but alas, it was not meant to be...
An Evil was looming over the little girl! A spell had been cast and she was NOT to live Happily Ever After after ALL.
The Little Girl did not know of this, of course. It was kept a secret. If she ever found out, the spell would be broken, and the Evil would lose hold...
Lucky for Evil, nobody ever told.
The little girl was me. Little, unaware, me.
I would have lived with this Evil my whole life, but I was lucky, the spell was broken.
The spell had a name...
DYSLEXIA
Dyslexia is ME.
I didn't know I was dyslexic, UNTIL I had my own little princess, who has it too.
She went to school one day, like me, and her spell was cast. She, too, was bound to live unhappily ever after. She, too, was unable to read, and write, and do math. She, too, was stupid, lazy, and worthless. She, too, had NO value in this reading world.
How could this be? The world had changed a lot since I was that little girl. Hadn't we all become smarter and more educated? The Educators know. The Schools know. People know. Everyone knows, and understands dyslexia. Right?
NOPE.
Educators and the public "understand" dyslexia. They'll tell you.
(honestly, I thought I knew too!)
They've taken that course, you know, the one, that had that Whole Page on it!
DON'T GET ME WRONG
Good Educators are amazing, underpaid, and undervalued in EVERY aspect in our society.
But, A Bad Educator is a REALLY BAD APPLE!
Well, MY kid, and I got TOO many of those! And So do SO MANY OTHER KIDS.
I think I understand where it stems from... you know, the core (HA!) of the problem..
Educators and The Public are under educated and uninformed about what Dyslexia really IS...
Dyslexia is NOT just turning letters and numbers around, or the words bouncing around on the page!
Dyslexia is an ENTIRE Personality.
Dyslexia is being prone to early ear infections, and being "outdoorsy", and highly intuitive, and living OUT LOUD, and having to "get the wiggles out", and seeing things mostly in pictures (not words), and having a HELL of a time reading, writing, or performing simple math, and so so much more!
Dyslexia is, also, skewed in the media. The public is misinformed. The dyslexics we know a lot about, are, naturally going to be famous for something! AND Usually something GOOD!
In this equation having dyslexia equals a GIFT not Evil! Although, it is acknowledged that not everyone becomes successful, but GEEZ how great the potential is!
THIS is HOW dyslexia is thought of!
NOT TO WORRY, there are special classes, learning techniques, and a kinesthetic learning environment to help so you don't accidentally get chewed up, tossed aside.
Wait... What? Those are not funded for.
Dyslexia is too broad and too many people have it?
There is not money for Dyslexia outright!
What there is, is; work-arounds and under-the-radar fixes to get your kids SOME help. This won't truly address the problem, of course,
and will take a lot of time, and forms, and meetings.
Don't Sweat It! You're kid will languish away while we Get That Done!
There are hoops and juggling acts you get to do to, as a caregiver.
It is GREAT FUN!!
There is just SO much you have to do, just to combat dyslexia.
BUT, What happens WHEN there is NOBODY there to do that for them?
Does Evil take over?
Do you just live with the spell?
Do you become just another rotten apple?
BREAK THE SPELL
Ref. MayoClinic.org
OrtonAcademy.org
dyslexia.com
education.com
