Words are Tools

Words are an author’s or is it authors ... tool. 

We’re supposed to wield them with absolute precision, as any professional in their field would.

What happens when an author spells something wrong?

What happens when the wrong punctuation is used?

What happens if no one knows that the author could have a learning disability?

What happens when a person with a reading or learning disability loves to do one thing…write. Even though that person hated English class, and everything about it.

What if that person remembers what a verb is…is because of those commercials on TV? VERB it’s an action.

What if that person has no idea what a run on sentence is?

And no matter how many times, someone can explain it to them, they have to write it down in order to remember it.

It’s frustrating and embarrassing, because they know, their words are not coming out correctly. 

And even though it’s wanted, it’s hard to join in on online chats with others, for fear that, they may spell a word wrong, or more than one word wrong.
What if people look at them differently because they spelled a word or words wrong?
What if they do join in, they may not talk much, maybe a one or two word reply to most posts, and maybe smiley faces.

How many authors out there have ever thought about this?
How many authors have a reading or learning disability?
How many authors have family with a reading or learning disability?

I am a certified tutor for The Barton Program. I once tutored children and adults with Dyslexia.

Dyslexia is a reading disability that can be mild to profound and severe. Dyslexia is often accompanied with other disabilities, such as SPD (Sensory Processing Disorder), Dyscalculia (Math’s dyslexia), Dysgraphia (Writing), and ADD, or ADHD. The list can go on, and on.

Dyslexia is genetic and can pass from one generation to the next. One brother may have ADHD, the other may have Dyslexia.

Dyslexia is in my family.

To learn more about The Barton Program, you can go to:

www.BrightSolutions.US

Teenagers, Reading & Self-Respect Quotes

In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.  ~Jane Haddam

He that respects himself is safe from others; he wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.  ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time.  They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.  ~Quentin Crisp

If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance.  ~Al Bernstein

When buying a used car, punch the buttons on the radio.  If all the stations are rock and roll, there's a good chance the transmission is shot.  ~Larry Lujack

When the boy is growing he has a wolf in his belly.  ~German Proverb


Ha, ha gotta love those quotes on teenagers. Mine is going on Seventeen and I have to say, the best kid in the world! 

We not only went to the library yesterday, where we checked out four books, bought three in their book store but also went to Books-A-Million and spent over $75.00. 

I don't mind buying any kind of book. If asked Mom will purchase :-) My teenager happens to be severe to profound dyslexic and we've come a loooong way. So when asked if a book or several can be bought, I never say no. :-)     

Here's to a wonderful Sunday!! Read lots and stay healthy!!

C~ 

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