Stop Climbing, Start Swimming: The hidden advantages of dyslexia: Jonathan Buchanan at TEDxWarwickED

[@jkostka8177]

I have dyslexia.. I graduated last in my class and failed out of college. I'm 46 years old and have a net worth well north of five million dollars. All of the pain I experienced during my childhood still lingers with me today, but has made me who I am today. God Bless!

[@feargalolideadha7477]

left from write

[@Needsleep777]

I’m the same as you 👍 but very very south of 5 mill 😂😂😂😂

[@superymariowest2403]

Very similar here, 23 years old, suffering in University, have painful traumatic memories from growing up.

[@tjm3900]

Same here. I was put in a group of Slow Learners at school, but debt free by the age of 30 and have never looked back. I was fortunate in that my ego would not allow me to believe what I was told, that I would forever be an under achiever.

[@commuterbranchline8132]

I’m 51 years old and just found out yesterday that I’m Dyslexic. Lots of things in my life kinda make sense now….

[@airsickspace9272]

When I was 8 years old I learned I had dyslexia and ADHD. I worked hours after school and sometimes would be absolutely whipped. But due to the hard work of hours and hours of practice I am now seen as the smart kid. It’s weird though knowing my past and seeing my present and imagining the possibilities of my future.

[@WICKEDMAN85]

God I wish I had access to this information when I was at Middle and High School, I was so depressed and resentful or my Dyslexia growing up. I thought it was a bad thing having Dyslexia, rather than seeing it as a asset. I would of lived my youth much differently and not go to University to fit in and trying to meet girls and get laid!! Only now am I truly learning about my Dyslexia and embracing it as a strength. Those videos are so incredible for Dyslexics.

[@kathyiowa]

Thank you for these talks! I am proud to have a dyslexic child. She is very smart, yet we were told she was lazy in school. Homeschool is a great answer for us. I feel sorry for those students who are not served by the system, there is so much potential the schools don't realize, because they teach "inside the box"

[@SionFrench]

A good point. But what happens after homeschool? Or if the parents/caregivers are not able to provide an alternate educational program?

[@hollydawsonjames1999]

Well explained...I agree I am very Dyslexic, was not diagnosed till I was in my mid 30's, I know I have not lived up to my pretention in life due to my Dyslexia, but I am so blessed with talent in art and even story telling. I would love to be able to write my stories one day.

[@1Jbanner]

This is the best view of dyslexia I've seen so far as for once emphasis isn't on reading and writing but more on the bigger picture and how it can affect us in different ways. Everyone else just tells you its reading and writing and I always hated how limited a view that was towards the subject! Great Talk! :)

[@mireille4787]

Jack Hampson exactly! Feel the same way.

[@MsDogleaf]

I agree this one is very good Can’t believe it’s eight years old

[@ainedowdall953]

I'm 12 and I loved school but being dyslexic is so hard but I can and I will became a doctor and I will do well as long as I try hard

[@kyleram2649]

+Aine Dowdall Stay positive and keep working for it

[@ainedowdall953]

+DysAdvantage thanks so much I'll keep going no matter what and I'll use my dysleiax as a gift we need to use it as a gift and not a burden

[@hazelmatheson3830]

Your older than me now and you are on the way to being a doctor. I believe in you.

[@neilsg2001]

Do what interests you. We all have strengths and weaknesses. Play what works and don't over expose your weaknesses.

[@dustinblanchard2124]

Combet medic of 5 years you can do it

[@arialevasseur4752]

I have a dyslexic sister who draws like Picasso........ but because she can't handle school at all....she is left to doing not much with this great ability that she does have. She is also incredibly athletic... played Varsity soccer, ran track, placed in states etc. She is nervous about being in situations where she might be asked to answer a question or read something or fill out a form that she can't decipher. She took drivers ed and drives great but has never even bothered to try to pass the actual reading part of the test. She just can't remember things, but has heightened abilities to remember other things. She is actually really smart. She notices things like someone who might be left alone in a crowd of people. She will feel badly for that one person that maybe no one else would notice. I feel that everything concerning her involves having a lot of money to help her. So many of us don't have that.

