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Dyslexic Entrepreneurs More Resourceful and Creative
December 09, 2007 at 12:27 PM
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Dyslexia is much more common among small-business owners than even the experts had thought.
The report, compiled by Julie Logan, a professor of entrepreneurship at the Cass Business School in London, found that more than a third of the entrepreneurs she had surveyed 35 percent identified themselves as dyslexic.
Their oral communication looked commendable and so were their problem solving skills. No surprise then the study they were twice as likely to own two or more businesses.
Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that manifests primarily as a difficulty with written language, particularly with reading and spelling. It is separate and distinct from reading difficulties resulting from other causes, such as deficiencies in intelligence, a non-neurological deficiency with vision or hearing, or from poor or inadequate reading instruction. Dyslexia does not affect speech as a rule.
Evidence suggests that dyslexia results from differences in how the brain processes written and/or verbal language. Although dyslexia is the result of a neurological difference, it is not an intellectual disability. Dyslexia occurs at all levels of intelligence, average, above average, and highly gifted.
We found that dyslexics who succeed had overcome an awful lot in their lives by developing compensatory skills, Professor Logan said in an interview. If you tell your friends and acquaintances that you plan to start a business, youll hear over and over, It wont work. It cant be done. But dyslexics are extraordinarily creative about maneuvering their way around problems.
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12/26/2007
Is there any correlation between dyslexia and computer phobia? Everything I have read sounds like someone has been looking over muy shoulder - esp. the part about organizational difficulties, following sequences, etc. I also have a lot of trouble understanding how to use the computer. Even simple things elude me unless I have the proper procedures written down. Is this related to dyslexia?
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