Thursday, May 8, 2014
Words in Pictures
Recently, we were to attend a Graduation at the
University of GA for my Niece. I was speaking with my Nephew he and he told me,
“I am pretty sure it will be crowded, so I will meet you inside the
Auditorium.” He went on to say, “If it’s not crowded I will meet outside near
the front door, in front of the steps.”
Let’s stop right there. In the previous text, how did you
dissimulate that information?
Did you just understand those instructions? Or, did you
see the whole picture?
No, it is not a trick question, and it was a topic of
discussion with my wife and I.
Let me explain, while researching Dyslexia I ran across
this post http://www.happydyslexic.com/node/9.
The post/article under the heading “Dyslexics think in pictures instead of
words” hit me like a ton of bricks. I had read this many times but it was not
until I was reading this in conjunction with the phone call did I understand
what I was seeing and what I was hearing.
As he was telling me that he would be inside if it was
crowded, I saw him, I saw the auditorium, I saw carpet, walls, hallways and
crowds of faceless people milling about. I actually saw it, I did not just
leave it with the words.
In the next breath he stated that he may be outside next
to the steps. Well, again I saw the whole picture…him standing there in a
jacket hands in pockets, the building, glass, trees, steps, concrete…everything.
I exclaimed “That’s it!”
I turned to my wife and told her the same thing that our
Nephew had just told me. I asked her if she saw anything or did she just understand
the words/instructions? Answer: She just understood and did not need to draw a
picture or go into detail.
What amazed me is that I saw the colorized version in
remarkable detail in seconds, and if given a few more seconds I would have
drawn in more details.
My wife asked me why would I do that, I responded, “Heck,
I thought everyone did that.”
The next question that followed was, “If you never have
been there how do you know what it looks like?” Answer: I don’t, but that does
not make any less real or change my thought process. I draw the image as I
think it will be. It does not matter what it actually is, and when I do see it
in person, there are usually enough similarities there. So, in essence it does
not matter to me. I know that sounds strange, but that is how it is.
To confirm it was not a fluke, I tried a similar scenario
with a colleague at work. The results were the same.
So, what can I draw from this and what can you take away?
It is that while you are talking to me or someone else with Dyslexia, it may
take a few more seconds for us to grasp than you, but understand that we are
creating the word, instructions, phrase or story in Pictures or Hollywood
Movies as you tell it. We see the pictures; we do not follow the word.
What are your thoughts?
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Dyslexia,
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How a Dyslexic See's
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