[@mostunique5941]

aria levasseur She needs to be pushed. Im dyslexic, and sometimes I need someone to push me a little bit. Not a shove but a reminder. If she can draw well, she should be trying to develop that. Im good at music but no one appreciates it most of the time so I dont bother anymore. Just keep encouraging her, and keeping her challenged. Dyslexia can be a heavy burden or a great gift. But just like super powers, they can be used well or wont be used at all.

[@Sinkoolah]

I'm, as well, dyslexic... and I value my vivid imagination. I love looking at buildings, all built spaces, and seeing what is within. I can see how things stand, and why things fall. I love seeing the way complex systems function and operate. I guess this would explain why I am a visual artist :)

[@WagnerPaivaCCB]

I have one word for you: LIBRIVOX. They have a website and a app, and THOUSANDS of free audiobooks, academic audiobooks even, Kant, Jung, Kierkgaard, Skinner, Decartes, Also great authors, Lovecraft, Poe, Dostoievisk.. It is a great way to improve your background culture without losing hours in a page. The extra culture from audiobooks will make your art even cooler.

[@nataliewatson1992]

I was diagnosed as dysgraphic in my final year of my undergraduate degree. I passed GCSE's with flying colours, but systematically failed all of my A-levels... I was told that I was lazy, arrogant and "not as smart as I thought I was". Having a word for it, is not always the most helpful, but I am trying to learn!

[@mireille4787]

❤ this. This is the first TedTalk on dyslexia that made sense to me.

[@jondavidlloyd1986]

Well done. Thank you for your insightful remarks.

[@dokocatam]

At 15 leaned how to tie my shoelaces. I tied my laces only once and keep it until it loosen by itself. Tie somehting is always a scary experience for me. My dad always telling me why you cant do this and cant do that. I have a bad hand-eye-brain coordination. Started learning how to drive since 14 years old and only at 20 I have the confidence to actually drive. I wont touch manual cars ever again. Bed wetting until 5th grade. Losing balance whenever I play soccer and kick the ball. Being laugh at for clumsiness. I am more into dyspraxia but this video had changed all my perspective. I am now playing with strength rather than trying to correct my weaknesses.

[@411foryou]

Procedures are very difficult for me. So I embraced a year of General Chemistry and I created my own formulas for every problem because I thought 'their has to be an easier way' and surely their was. I'm passing all science classes with A's. We do need to learn how to unlock our own hidden pontential. It took me many years but with the right support system for our youth students, they can succeed in months (if not faster).

[@tincymiller965]

I am reminded of Emerson's words: "do not go where the path may lead. Go where there is not path and leave a trail."

[@nikolugo]

dyslexia runs on my dad's side of the family because most definitely I have it and couple years ago my cousin found out she has it she got diagnosed with dyslexia in her mid-30s and my grandma used to tell us stories about her dad didn't know how to read so after remember what my grandma said about my great grandpa it's starting to make sense to me it was like finding the missing piece to the puzzle

[@umibrahimibrahim4966]

Speaker’s stories on TedX are the exceptions. Any disability needs huge support. The first thing is to get them out of schools. Give their parents the break to be able to address their children’s needs. Find them means to suite the way they learn what they like to learn.

[@MichelleKiwiGirlCrawfordvocals]

I've always had to work very hard for academic achievements and to cope with the workload in my current job but it makes success so much sweeter! That's a great quote at the end, I should participate in some fish type activity soon! 🐠🏊‍♀️

[@iqrak3715]

wow he did a great presentation. made me feel good about myself lol

[@xristianasophiaselfsynthesis]

At last, something worthwhile to watch concerning dyslexia. I do hope the system will eventually stop trying to "correct" what it doesn't yet understand.

[@gureno19]

I was fundamentally useless at school, a failure in the eyes of my Teachers and the education system... However, I excelled in practical learning classes and workshops such as automotive engineering. One of my old teachers still uses me as an example today when dealing with dyslexic children in the classroom... We were all set a task to rebuild these old 1970s straight 6 chevy engines on engine stands in groups of 3s for the term project...however, he made me do mine alone, as i was always a distraction to others and a bit of a clown (little did i know he was testing me) I had mine finished and running in 2 weeks with 8 weeks to spare....Once i got on a role with this old thing, i was working through my lunch breaks, tearing it down and building it up piece by piece...learning as i went. I was 13 years old and It was the first time i ever felt "achievement" in a school setting.....

