Weakness is their Greatest Strength

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), more commonly known as dyslexia is disability found in mostly children.  Kids with the disability have problem with inattentiveness, over-activity, impulsivity, or a combination of both. A problem found in an estimated 1/10th of the American children (mostly male) and more than 6% of the US population.

It is believe that people with dyslexia might have a above average intelligence. They might not be able to pay attention in school which results in bad academic outcomes, but they grow up to be a great innovators. There were many people diagnosed with dyslexia, that became something much more in their adulthood like: Albert Einstein, Leonardo Da Vinci, Thomas Edison, Pablo Picasso, George Washington. More modern examples ranges from: actor Tom Cruise, athlete Magic Johnson, entrepreneur Charles Schwab, musician Cher, writer Andrew Dornenburg, and much more.

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I've always thought dyslexia was a kind of mental retardation, but it would seem that was not the case. I know of someone that that has mental retardation, and thought he was ganna be the next big architect, cause his father was an architect. But the thing with kids that have dyslexia is that they have hard time understanding written language, a very common symptom is reading words backward.

However, could that weakness is their greatest strength? Pediatric neurologist, Sally Shaywitz believes that their inability to decode letters, is often accompanied by "a sea of strength" in analytic thinking, reasoning, and creativity. Because they are forced to focus extra hard on solving particular problem, and seek alternative ways to solve a problem. They tend to "think outside the box", which is a description/characteristic embedded to creative people.

And is thats what dyslexia do? People believe  they rob children of the left brain, dominated by logical cognition processes that manages things like reading and other learning skill favored in school. But in return pays the right brain that manages more inventive, ambitious, and creative processes.