
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My dyslexic advantage is… inventing things, entrepreneurship and seeing the big picture.
Kaden, Living off the Land in Alaska
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My dyslexic advantage is…living off the land in Alaska. I provide food for my family.
My advice to others about dyslexia: Just keep going.
Kam, Runner and Artist
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My dyslexic advantage are…thinking in pictures, sports, building with legos, making video games…) You do not have to put a name to it – but some people may want to,
I am artistic and athletic.
My advice to others about dyslexia:
Keep reading! Don’t give up. Some days are harder than others, but keep moving forward