[@KGDHMF]

This video really opened my eyes

[@TheAnon03]

My experience with Dyslexia as a child was basicly the same as yours (except I had dysgraphia and problems spelling) as a kid I wanted to learn "all the things" then hit a brick wall of having to wait for years before we'd even look at any of that in secondary.

[@regulastolz5923]

L have dyslexia , went twice through Kindergarten , and then got send off to a slower Class witch got pushed around between tow Kantons(States ) and some Family members don't accept-it. But over the years have found my way around . it Some times better other times worse . But God always helped me.

[@ChelseasBliss]

Excellent talk.

[@Fonts4dyslexiaDHP]

One of a kind presentation. Hats off.

[@Ash-bc8vw]

A suggestion to Tedx That please provide the script of the talk because when we (dyslexics) don't understand some word by it's sound we can always look at the script and figure it out Plus other people can translate it to their language

[@sirnic16]

I am happy I have dyslexia.

[@djdoes8899]

sirnic16 me too kinda not really...

[@oodeezydeezy6629]

sirnic16 not me I just wanna be normal

[@hellomynameissadddx6719]

I like the things that help me but I’d rather have those with no dyslexia lol

[@workingmom339]

Great presentation. Stop expecting a fish to climb a tree.

[@natalielamwan]

A really good one and I'm so proud of myself now

[@hanahere13]

hahaha! i was 9 before I could tie my shoe lace and 16 before I could tell time! finally something positive to watch about dyslexia!

[@nemesiobordon6726]

Muy buena charla, aunque me costo algo comprender su ingles. ¡Pero lo logré!

[@2DNoodles]

Great.. another video of "ooo look.. big shiney chest full of information, knowledge, happyness and wealth", but no hint at where the key is or how to unlock it.. seriously theres a million videos out there explaining things about dyslexia but nothing on actualy helping people with it..

[@WagnerPaivaCCB]

I can give you a good hint in 30 seconds: Accommodation in the class makes a lot of difference: if the teacher does not make the student read out loud or go to the blackboard, or expose his grades, a lot of stress is taken out and this alone improves learning quite a bit. The initiative can come from the teacher or the student, who can comunicate to the teacher about his condition. A amazing tool to improve reading is AUDIOBOOKS, Audible and Librivox (free) are sources of audiobooks. You can even read the Bible and listen to it in audio with free apps, if you are into scriptures. If you´re not, Librivox has thousands of books, even in philosophy, in audio. Get them in paper and do the multisensorial combo. Watching movies with captions also help. These few hints WORK.

[@ltrinhmuseum]

Then you need to research differently. I have found many videos, articles and research papers by scientist talking about learning strategies for dyslexic people. Try to ask yourself, What passionate and credible person can help me with this, and where can I find them on the internet? This helps you find the right sources. Use Google to navigate the internet, be critical when you use it as an orcale.

[@krecikowi]

@@WagnerPaivaCCB Do you understand that school accommodating will be over when you finish school and get a JOB. I have dyslexia. NOBODY thinks about me as a dyslectic person now, they compare me to regular people...

[@FangfangWorld]

I totally agree, everybody is talking about what is dyslexia, dyslexia is a gift, how many famous people have dyslexia etc. But nobody really gives a solution, so what's the point. As a mom of a dyslexia child, we know much better than anyone about dyslexia, but we only need a practical method to help our kids.

[@idaklymr]

There is no answer. No two dyslexics are the same. The struggle to learn in normal school makes us stronger. The shame of poor grades had to be dealt with but you have to find your own path. I really needed permission to find my path. I struggle on the normal pathways but Excel outside the lines. Permission to color out of the lines is the most important thing to take away

[@Bropro66]

I think its a Gift! Now find your gift!

