Considered an enigmatic learning disability, many misconceptions must be righted before dyslexia is recognized for what it offers — the gift of seeing things differently
CREATIVE SUCCESS “Thirty-five percent of dyslexics will end up at the top of their fields — even in language-based fields — because their creativity pushes them to succeed ” says Dr. Rinat Green Psy.D. founder and executive director of the Kol Koreh nonprofit for children with learning disabilities in Israel
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t first Rachel didn’t think there was a problem. “The kindergarten teacher told me that my youngest son Sruli was having trouble recognizing letters but all my other kids were slow readers so I figured he was just like them ” Rachel remembers. Besides Sruli was a sociable bright kid — extremely creative and quick on the uptake.
By the time Sruli entered first grade however Rachel’s laissez-faire approach morphed into alarm. “I sent him to school every day in tears” she says. “The learning was proving difficult and he was getting angry as a result. He was telling himself: ‘I’m stupid. I’m stupid.’ I knew he wasn’t — and it was killing me.”
Rachel didn’t realize that Sruli fit the classic profile of a child suffering from dyslexia a general term for disorders that affect a person’s ability to read or interpret letters and symbols. Often referred to as the “hidden disability” the condition has a habit of going frequently undetected as it chiefly affects people of average or above average intelligence.
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