<p>My oldest is dyslexic, as are many incredibly successful people. School is an entirely different environment than work. She is very successful at work, already, but has not been asked to write any ten page papers with thesauraus words in them.</p>
<p>One of the huge benefits for her of being dyslexic is 95% auditory recall, really pithy and accurate writing (why bother with extra sentences) and an ability to memorize anything the first time she reads it (rather than have to read it again.)</p>
<p>She makes amazing presentations, well spoken, well presented, is given more and more responsibilities, juggles all sorts of tasks, but she just cannnot spell. Everyone who works with her knows she cannot spell. She’s a good bad speller, it’s all phonetic, etc… But, she still can’t and never will. Does this matter? I imagine if she was a copy editor or a book editor it might. As it stands? No problem. </p>
<p>She has a special extremely rigorous (extremely expensive, too!) software which checks grammar and spelling at a really fundamental level… always highlights the their/there words to make sure she chose the right one. Etc… </p>
<p>She owns the software and would never ask an employer to buy it, but she did ask if she could download it on her work laptop. Boss laughed and said, "Yes! Please!)</p>
<p>In the end, given what she does, her dyslexia is actually an asset in her real life, though it was a PITA in school. She managed a very high GPA by working about three times as hard as anyone else. She is sooooo glad school is over for a few years before she has to go to grad school.</p>