[@geoffreybudge6499]

Awesome mate, i have dyslexia and so dose my son i think forcing him to do something that his brain is not designed to do is doing more damage then good, we need schools for growing Inventors & Scientists Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders not based just on reading and writing. in the uk around 4% of people are severely dyslexic and a further 6% have mild to moderate dyslexia there country’s prison population 80% of prisoners have dyslexia or poor writing skills,

[@colleyhbilly]

“A lion stuffed into a horse-stall might look like a peculiar joke, but a lion on the high plains was something very different”

[@1013AM]

This is so true 😞

[@nittanymitch]

Yes as a teacher with dyslexia I feel we need to create kinesthetic learning based schools for these types of learners.

[@wilizemaleombho1170]

thank you

[@anakinORDER66]

Agreed, That is what I am doing right now.

[@squirrelbrains2197]

He says you should not expect schools to change to cope with students with dyslexia. In my experience, ignoring your instructors, to study a subject in a way that works for you, tends to upset the instructors. I would like more instructors to accept that some students learn differently.

[@josedanielherrera7115]

Amazing, thanks

[@agrizhapuspita3472]

He is so handsome.

[@whittle755]

my dyslexia is one of the main leading causes to my *suicid*

[@Gnxq45]

Nicely Done!

[@dyslexiamountains343]

Well said!!!

[@CharlotteFairchild]

NO two are the same? Unique like everyone else? Search for a few of the puzzle pieces he hands you. No recipe here, just idea soup. Dolly Parton said, "We cannot change the wind. We can adjust our sails."

[@DyslexicAdvantage]

Way to go Jonathan!

[@filippodomenicoquarta8315]

So right!!!

[@alexisfashiondesign8044]

I have a question I'm 16 years old I've always struggled with dyslexia I want to be a psychologist I just don't know how to combat my dyslexia how do you guys do it

[@rhysthomas623]

Ah shit i lost concentration................. Don't suppose anyone has the cure for dyslexia ? Finding it difficult to start my business. I've just today started using Grammarly on my PC. Seems to be quite useful! Any other tips out there?

[@WagnerPaivaCCB]

Yes, using tons of audiobooks, listen to audiobooks instead of music, great way to get info in less time. Listen to then while running, resting, whatever. Audible and Librivox are great sources, Librivox has a app and it is free. Also, reading a book while listening to it in audio improves dyslexic vocabulary and spelling. Watching movies and series ALWAYS with captions on helps a lot. That means everytime you sit down to watch Narcos or Walking Dead you will improve your vocabulary a bit. These WORK.

[@noelleroberts-mok6755]

Brilliant!

[@mattmorris2141]

Ouch...Albert Einstein didn't say that! But I appreciate the effort and perspective.

[@jonathanjollimore4794]

I got punished for trying to swim I was told to sit down shut up and like climbing sadly

[@roland20002000]

Can some one please point me in the direction of genuine help with dyslexia. It's all well and good knowing the potential is there but it's no help if you can't get on in life enough for that potential to be worth anything?

[@idaklymr]

I'm 45 dyslexic and smart. I can build a house from the foundation to the roof but because of dyslexia I can't run a business. I've got tons of skills and knowledge in a ton of different fields. I've been a teachers aid teaching math very successfully yet I can't do the math because I swap numbers if I look away from the paper. Im getting by but I want to excel. I watch these videos so I will keep pushing keep trying to find a solution. I pick up tricks from some but mostly just the motivation to keep going.

[@SkreltNL]

Why is this never told to me at school

[@max-andrewmcmillan4235]

mmm, well you know all about it, but no story, I feel your dyslexcia was and is mild. But as it is, Try growing up in England and Scotland with Dyslexcia in the very early sixties. One spend a lot of time crying, not due to the learning disorder, but the pain of being beaten everyday, with lots of lovely tools that teachers had at the time, fencing foil, belts, weighted spilt cain, walking sticks. Hockey sticks, cricket bats, wow and worst one of all, the hair brush. Ahh laddie you had it easy.

[@jamessnipes3674]

+Max-Andrew McMillan ya i got beat for not trying all the time i still can barly read and spell but a a plus im a collage grad :)

[@max-andrewmcmillan4235]

Dude i feel for u. Its a nightmare no one real)y understands.

