There’s a persistent myth out there that learning disabilities are a problem of childhood; as if somehow, our dyslexia or Asperger’s or visual processing disorder just vaporizes upon reaching the age of legal majority.
This is not the case.
It is also not the case that LD is contained within the four walls of the classroom. It is not a heavy coat that can be taken off, with feelings of blessed relief, upon arriving home from school.
For more, check out my article here.
Tom Cruise have dyslexia and yet he is still a very successful actor.,::
dyslexia is not that debiliating but it is somewhat limiting to the kind of job that you can get..’
I definitely agree that dyslexia (and other LDs) can limit the sort of jobs a person can get. As for how debilitating it is … I imagine that varies depending on the severity of the dyslexia.
Personally, dyscalculia effects me in all kinds of ways, but it’s not exactly “debilitating” in that I can work around it in my daily life. There are others on the dyscalculia forum, though, who are unable to drive because of the spatial issues dyscalculia causes for them. If you live in the states, being unable to drive is severely limiting. And if you consider that a lot of dyscalculics have trouble reading maps and train schedules, it can definitely have a debilitating impact on a person’s ability to get around.
there are many famous persons with dyslexia and it is not a debilitating disease. Tom Cruise is known to be dyslexic ‘::