The Gift of Dyslexic Thinking | Richard Coope | TEDxFrensham

[erinputney]

Well snap. Years of feeling less than adequate, just to realize it is a super power 😊 thank you for sharing!

[femdev]

Thank you! You just explained to my son why his recently confirmed dyslexia is a ‘learning difference, not a learning difficulty’, that it does not destroy his life but rather is a beautiful added value.
With 12 years he already saw his life as a failure after so many years of struggling. Now he has hope. I cannot thank you enough for your words! 💖

[kylee]

Thank you for this message and this amazing work, I got diagnosed with dyslexia in second grade and grew up always knowing I thought differently than everyone else. This made me smile so much today because I just graduated from college and have been on the job hunt specifically for that creative space where my thoughts can be understood and used to make a change, and after watching this video I know that not only does space exists for me, but it's growing! To anyone else who thinks like me, who happens to find this random comment, just know with the right amount of perseverance, perspective, and creative thinking we can change the world bit by bit❤

[elainenaturinda]

Thank you so much Richard Coope. It’s a blessing to watch this. Your life story is very similar to mine but instead it’s my dad. I have recently found out I have dyslexia I’m 20, but I will forever take on the world w the words I’m more than the words I find difficult to spell. ❤️

[kateszablewska]

Kablammy!!! :)Thank you, Richard! Our son was just diagnosed with dyslexia. Your talk is very inspiring and encouraging!!! Thank you for sharing!!

[travisman]

I spent 27 years on this planet and I can relate to so much of this. I had a hard time in school and I found these videos on YouTube the really inspiring not that I’m not successful now it’s just I always was self-conscious because of my spelling and grammar was not very good at my work ethic was very good. Time but I’ve always been afraid to look it up. For some reason I didn’t want to learn about it. I’m glad I just randomly started to look into it because it makes a lot of sense on why my brain works. The way it dose

[Ruffest]

Same happened to me, primary school said I "will never do anything where reading or writing is concerned" went to high school and got instant help. I've learnt to deal with my dyslexia and I now write safety documents for a living 😂 I wouldn't change it for anything.

[FPSZeb]

Teared up a few times watching this growing up being told you're lesser or broken so many times you actually start to believe it.

[KindQuotes]

You are inspiring ❤ I heavily rely on digital support as spell checking or calculation. School was a true challenge with teachers always trying to put me down in front of other students, yet I had stronger links with different parties. I always felt we are different and my strength helped me in other areas of life and work, where “high IQ and MBA” colleagues couldn’t connect dots, be empathetic or understanding. I trust we all deserve the same respect and our differences only compliment each other. No one should be considered less. The world is more beautiful with differences we have and we should support and uplift each other.

[nikolugo]

I try my best to not look at this as a bad thing it's kind of hard not to because all the bad memories I had grown up keep coming back

[scottsmith]

Thank you for the explanation. I’m 53 and just learned 8 years ago that I have DD. I was. I was doing a study to identify DD in student.
When you were explaining your learning in grade school just like me, we were put into a special learning class!! Of corse these special teachers didn’t know that we had DD and certainly did not know how to help us learn!

[charlottearty]

Thats me!!! The incredible ideas i have you have brought to my attention - omg i love this talk i thank you!!

[nancymartin]

Gosh, what a brilliant & beautiful story! Here for my children… definitely see it as a beautiful blessing & super power!

[emmawaghorn]

This is amazing I am going to share this on my Uni padlet and THANK YOU

[Red-Feather]

I like the way he has to read his cards. True dyslectic

[michellebarbour]

Great talk. Very honest and loved the neuro-science. Maybe in future, similar talks, some of us female dyslexics could appear on the screen of 'amazing dyslexics'? You might include - Cher, Whoopi Goldberg, Agatha Chrtie, Octavia Spencer, Ann Bancroft..to name a few.

[ruslanbip]

dyslexic is the root of all troubles i face in life

[matthewvinsonhaler]

I can attest to it! I’m dislexic and I came up with BananzaBooglieBob!

[mdyvjxc]

"SUPERCALIFRAGIEXPIALDOSUSH"
I swear that was the word I came up with. And Grammerly accepted it? 😀

[DaDez]

I met this man once at a lecture and approached him after the talk, offering my hand out and to have a casual chat. I believed him to be a nice, helpful and approachable man. However, his facade changed after I did so; he came across as rude and dismissive and quickly moved me away to another person and began controlling me what to say to the other person, before briskly leaving. It ended up being an awkward and forced chat with someone else that I hadn't anticipated and I felt kind of rubbish from how I was spoken to by Mr Coope.