The Gift of Dyslexic Thinking

 A study conducted in Great Britain examined potential cognitive gifts that people with dyslexia may possess.  It found, that far from being a limiting condition to life success, in fact dyslexic thinkers are our future.

Dictionary.com defines dyslexic thinking as, "“…an approach to problem-solving, assessing information and learning often used by people with dyslexia that involves pattern recognition, spatial reasoning, lateral thinking and interpersonal communications” 

 They possess the innate ability to see the big picture, to have the big ideas that will become the most valuable commodity in our future. 

The idea of dyslexic thinking has become accepted by many industries and businesses as a strength and certainly not as a disabling condition.  LinkedIn has included the term as an option for people to mark as a strength.

Listen to see if your child may be a dyslexic thinker.

Here is a link to a report on the study: https://www.madebydyslexia.org/MBD-Intelligence-5.0-Report.pdf

And here is information on strategies for 2e learners: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1185416.pdf

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