Disabilities Not Seen
Throughout my child hood up to grade 9 I had a learning disability called dyslexia, I didn't know this, the School didn't know this, my parents didn't know this, I left school because I couldn't read nor write.
The school called me lazy so I became lazy, my parents called me a knuckle head so I stayed in my shell and became a knuckle head. All my siblings where intelligent and treated me as the bum bell.
The dum blond was very popular at that time like Marlon Monroe, maybe she was a dum blond, but where did it get her, only to an early grave "unseen disabilities", maybe she was able to cover it up by becoming one, and her beauty became her tool.
When I left school I knew that I needed find a way to help with the three basics, reading writing and arithmetic. I knew that in my head that I wasn't dum nor a knuckle head and I sure didn't have *sawdust for brains".
There was always a better way for me to learn and I did it on my own that I don't need to go into because their are others here at WA that know me, I have two languages, came to WA to build a website, I am writing and blogging on health and health care, you already know by know that I have two languages read and write them both. "So Let's continue".
I left my own Country and married a University graduate from Central America. His family are teacher, professors, engines, doctors, architects, agriculturalists. I can honestly say I grew up in Costa Rica they got to know "me" and accepted me as the nice good-natured beautiful Canadian girl that married into the family. I grew and learned because their was no obstacles to hurdle over, maybe I was a bit naive but I out grew that as well. I had always dreamed of this kind of environment so maybe this environment I was living in gave me the opportunity to grow.
Only in later life with tribulations did I come to recognize my disability. A dyslexic sees things differently. Like writing backwards seeing the end before the beginning. So to be able to form a sentence was very difficult. I have had to trained my mind to function as what the world finds to be the norm.
A thought would formulate in my head and when I opened my mouth to express that thought my mind would go blank and their was nothing their. To write this page would have taken me most of the day. Because I am correcting and re correcting my grammar but by writing and reading I have come to understand better how to communicate with the written language. I see better the mistakes that I make and am able to correct them. Spelling I thank god for spell check without that I am dead meat.
I also came to understand how I became dyslexic. This might sound funny but my brain was scrambled before I was born. My Mother had an accident while she was carrying me in the whom I took a blow to the head before I was born and a cyst had formed over the right eye that was removed when I was 10 years old. A cyst is a blow to the head that doesn't go away it forms a mass under the skin then hardens and you can only get rid of it by cutting it out surgically.
When the brain is scrambled it will find its own pathways and over time can be corrected if you have the right understanding of the human condition. Science has come a long way to understanding but have had a very hard time correcting, so their are drugs used on these kids that place a band aid on the problem but doesn't correct the problem. Many dyslexics find their brain pathways by themselves like Robert Einstein and, yours truly.
I am no Einstein but have been able to find my path ways and maybe my way has been the better way and not have had to use these drugs that the doctors are handing out like candy to our children. I could go into more depth concerning these disabilities that are not seen but exist and many Parents today do not know their children have learning problems or are in dinile so these children are left out in the cold and acting out.
Only through reading I have been able to find my way and today I have become a published author, creator of my own website, researcher, have over come many obstecals in my path and have come to understand our divine creation.
always a better way
Linda
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Good Morning Linda,
In Holland, when I was young it was called "word blind". I could write well but did not see my own mistakes. The same thing happened with learning other languages. Yes, it is good Grammarly exists, it is a real help. I am sorry to read that when you were young you got labels attached. I did not suffer that, only at school children might say I was stupid.
Look at your personal evolution, it is brilliant!
Abrazo del Sur, Taetske
I count my blessings, I count them one by one I count my many blessings the Lord had done.
You are a treasure one of the many blessings here at WA.
Love and friendship always
Linda
Thank you, Linda, that is sweet of you.
Counting one's blessings is so important. I just finished a post on domestic violence, I never suffered that, yes I am blessed.
Greetings from the south of Spain, Taetske
You are unique, Linda. While reading, I was also thinking I may have some learning capability issue. I cannot do my studies well but somehow I managed to earn my own degree while working full time then. This shows that we humans are different and have our special unique ability where people seeing that as different. To GOD, we are the same :o)
Thank you for sharing, Linda :o)
Terand you truly are a unique person. There is not a sole that is the same, we are all great and all have our special ability’s those that strive to be better their blessings will multiply 10 fold. thanks for your words, I am humbled.
always a better way
Linda
We are all GOD's wonderful creation. I remembered while I was volunteering and helping the autistic kid, I can see their 'talents'. One of them was very talented when he completed the jigsaw puzzle in a very short time. All of us and unique and with our superhero power! It's always a better way if we look at the other angle/perspective. Do take care, Linda! :o)
I’m amazed at your accomplishments. Thank you for posting this, if nothing else has awakened my understanding of disabilities that are not seen...and I agree that there is a better way!
I wish you the best!
Bob
thanks Robert, for reading and accomplishments are only how you handle what life throws at you and only by looking back can you recognize them for what they are, "blessings!"
always a better way
Linda
I wish it was just a story Murray, personal tribulations are sometime hard to share with others. But the out come is real life experiences.
I am know following.
always a better way
Linda
Hi Linda,
I did not in anyway mean to belittle your journey by referring to it as a story. Please forgive me if I offended you.
