'Growing up with ADHD and dyslexia is like building a house from the top down: The roof is being completed and you haven’t even finished pouring the concrete for the foundation.'
As a child with dyslexia, I had to develop incredible compensatory techniques. For instance, words frequently eluded me in conversation. Talking to me was like playing a championship round of Super Password: I could describe the meaning of a word so articulately that I would put Noah Webster to shame, but I often couldn’t seize the particular word for which I grasped. As for my ADHD, I wrote everything down as soon as I heard it and proofread all my work intensively.
No one could believe how quickly Andrew began to dispose of his bad habits once I started working with him, least of all me. I had no idea that by witnessing his avoidance techniques and explaining to Andrew the tactics that had become second nature to me, I became more aware of my own power and intellectual prowess.
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