PLEASE…don’t give me a book to read about dyslexia. That’s like giving a box of candy to a diabetic. Even though it’s a nice gesture, it does more harm than good.
I have always loved to read. Allow me to clarify; I have always enjoyed getting lost in the story of a good book. I often found myself actually “IN” the book with clear, incredibly detailed visuals of each and every character. Even today, if I sit back and recall a particular book I read 20 years ago, I still can see the faces, the towns, the colors.
I didn’t care that I had to use an index card under each line of text so I would not lose my place on a page. Sometimes I would highlight sections that I had already read. I always read locked in my room and NEVER, NEVER would I dare read out loud! Are you kidding me? I would have rather been tarred and feathered.:(
OK, let’s face it…I’m different than most of you, but I’m very much like many of you. I don’t see things that most people see. At least, not in the same way.
Numbers???—I have a hate-hate relationship with numbers. I never seen them in the right order and I rarely write them in the correct order. Please never ask a dyslexic to copy an equation from a blackboard onto their note paper-You’re asking way too much!
Letters???— It’s the same thing. If I use the index card or highlighter, I can plug my way through but when I start to write……Here we go again. I am convinced that spell check must have been a result of “Divine Intervention”. 
I’m going to show you why. I am going to tell you just a bit about where I grew up and I am not going to use spell check to correct anything. Hopefully, you will get a feel for what it is we deal with every day..OK–here I go: ( and no……I’m not a lousy typist) This is my brain telling my hands what to do.
I grew up in a msall town call Old aSybrook. Looking back on it, I realize just how beatutifl the the wotn was. Water was everyhwere. I used to walk from one beach to anohther if the tide was low enoogh. I wnet back for my 30th reunion just last Auugust and it was really nicce to see many of my clasmattes. Most peopel did not reocognize me because I look every different than I did in High shcool. I love to read boosk but I have troulbe with how letters and numbers look ont apper. Just so you know, I am not embarraseed to wirte this. I am almsot 50 years lod and I hve had to dale with it, so guess what? you shouldl be able to take it for a little bit. Waht if your child see thinsg the same way as me? Talk to them, find out fi they are haning trouble readking. Havnign to perfomr any sott of math equaitn may bringn on a panic attakc. Please…don’t be hard on your children or your friend,s or even your coworkers.
There you have it. Are you feeling me yet? I hope you understand now, what a drag dyslexia can be and what a nice tool spell check is. Please don’t ask me for any examples with #s. You’re likely to push me over the edge. 
Here is a little video I found on youtube that says it all. Check it out.
I love this ad. This is how many of us dyslexics feel. We can be skipping along as happy as a lark one moment, then BAM—we are confronted by those Big Bad Bullies: Letters & Numbers. Errrrrrhhhhhhh!
My best friend and I have started putting audio books on SD cards. This was one of those Hallelujah moments in my life. I am listening away! We are building a Website called http://ez2listen2.com. I have attached a link on the site to books I have read in the last year or two.
If you have trouble reading like I do, or know someone else that struggles, for whatever reason, try listening to an audio book on a memory card. It’s so easy to do! We’re constantly on the lookout for another inexpensive table top player for SD Cards, so a child can carry it around and listen to a great book.
We also want people that do not see well, or do not have any technical background to be able to enjoy books. You know, those people that get frustrated with the TV remote. And why shouldn’t the older generation be able to listen to some classic books or old time radio shows without their grandchildren having to show them how to use the latest gadget?
Hang in there with us. We’re not some huge corporation. We are two people that love to read and have found a way for many people, young and old, that would not normally read a book…….to finally enjoy one!
Seems like everything today is geared to be faster, more complicated and less personal.
Well, we’re not buying into it! We believe there are still people out there that prefer things that are easy to use.
I’m rambling I know, but we are so excited with our product. EZ2Listen2 is paving the way to be a pioneer in introducing main stream audio listeners to the many benefits of sd cards over cd’s. I have attached a couple of links for more information on dyslexia for those who may be interested. And by the way, “As many as one in seven American children are affected to some degree by dyslexia, which disables language skills but often bestows special abilities in the visual and spatial realm.”
This, of course, means “I’m special”.!!!! Maybe you are, as well.
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I encourage you to comment on this blog. If you are a dyslexic, would you dare to share a few lines without using spell check?
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