dyslexia - does it give bad short term

Deals_2

memory too? someone recently told me these are some of the characteristics of dyslexic people - but then i heard that Richard Branson is dyslexic and if it was such a struggle he would not have made it.
thanks in advance for any tips.

DKLS

Not sure about STM, but there are some positives characteristics to Dyslexia, the best graphic designers and creative talent I have come across are dyslexic.

Admittedly I have to get somone else to do the proof reading, but as for generating great ideas and copy, its Dyslexia sufferers all they way

youngie

my sons are dyslexic yes they do have a problem with short term memory but they overcome this by repeating things so it imprints on thier long term memory which is greater than mine

LilMissEmmylou

most definitely! i have a memory like a sieve short term unless i just sit and focus focus focus on that one thing

Sagz_2

For sure!
I used to think I was just a dippy blonde who couldn't follow directions (you know the sort of thing: turn left at the lights, 2nd right and then left at the roundabout... I'd just drive and hope!) then I read on a Dyslexia website that short term memory problems were also part of dyslexia. Reading maps can also be a problem for some of us Dyslexics too - thank god for satnav!

natmour

It really depends how much the dyslexia effects you and what it effects. Also there are a lot of very intelligent people out there who are dyslexia. Some people are only effected by some of the characteristics of dyslexia.

Princess_Jane

My fella is dyslexic and he is brilliant at problem solving and designing things.

His memory is pretty good too, expect when I ask him to do some chores while I'm at work, lol.

floss2

My DS2 is dyslexic - only discovered at 19 years of age after a test at uni....funny how he wasn't when I asked for tests to be done at primary & high schools...:rolleyes:

Anyway, his STM is carp.....he has resorted to carrying a notebook everywhere with lists - just like his dear old mum does (but that's coz I'm getting older!) It's quite funny to hear someone say "I'm writing it on my list" when he's not yet 21! He always has to read his lists though - approx 25% of what he writes is illegible.

bookduck

I work in a large IT department and half of the staff are dyslexic. We all suffered from short term memory loss, but some think it is alcohol induced.

Dyslexics do tend to view things in strange ways. I'm 47 and still do not know my right from my left. When someone asked me to turn right (or left) I have to asked myself which hand do I write with!

My colleague finds reading books and maps hard, but I do not. On the other hand he can tell left from right. The wierd thing that sometimes you see something blatantly obvious, yet so many people miss or overlook it.

Be side spelling and now realizing I'd never be a rally driver, I actually see it as more of a blessing than an curse

beer_tins

Apparently it is not unusual for dyslexics to have autism and vice versa. That doesn't mean all dyslexics are autistic of course!

Sagz_2

(whooops a daisy)