DYSLEXIA THE NEXT GENERATION. (BC1005 FILMING + EDITING)
WHY DID I CHOOSE DYSLEXIA AS MY INDIVUAL PROJECT?
I choose to do my individual project on Dyslexia, as it is something I have suffered from all my life, although its only very recently that I have been formally diagnosed as “dyslexic”
Through doing my individual documentary it is my hope to education & inform non dyslexics in an entertaining way about dyslexia, in a bid to bust many pre-conceptions people have about dyslexia. For instance “she cant read or spell, she has an attention span of a Nat ……. So she must be “stupid”, “thick” & “Lazy” Far from it in many cases we have a much higher IQ than non-dyslexics, it is just our problems with reading, writing, spelling, maths, short term memory etc that mask our true intellect. (please remember ….. No two dyslexics are alike either!!! We all have our individual abilities!!!)
There are 6 million dyslexics in the UK, that is 10% of the British population. My personal project portrays dyslexia in a positive light!!! I concentrate on what we were are extremely good at, for instance the ability to see things in 3d, our ability to see things that don’t exist yet , take Albert Einstein for instance! Our ability to think out of the box, & not be put off by hurdles in our way. Richard Branson is one of these people he has over 150 enterprises, all of which he was told would never fly, look at him now he’s a multi billionaire!
When I wrote my brief for this project I stated I wanted to strike accusations that would get noticed, I have thoroughly researched my subject & I believe my finished documentary will certainly achieve this!
1 comment:
I hope your documentary is a big success. There are so many amazing and talented dyslexics out there! I do hope that you have seen the Learning People's website and video. They share your vision of dyslexia - www.thelearningpeople.co.uk and currently have a petition going for dyslexia recognition as a thinking style rather than a disability.
Best wishes to you!
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