I am so glad someone has written about this. It really hit's home for me, and I agree - life is so much better for dyslexic's now than ever before.

When I was first enrolled into school as a four year old, my headmistress at the time asked my parent's what they both did for a living. When they both said they were designers, she looked down at me, sighed and told them that I would probably be dyslexic (something about creative parents makes you more likely to have dyslexic children). Aaaand she was right.

But, because they picked it up so early, they were able to send me to remedial therapy early.

I shudder to think about how different my life would have been without all the support I got from my school and parents. I suspect that if my parent's a) denied that I had a problem (which many do), or b) didn't have the funds, my life would be very different from where it is right now.

I *beg* anyone reading this that if you suspect that your child has an issue, dealing with it early on can make all the difference.

Here are some of the ways I have adapted, and maybe it can help some of you too:

- Before I publish a story on medium - I always just pay a proofreader. It's worth it for my piece of mind. (Luckily one of my friend's is an editor, but I have also used Fiverr in the past too)

- Grammarly for the win!

- Whenever I interview for a job I always say straight up that I am dyslexic and that they need a system in place to have someone to proof read my work. This protects me, because if there is a typo - it's a shared responsibility with everyone in the team.

- I am pedantic about keeping as many of my components in symbols in Figma. If one typo is picked up, I can change it across all screens at once. This is good practise for anyone and not just dyslexics.

- Explain to your team mates how your brain works, so they are more sympathetic, and after a while they will usually have a good giggle when they find a weird typo and not get annoyed. Fortunately, that has been my experience anyway.

- I use Google Calendar and Google Keep for birthdays, important numbers (tax, ID, etc), reminders, renewals, etc. If Google Calendar disappear, I would be so f*****.

- Practise self kindness and humour when you get something wrong. As a 28 year old, I still struggle with numbers, spelling, grammar and reading (today even, I thought Michelle Obama tweeted "I painted these recent tragedies" and not "I'm pained by these recent tragedies") - and self acceptance and self-kindness is the only way to get through it.

Dyslexics Untie!