[@iglowinthedark3645]

am inspired earlier today through a pity party over my dyslexia but the truth is if someone offered to take it a way i will say no

[@captainspooky2906]

I'm dyslexic and I'm allergic to dogs, cats, bunnies, and anything that can shed. i want to become a veterinarian when i grow up. i love animals and god. but sometimes it feels like God does not want me to be a veterinarian because of my dyslexia and allergy.

[@anniewilliams9317]

Evelyn Roach if he plants the seed in your head you can do it

[@VetLearningCurve]

I have dyslexia and allergy, but I still try my best to complete my DVM studies. Done DVM. Don't feel discouraged. Keep going until succeed.

[@Jewels_8404]

Teachers don’t help. 2 of my 4 children are dyslexic as am I. I’m paying tuns of money to a private school and no accommodations are being made. I’ve been fighting this for a year and have gotten nowhere with them.

[@idaklymr]

Private schools often don't have as much money to hire extra teachers as you might think. Despite charging lots of money they don't all makes lots of money. Private church schools often struggle financially so trying to send teachers to conferences about special needs just does not happen.

[@sewingmistakesunlimited]

Try epic homeschool. It has helped my son a ton. Get mindplay and success maker for math. You decide what your kid needs to learn. We still have struggles after 2 years, But, the progress is well worth the struggling.

[@mesh_kumar]

Awesome! Well done buddy!! Massively impressed!

[@clare.conservation98]

team reading is great but processing stuff is hard *high fives screen*

[@mimishah9231]

i have dyslexia, anxiety disorder and ocd

[@loriek7819]

So does my daughter, age 13. Its a challenge.

[@sarat4685]

I have Dyslexia and I don't know what to do with my life. my university tell me they will expel me from university. what do you think I should do?

[@stihlnz]

I only figured out how a reef knot could be incorporated into a shoe lace a few years ago .... I'm 63 .. I have a commercial helicopter and fixed wing licence ... I do all right... sorry i'm Left.

[@jdgroom7]

I loved this!

[@edktpo]

write*

[@xalian17]

Ever notice how EVERY Ted talk about the "science behind how to learn as a dyslexic" devolves into a subjective approach of "how I limp and crutch around, but hey, steve jobs was dyslexic!" (which that myth has been thoroughly debunked."

[@coyoteroadkill]

I had to laugh when you mentioned learning to tie your shoes. I was 8 years old before I could, and this only because I had a very patient mother who worked with me. I still tie a bow crooked. I think my dyslexia is about where yours is. I can read...I just read very slowly. I misspell words I know how to spell. But everyone seems to think I have a great imagination. The trade offs are worth it. I wrote a blog on writing with Dyslexia at scablander.blogspot.com

[@myrh-handbook4080]

Maybe mears irlens overlapping.

[@takeshikovacsn2761]

How could anyone know if da Vinci was dyslexic? seriously?

[@scottknighton6076]

I fail every grade up to the 8th grade, drop out at the 8th grade. Could not do it..

[@kennethhenry2151]

have you been diagnosed

[@youngmoney9607]

I dont no what type of gift I have😞plzz help

[@Empirecitycosplay]

Right there with ya!

[@anikazk]

It took me a long time to tie my shoelaces as well

[@silniewenweg3491]

I do havo and i have dislexia have is the second most best studie in the netherlands only 1.5% of the children do it

[@Get2KnowJesus1]

The bible verse is taken from Matthew 13: 12 ♥♥♥

[@kittykittybombomb143]

Hehe. He's good looking :3 and yes im dyslexic and I hate it but thanks to him. I can at least look at the bright side :D

[@Imashedjesscarabbit]

Your not alone i surfer from it as we'll it's like a curse.

[@daniewithane1454]

kittykittybombomb143 :) Right!!! "now i just have to find out what im good at"

[@kyleram2649]

+kittykittybombomb143 I used to hate being Dyslexic but now i've discovered all the benefits I would never change it.

[@survivaldude29]

2022

[@ShaneRodarte]

If you took the word dyslexic and change it to say, black, or Hispanic. What would you think he was talking about,an then added that a large percentage of us are school drop out and in jail. (That is a fact, look it up.) What would you say then. 1/3 of the most influential people on the globe are Dyslexians. No longer should we play or obey to the 2D's (That is what I cal them, 2 denominational) We are dyslexian, and we need to stop playiing by there rules and create are own.

