Lysdexia is on joek.

This page is written with out the use of spell check.  Sometimes I am able to write complete sentences without the use of spell check.

Iam unable to riet sentences withoutt the useof the spacebarand of backrpspace. thisis just the wayit is.

The first sentence took much longer to write becuase of the use of the spacebar and delete button. The second sentence is an example of how I write/type free flow.

Ocationally I will get comments to use psell check.  My good firend lili is a terrific speller and she iwll sometimes let me know if I have a ton of errors. I appricate folks discomfort with my spelling faux-pas.  I do check the  spelling adn use the spell check however there are some areas where spell check just does not work.

1. If the word is spelled correctly, but is the wrong word.   Burton Bands … vs. Burton bans.  I do know the difference between the two words, but my brain does not register that there is a letter that does not belong.

2. if the Word is Capitolized, then generally the little red line telling me the work is wrong, thinking it is a proper noun. then it does not show up and I miss it.

3. sometimes the little red spell check lines go away if I have left the page or program and then return, so I don’t always catch it.

I could write on a word or page application that has a spell check all built in, then cut and paste to here.  But I don’t. I like to type directly into the little box wordpress provides.  It helps me to visualize spacing with photos.

so here is the thing.  I am dyslexic.   Always have been and will always be.  You can’t out grow it, like being born with a leg too short.  You naturally limp, but if you work twice as hard as folks with two legs that are the same, maybe folks won’t notice.  If you work only as hard as everyone else, then they will detect a limp, and when you are tired of being like everyone else, you limp with pride.

here are some of my favorite mispellings:

fro (for), untill, befor, beleive.

I am intellegent but lazy at times.  I graduted 2nd in my college class and have taken enough masters courses in education and psychology that I could cliam an advanced degree twise over.    I can do it if I will myself to do it.

I see blogging as an alturnative to writng in a journal.  People do not expect a blog to be of the same literery standard as a published article or book, me included.  Or at least, I don’t beleive that the same standards apply.  I just like that fact that in spite of my dyslexia, I write.  Often.  And I do it becuase there is an element of practice to reading and writing.  I have to exercise my brain in these areas, or my dyslexia is worse.

I went to public grade school in Dedham Mass., then a couple of years at Milton Academy, then I was lucky to go to Proctor Academy in Andover Nh. There my brain matured and I learned how I learned.  Then bumbled around a bit in college and landed at Curry College.   Proctor and Curry had programs for kids with dsyslexia and were/are expensive, but worth every penny for someone like me.  I got a degree in elementary education with a concentration in special ed.  Ha and double ha.

For all fo the dyslexics in the room  rite on!  For those that are uptight with spelling rules, then don’t waist your time slamming me.  I ain’t gonna change.