Dyslexia Quotes

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The Mandolin is the bottom four strings of the guitar, backwards...so a person with dyslexia has no problem learning to play the Mandolin.

I think my dyslexia was a vital part of my development because my inability to read and write meant that I had to find knowledge elsewhere so I looked to the cinema.

My coping mechanism with my dyslexia is to use wit and humor.

Dyslexia is not due to a lack of intelligence, it's a lack of access. It's like, if you're dyslexic, you have all the information you need, but find it harder to process.

When I had dyslexia, they didn't diagnose it as that. It was frustrating and embarrassing. I could tell you a lot of horror stories about what you feel like on the inside.

Dyslexia, though, made me realise that people who say "but you can't do that" aren't actually very important. I don't take "no" too seriously.

I was dyslexic before anybody knew what dyslexia was. I was called 'slow'. It's an awful feeling to think of yourself as 'slow' - it's horrible.

I'd like to help other kids with dyslexia, because I'm dyslexic. It was very hard, and I know that what I went through, other kids are going through.

The looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.

Dyslexia is a neurological issue, not a character flaw.

The woman who knew that I had dyslexia - I never interviewed her.

I was growing up in the 50's and 60's. Back then they didn't even know what dyslexia was.

I hated school . . . . One of the reasons was a learning disability, dyslexia, which no one understood at the time. I still can't spell . . .

My family was absolutely supportive. I did have a fear of cold reads because of my dyslexia, but my family's support and reading classes really helped me overcome my fear!

Scrabble was invented by Nazis to piss off kids with dyslexia. This is true, they proved this one. The word dyslexia was invented by Nazis to piss off kids with dyslexia.

In order to be Miss Anybody you had to have excellent grades, and I had terrible grades because of my dyslexia.

I was never good at sports. I was never good at exams, because they didn't understand dyslexia.

I know that some girls look up to me for certain things, like dyslexia, and that way I know that they like me for me, so it adds no pressure.

I couldn't sit down and write a novel or a short story - even now - because of my dyslexia. But I learned narration through movies.

I definitely have managed to overcome dyslexia now to become a fully functional human being but things were a lot more difficult when I was younger.

If you're cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you see okay?

I guess through my learning disability, through dyslexia, I've always been a visual learner - I take in everything through my eyes.

I think everybody should have dyslexia and ADD.

I used comedy as a way to combat my dyslexia. I was barely getting by scholastically, so I used a lot of humor.

Somebody said, 'Hey, there is a lull in your career. Why don't you write books about your [dyslexia]?' We are currently writing our 34th novel.

I've got dyslexia. When I was in school, it wasn't really recognized as much as it is today; I'm really glad that people are a lot more aware of it now.

Though my parents assured me over and over again that I wasn't stupid or slow, I sensed that my dyslexia was now a stigma on all of us.

There's a bit of a local legend about a jet heart that has turned up over the years, " Flynn said. "Any time it turns up, strange things happen.

The boy with the haunted eyes was Dory's secret. Eli. And she knew that she had to see him again.

A great mind is just a great mind, and try not to worry too much about what package it's in.

Dyslexia, for me, is rather like being a six-fingered typist on LSD!

Dyslexia is the affliction of a frozen genius.

Love every child without condition, listen with an open heart, get to know who they are, what they love, and follow more often than you lead.

Teachers should be made aware of visual stress symptoms and the potential difference coloured lights, overlays and lenses could make to a learners perception.

If you are going to dream then dream big, why spend time dreaming small?

Children with disabilities are stronger than we know, they fight the battles that most will never know.