I am quite familiar with disabilities. I was involved in a serious car accident in 1970 that has left me with life long disabilities I just learned to live with. https://startyourfreeblog.com/about-murray/
Life experience can make us or break us, fortunately for you and I we never gave up!
I am please to know you.
Murray
No Murray you didn't offend me or belittle me. Life happens, it has been a very long time since I that I have felt offended. I think that sometime I will point out to people there chooses of words.
For that I apologize because one of the things I hate most in this world is finger pointing I had no right to do that. But lets look on the bright side.I just meet a fellow Canadian. "SoYa", nice to make your acquaintance Murray.
As I work in a health niche through research I come across some very interesting people. Have you ever heard of the Ice Man. Just recently I began to follow his work, he is a very intriguing personality.
After reading your Bio his work resonated. It is a very long explanation. But I think your recovery had very much to do with the ice bath you were exposed to to save your life, not only to save it gave you new life.
I love how these thing come to me if I had not have said what I did I would not have had the chance to read your Bio. You might be interested to know what I am talking about, look up the WimHof Method his analogue on life is a very important brake though in the Medical World of Holistic Healing. Science is baffled by his findings.Through your own healing you could relate.
always a better way
Linda
Hey Linda I followed your advice and went to youtube and watched the WimHof breathing method video. Thank you so much for the info. I have made some great connections here and now you are at the top of my list of people to know. :-) You are truly an amazing woman. Blessings.
You are strong and wonderfully inspirational! Several family members of mine struggle with autistic spectrum disorders, which is the driving force behind my joining the WA community - to help them have a better life. Thanks for sharing your post!
Trish
Hi Trish nice to make your acquaintance I am know following and thanks for your wonderful comment I feel humbled. We have a lot in common a driving force can be a great burden but at the same time a great blessing.
This force is how I was able to find my afflictions from childhood by researching the afflictions of my daughter and grandson. I hope to see more of you.
always a better way
Linda
Great attitude...we all HVe disabilities of some sort. Learning how to overcome them is a challenge but worth the effort.
Debbie
So true Debbie I appreciate your coming and commenting it nice to reconnect I hope to see more of you.
always a better way
Linda
This is very interesting Linda. I am a bit familiar as an ex boyfriend of mine had dyslexia and my Dad had something that would be called ADD today but when he was a kid in school it was just that he was a "bad" kid that wouldn't sit still.
Your explanation of the rewiring of the brain due to injury is very interesting!
I am glad you have done so well despite your start in life being hard.
Jessica
I can relate to your Father, Jessica, attention deficit is very hard to do through they called them the trouble makers.
What they didn't know back then it was something that they were eating that caused a sensitivity and a in balance in the brain they couldn't help what they where doing and also had problems in learning because there mind was always going in different directions.
But still the medical world only hands out those little pills our kids to get them under control and are not looking to find the root cause.
always a better way
Linda
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Very good Linda! Let nothing stop you from going forward. especially in this place where we can make our dreams become real.
I went to a few Vision and Learning, one hour college credit in one day Symposiums in Denver. One on Dyslexia, we were told that dyslexics sort of see in 3-D when they read. Which could be confusing for anyone. Because of seeing in 3-D you may be better at mechanical things, Seeing from the back to the front, is what you said. In other words you do have a thought process skill, just others don't understand it. It may have taken you awhile to figure your way out as well.
Vision is the way that most people learn. So by 3rd grade you had maxed out your other ways of compensating to learn. Because as I said, the main way to learn is vision.
Vision and seeing are two different things entirely. And many dyslexics are brilliant , or have a brilliant side, if they can unlock their system, and get it to work for them.
I'm following you back, Linda. I have only about 500 in my network in 2 years. I got sick with congestive heart failure and didn't finish training or website, only on lesson 2. I did go to Jay's classes, even though I didn't understand a term, a word he was saying! And I did write back to my network.
I have not done my first post, and this is the 3rd time I've ranked under 200.
So time to change the weak for the strong! Time to overcome. Time to let go of what does not serve you! And time to replace it with that which does serve you!
Someday I want to replace this laptop, because it has something they called "active keyboard" which I hope shamed the makers of it. Because it comes out like dyslexia, and I'm always having to go back and fix stuff! If you don't move the big "I" down below where you are typing, you get ot od lla kinds of corrections. Not kidding!
So welcome Linda, going forward together will be great,
Suzay
Wow Susay, At first I was confused I didn't know what you were writing about or how you knew so much about me. I had to go back and see what blog post you read. because of this blog post is no longer visible.
I have overcome so much but I think it was because I knew that it is invisible to the naked eye. and I could hide behind it. I never gave up I just kept going I know 71 years old it has taken a lifetime to get to where I am today.
I look normal I talk normal but my thought prosses isn't. I remember my struggle with the keyboard that took me forever to learn. Know I write a mile a minute. and my thoughts come and they are not blanked out.
I was able to write a book that I just finished over the Christmas Holidays last year. It took me three years to write It is all about my life and how I overcame all that happened to me.
Not all at once, WA had a play in it and I was very fortunate to find this platform. My site is called always a better way. I took all my work of three years and channelled into a book. So nice of you to look through my work and find this post.
I also seem that you read back in the 200 again since then I am just about back the 100 level. I am in between how to get back to my site I am bewicked because I am very sure how I will continue that is a hole new story.
Always a better way Linda