[@SionFrench]

A minority is still a minority, creating a different system for a minority is probably not going to help much without the majority buy in.

[@savannasmuaythai]

Just keep swimming..🐳

[@feargalolideadha7477]

left from write

[@elizabethjanetugby4695]

💖

[@huntermoore3884]

Albert Einstein was not dyslexic

[@fernandomayorga8760]

We are going to have to save the normies from themselves. After getting left in the dust by our educational system.

[@takeshikovacsn2761]

does this generic talk about how ADHD or Dyslexia is more of a gift and not a challenge make anyone else squirm?

[@takeshikovacsn2761]

Yeah, this new b.s now, of pressuring already challenged kids and their parents into thinking that must be special and they have to achieve something special ......because they are gifted apparently.

[@anitablake4439]

It doesn't sound like you are/were ever Dyslexic, if you didn't/haven't had a reading/spelling problem. It seems with the attention, shoe tying, ect. issues are more along the lines of Dyspraxia. Or maybe an underline issues of Sensory processing perhaps, but certainly not Dyslexia.

[@dragonoftaters]

+anita Blake He may have dyspraxia, but dyslexia, dyspraxia, and dysgraphia as well as ADHD often go together. I personally have dyslexia, but it doesn't affect my reading and spelling as much as it does my speech, concentration, and fine motor functions. The way the dyslexic brain is wired can often cause neurons to be attached to areas that they shouldn't, so the motor area of the cortex being attached to the language processing center. This can result in signals being lost or sent to the wrong processing center and cause unexpected and seemingly unrelated effects. What he has is actually quite similar to what I struggle with. I love to read, and don't make many mistakes, but I struggled to learn to tie my shoes, remember sequential information, and speak without stumbling over my own thoughts or the pronunciation of words. No two dyslexics are the same. It is a spectrum, much like autism is.

[@SClerckx]

I recognise most of the things I struggle with in your description. Good to know I'm not alone :)

[@DadsAnime]

How do you find what your good at though -_-

[@modimplez]

Hey Duck, bit of a flashback first...I came to terms with the fact that i have slight to moderate dyslexic and ADHD conditions (meaning for most of the times my spelling or reading is not exactly horrible but every so often I read slowly and have to trace what I read with my fingers so I don't get lost, and read the same line at least 3 times before I comprehend what the heck it's saying) but unsurprisingly a much higher than average IQ proficiency when I moved to Australia because of the extra resources around to teach about all this stuff, I originally come from Tanzania, East Africa and from quite an endowed family as well which proves that the only thing lacking back home is generally the education surrounding the existence of such gifts (they're not really disorders in my opinion) and what they mean in terms of the future of the person who has them...I found out what I was good at by not fighting what my mind was focusing on at particular points in time instead of maybe what i was supposed to be doing at that time because they almost always converge to a common interest, for me it was a fascination in nature and all kinds of technology from a very early age, but I could only know this about myself after I realized I wasn't just dumb or stupidly demotivated as I initially thought of myself based on the academic norms instilled in me when growing up.

[@Imashedjesscarabbit]

How does your life, story help him found out what is good at

[@fer41040]

There is no such passage as Matt. 35:39. Right out of the gate he lost me

[@jonathanbuchanan2639]

Matthew 25:29

[@Bropro66]

He lost me at dyslexia..Lol

[@markreynolds7890]

yea dyslexics learn starting with the macro rather thn the micro. i mean y wuld any one waste thr time trying to learn some thing thn find find out thr nt intrested in it ? non dyslexics r fuking thik, ther good @ taking orders and following procedures but trying to explain something in its entirety to one and u quickly relies yor nt th thiko. but hy thy probly gt a a gold star in spelling ...yay lol

[@FangfangWorld]

Great.. another video of "ooo look.. big shiney chest full of information, knowledge, happyness and wealth", but no hint at where the key is or how to unlock it.. seriously theres a million videos out there explaining things about dyslexia but nothing on actualy helping people with it..