Tags: dyslexia

Learning new words

February 5th, 2012
I think my vocabulary is pretty small compared to my contemporaries. In order to fix this, I'm making more of an effort to listen out for new words. Now when I hear a one that I don't understand, I take the time to look it up; even if it means pausing t… more »

Words I can never spell

November 1st, 2011
One of the greatest obstacles facing a dyslexic is how do you look up a word if you can't spell it? Most of the time I can recognise the correct spelling so can pick it out of the list provided by the spell checker. But what if your spell checker can't… more »

Mnemonics and Acronyms

August 31st, 2010
Like a lot of other I.T. professionals I'm dyslexic and as a result I find it difficult to remember spellings and lists or groups of ordered items. What good is trying to remember SOHCAHTOA if you can't remember how to spell it! So I would like to use th… more »