Kiki,
here is a good book. This sounds like what you are looking for
Title: The gift of Dyslexia: Why some of the smartest people can't read
and how they can Learn
by: Ronald D. Davis, Eldon M. Braun, Joan M. Smith

Also averrable on audio CD if you daughter is severely dyslexic

-Rob


On Friday, November 7, 2003, at 03:00 PM, meatpoet2002 wrote:

> I am an adult dyslexic with a daughter who is dyslexic.  My daughter
> is 10 and she is
> suffering in school right now because she feels so different than
> other kids.  Her
> school just officially 'dianosed' (my husband and I had to practically
> twist arms before
> we got that concession from them) her this year.  As a parent who grew
> up with
> dyslexia I knew for a long time ago what was wrong. 
>
> But here is the problem...I wouldn't trade my dyslexia for the
> world...I LOVE who I
> am...I dont think of dyslexia as a disability I think of it as a
> godsend...I have greater
> imagination, a much richer expirience than freinds describe, fantastic
> spacial
> relations, amazing color perception, faster grasp of concepts and
> ideas than others (I
> spend moments that I think about it feeling sorry for other people not
> like me
> because, from what I have read/heard, their perception of the world is
> really dull). 
> However, try telling that to your child when all she wants is to 'fit
> in' at this age and
> everyone has labeled her as 'disabled'.  I cant even point her to
> articles about people
> with dyslexia because people see it as this 'disability' and even the
> most positive
> article uses negative language so that the overall message is still
> negative and gives
> the feeling of disability and disfunction instead of the real message
> of the astonishing
> wonder of the world as your child will see it (different, richer more
> vibrant, more
> beautiful than ordinary people will ever know).
>
> Do any of you know of articles, books or stories that I can share with
> her that will
> positively illustrate what it REALLY means to have dyslexia. After
> reading list after list
> of the people who changed the world, who had dyslexia, Einstien,
> Newton, Edison, Da
> Vinci I want her to know that other people dont consider it to be this
> terrible 'thing'.  I
> want her to see that there have been really exceptional people in our
> world who held
> the foundations of modern knowledge who were like her (sometimes its
> not enough
> when the world is telling you you're defective and all you have
> cheering you on is your
> mom). 
>
> : )
> Kiki
>
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