ABSTRACT

Hello, I’m Clare-I’m just coming to the end of a three-year psychology degree, and I’ve been asked to write a few words about how I’ve coped with my dyslexia at college.

The first thing to say is that I’ve known ever since I can remember that I have dyslexic difficulties. I was assessed very early on at school and had some help and got extra time in examinations. By the time I reached the sixth form, I felt I was coping quite well with my difficulties and didn’t feel they hampered me too much. In fact, I tended to concentrate more on the positive sides of being dyslexic, like understanding things intuitively and being good at lateral thinking.