One person's perspective
What this is
This is my experience with dyslexia. Not the universal truth, not a medical guide. It may or may not be inspiring. Yet it's one person's view/truth of what it's actually like to live with dyslexia.
What this isn't
This isn't about dyslexia being a gift or a superpower. It's not about overcoming obstacles or finding silver linings. It's not medical advice or a how-to guide for "fixing" dyslexia.
Why I write about it
Because most writing about dyslexia falls into two camps: pity or inspiration. Both can and often miss the reality. Dyslexia is neither tragic nor magical. It's just different. And different deserves honest conversation.
Hello, I'm Dom
Being diagnosed with dyslexia as a kid, I was always told I "couldn't" do a lot of things—including learning a language or reading complicated books.
Putting this aside, I pursued my dreams to work in the crafts space and own my own business. Yet I still felt dissatisfied, thinking I should have "gotten over" my dyslexia by now.
When looking for resources, I could only find books for parents or scientific studies aimed at schools and tutors. This made me feel stupid or like a failure. More recently, the pendulum swung the other way, labeling dyslexia as a superpower. Both of these approaches mean well and have their place, but I wanted something that spoke to me and other adults like me—someone not famous and no superpowers (so far), just a regular hard-working person doing okay with all the regular ups and downs of life.
Out on my daily walk I had an idea:
why not make somthing yourself? If nothing more, it's writing practice... So here we are, my online dyslexia scrapbook.
Note: I work on this live, please expect spelling errors and typos as I re-write and organize.
Thanks for reading this far, Dom