Greetings all!

This week is Dyslexia Awareness Week in the UK. One of the strands of
interest in dyslexia that I have observed is what one book now calls The
Gift of Dyslexia.

On the Joe Public Blog of the Guardian, a column called The Other Side of
Dyslexia states:

Quote: This week is Dyslexia Awareness Week and the focus is on the
strengths of dyslexia. The good news for all those who have to face up to
dyslexia is that we are generally individuals of higher than average IQ,
born with inquisitive minds and a strong work ethic, who with diligent
effort can not only learn to perform everyday tasks as well as
non-dyslexics, we can go on to become high achievers.End Quote

The blog goes on to list famous folks like Leonardo Da Vinci etc. to support
the idea that contrary to what a lot of folks think, dyslexia may actually
be a positive condition to be appreciated rather than a negative condition
to be remediated.

I wonder what members of this discussion list think. Is dyslexia a condition
that renders one as disabled and entitled to special treatment in education,
or as a superior condition that enables one to stand as a role model for
others to strive to emulate, like Da Vinci, Tom Cruise (?), etc?

Tom Sticht