ABSTRACT
This chapter examines how because of their dyslexia, and not in spite of it, those with these conditions can succeed, as they draw on their strengths and talents to reap the benefits of the different ways in which their brain works. It aims to redress the balance and enable them to understand how by nurturing these talents those who think differently can contribute positively to the economy, and can create a return on investment that far outweighs the costs and interventions of support and remediation. The strengths of dyslexia are the same as the definition for dyslexia itself; like shifting sand and difficult to pin down, every study appears to have their own contenders. Eide and Eide, whilst not contesting that the brain of the individual with dyslexia operates differently to the neuro-typical individual, do describe the learning process that the brain undertakes as being neither left or right brained.
