| From: | John Marchant |
| Date: | 8 Aug 2000 at 19:47:13 |
| Subject: | Re: dyslexic Andrew Guard |
Hi Andrew. In a message on 08-Aug-00 15:17:47, you wrote:
>Just a point of intrest here that dyslexic people don't think in letters or
>numbers they profer pictures. The reasion for this is not to well know
>yet. There are some ideas but no hard facts. Some dyslexic have problems
>with shapes as well.
[SNIP]
Interesting posting, Andrew. I've never had a problem with letters
and numbers, but I do have a problem with shapes - specially human
faces, which I heard recently on TV are recognized by a specialized
section of the brain. Yet I could read fluently when I was 4.
Different part of the brain. I have great difficulty recognizing
different characters in a movie or a TV drama. I even have trouble
recognizing my own relations if I see them in a place where I don't
expect them.
A consequence is that I seldom greet friends I meet, as I so often
greeted total strangers who thought I was weird :-) So I wait until
they greet me, I say "Hi" etc., and I examine them while scanning
my mental database.
John
I came, I saw, I had no idea what was going on, so I left
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