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Dyslexic Authors, un.... ah, well, you've heard the joke

The British Dyslexia Association says that “Dyslexia is best described as a combination of abilities and difficulties which affect the learning process in one or more of reading, spelling, writing and sometimes numeracy/language (skills).” So, if you can’t see “right” and you can’t write “right”, then there’s no sense in trying to be a writer. Right? Wrong. As anyone with a disability knows there are ways to do what you want to, if you’re willing to do a little examination and use creativity and currently available resources. Like Terry Goodkind, Author of the Sword of Truth fantasy series. http://www.terrygoodkind.com/ Goodkind learned early in his life that he suffered from dyslexia, a cause of constant frustration while he was in high school. Question: You have alluded to the fact that you have dyslexia. I have attention deficit disorder. Where would you come from in terms of professional writing, coming from having a learning difference, or disability, or whatever you want to call ...