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Colin
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Date Posted: 08:46:19 03/15/12 Thu
Like Malcolm has already said you shouldnt feel ashamed Dyslexia is a disability and should be treat as such. Firstly a little background on me, im in the armed forces and have served all over the country and in most conflicts since 1991, I joined the forces from school because i was never given the chance to find out why i was different to everyone else (asking lots of questions and being shot down for doing so) i did my best but that was never good enough but i knew my strengths were in my fitness and love of sport. Moving on slightly my job in the forces didnt really call for the use of study or to many qualifications, that is until 1999 when i took on a new trade and began training to be an Engineer, then further training in 2002, it was like being at school again, however i wrote a very long informative letter about myself for the instructors, one of them picked up on my need to give a lot of information in one place and also that i used bad grammer and capital letters with small letters all in one and each word, I was 33 and told after an initial test i was Dyslexic, like the woman in an earlier post i felt very relived and emotional that i at last had a reason why the very basic stuff was such a problem, i was given further test by a professional from the Dyslexia centre who wrote a report which i take everywhere with me on every course i do and new unit or job i go to. Dont feel ashamed be proud of yourself because rest assured you work alot harder each day doing normal stuff others without take for granted. I personally still have a long way to go and retire from service in the next 18months but at the moment have myself enrolled onto Maths, English and a computer course this year and have every intention of applying for others as they come along, you will be in a classroom of only a few and everyone will be suffering one of the many different levels of our personal Dyslexia. Contact your local college or Adult learning centre via your council services. I hope you can see ive composed this reply with few spelling mistakes, i couldnt do this 18months ago and incase your maths are as bad as mine im now 43. If you hav'nt done so by now get yourself a proper test done and professional report done, it makes you so much more able to cope and you will possibly surprise yourself what you have on offer or avialable to you
Good bless you all and keep digging
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