Hi
I am Yvonne and in my 40s. I was digonised with Dyslexia Dysprexia 8 years ago when doing my Masters. I was in two minds about the diagonisis as by that stage of my life I had already developed many coping mechnisms and my disorgnastion and c,lumsiness was seen by those around me as just part of my general eccecntricity . I had always been different and wasnt sure what difference the diagonsis would make . It many ways it hasnt made any. My interst now is because my niece who is now 11 was diagonised about 3 years a go . I feel quite angry that so little has changed in the time betwwen I was at school and now. Yes she has a diagonsis but that hasnt made any different to how the school has seen her they feel that she cant achieve and consquently she doesnt . She puts up with the level of bullying and teasing from the other children more than pputs up with actual takes on the messages. Because she has difficulties with organstion when the other children take her things shes thinks shes lost them. When they push her over she thinks shes fallen . The teachers response is the same as when I was at school . Shes just about to go to high school and to make things worse her older sister is a star pupil. In many ways history is repeating itsef . As my older sister was a star too heard many times why cant you be more like your sister.
Although these days I present as a veryconfident independent woman and work in senoir management I still carry the messages from my youth with me. People spend a lot of time telling me how good I am at my job but I am never quite sure . I worry about the long term effect on my nieces self esteem
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