Hi Devin and others,
Personally I don't look on dyslexia as a disability but as just a
different way of seeing things.

Dyslexia may make traditional education very difficult but as you seem
to have already realized it makes some things very easy.

As for differences in the brain. It seems that there is much still to
be learnt about the brain. It is a complex organ involving chemical
electrical & physical interactions.

Remember life is much happier if you can concentrate on the good
things rather than dwell on the negative things.

Regards

Don



--- In dyslexiaclub@yahoogroups.com, "devinwscrogum" <dscrogum@h...>
wrote:
> Salutaions,
> My Name is Devin Scrogum, as you can probably tell. I was
wondering
> if anyone has any links or info they can send my way on how the
brain
> sturcture of a dyslexic is diffrent from that of a "normal" person.
I
> read somewhere about the brain prossesing verbal info through some
of
> the circuits the normally digest visual but it was a rather skimpy
> articale.
> Also, dose anyone know why it is more common in men than women.
It
> can't be because of the 23rd chromosome (XX/XY), dose it have to do
> with brain strucure.
> Some things about myself: As you can see I have no spell check on
> this so I know I messed up at least two words (so far). I was
> diagnosed with dyslexia at the end of first grade, but it took to
> about 7th to figure out how to spell or pronounce it. I'm 23 and
> currently in the U.S. Marine Corp. I repair electroncs.
Interstingly
> enough, I'm pretty sure that my dyslexia is an asset, not henderence
> in my job. I think in symbolic logic so I can read an electronc
> diagram rather fast, even though I can only read normal words about
as
> fast as I can speak.
> For all you parents out there who wonder if your kid will be able
> to get a job above minimum wage., the private sector version of my
job
> normally make about $80,000-$100,000 dollar a year.
> Devin.