Tags: dyslexia
Learning new words
February 5th, 2012I 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, 2011One 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, 2010Like 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 »