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A Performance Creatively Shows the Life of a Dyslexic

This grade school performance shows what it's like to be have dyslexia in school.

In this enlightening video, a group of grade school students perform a story from the perspective of a dyslexic child. Using music, visuals, and monologues, they showcase the normal, but problematic misunderstandings and emotional responses that happen between dyslexics and non-dyslexics. The performance displays a single child’s world while in the classroom, showing us what he sees in his book while we see what he is missing.

As the boy’s sincere attempts turn into inevitable failure, social isolation and disdain soon follow. But the performance uses this to illustrate what dyslexics must live with, as it compares different behaviors with insights into the mechanics of the condition. This creative approach to the subject makes it clear that dyslexics are insightful and have a fantastic imagination.

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Key takeaways

  1. This is a creative performance showing the general experiences and challenges of a dyslexic children.
  2. Oftentimes, dyslexia is seen as a liability. But they also have talents such as: they highly are insightful, fantastic imagination, perceive multi-dimensionally.
  3. The performance also showed the famous people who became successful in their respective fields despite having dyslexia, such as Thomas Edison, Vince Vaughn, Richard Branson, Henry Ford, and others.

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Laura Lurns · Learning Success expert Writes about the learning brain for parents who want plain answers. Every article is grounded in current neuroscience and classroom practice.