Living with dyslexia
hi my name is vico
and i’m dyslexia and i’m here to tell
you that having dyslexia is okay
i’m going to tell you my story of how i
overcame dyslexia
but first if you have dyslexia i want
you to remember this
that there are so many people like you
that have dyslexia and that are doing
amazing things
what is dyslexia you ask well
dyslexia affects parts of the brain in
languaging process
which can make it harder to do english
reading
knee hand writing some other languages
like spanish and sometimes math for me
it has made it harder
to do reading and
neat handwriting and sometimes i get
jumbled up in my words
in year one i started noticing that so
many people
i mean in year one i started noticing
that remembering how to spell it was
very hard compared to my classmates
although i practiced a lot more than
they did it felt
very unfair or because they still got it
right and i got it wrong
it’s not easy to be me but i still put
in the effort
or to improve my english skills
don’t let dyslexia get you down because
there are so many
people that haven’t did you know also
famous people have it
one of them are famous people albert
einstein
he dyslexia and he still changed the
world
here are three steps that i hope will
help you as they helped me
one get someone to help you
you might think at first you don’t need
help and you can do it
but trust me you will need help the
people that helped
me were miss o’connor and adam
my tutor they helped me by giving me
phrases
for like said for instance said
people that don’t have dyslexia might
think
that it says an easy word it’s only four
letters
but people that have dyslexia that’s a
whole different story
as it can be hard in many ways
here is a phrase that they gave me
snakes and insects dance it is easy to
remember
or and it is is
fun to use if you take the first letter
from all those four words it can be
really easy
two practice and persevere
practicing will be hard especially if
it’s a long piece of writing
or a piece or
something that you have to rehearse
but don’t let that get you down practice
and persevere is makes perfect
as if you persevere it means
that you’ll never give up
so you should always persevere
so in english work
or or any type you’ll always have a
finished
nice piece of work in front of you
three have fun with it practicing and
having those
special lessons in and out of school
might seem tough
as there are so many things things you
need to do
but just have fun with it if we go back
to the phrases that i was talking about
use pictures or maybe a stuffed toy
that might remind you how to spell it or
someone or something
that can make it easy fun and
make it so that you can remember in an
instant
i hope you use these and i hope
that it helps you overcome dyslexia
thank you for listening to my ted talk