Dyslexic Thinking Skills

Dyslexics think creatively, non-linear, and differently. No two dyslexics are the same but will have a different combination of some of the following skills that may draw them towards specific careers:

Visualizing: 

Creating completely original work from your imagination.  Examples: Designers, Artists, Composers, Writers. 

Inventing:

Exploring possibilities, making connections and inventing. Examples: Scientists, Technologists, Entrepreneurs. 

Making:

Visualising, planning and making. Examples: Engineers, Architects, Craft workers, Programmers, Designers, Chefs, Gardeners. 

Interpreting:

Using imagination to give ideas a new twist or fresh angle. Example: Actors, Advertisers, Directors, Photographers. 

Communicating: 

Assessing situations/information and explaining to others. Examples: Journalists, Marketeers, Politicians, Teachers. 

Story-telling:

Creating vivid, engaging experiences in words, pictures, other media. Examples: Writers, Games/Film Makers, Songwriters. 

Moving:

Physical interpretation and game playing. Examples: Dancers, Musicians, Athletes. 

General Skills: 

Reasoning: understanding patterns, evaluating possibilities and making decisions. 

Simplifying: understanding, taking apart and simplifying complex ideas and concepts. 

Analysing: using logic to decide on the strength of an argument or where the truth lies. 

Deciding: interpreting patterns and situations to predict future events and make decisions. 

Visioning: seeing past detail to gain a strategic (big picture) view of a subject or problem. 

Connecting: understanding self; connecting, empathizing and influencing others. 

Understanding self: recognizing and managing own feelings, understanding how they affect their own behavior and that of others. 

Understanding others: understanding and interpreting the verbal, physical and emotional reactions of other people. 

Influencing: managing, influencing and inspiring constructive emotions in other people. 

Empathizing: sensing, understanding and responding to how people feel.

Exploring: being curious and exploring ideas in a constant and energetic way. 

Learning: having a curiosity for finding out new things and learning new skills.

Energizing: being so passionate about something it gives a buzz and tenacity to learn about it. 

Doing: using new knowledge to achieve a result that surprises and pleases self or others.