dyslexic

[Trinity-Belle]

Time to declare my hand... I am dyslexic.

I find reading and writing very difficult, slow and tiring.

I can't spell, but I have installed a spell checker plug-in to firefox.

I do understand grammar (although I am lazy with it!) but I have to re-read all my post several times before pressing the submit button to try and make sure that it all makes sense.

I can type far more quickly and easily than I can write, especially as I don't have to be too anxious about my spelling.

I often confuse homophones... but I am aware of the ones which most often trip me up and use google to remind myself which ones to use.

Asking for information specifying one or more people or things from a definite set: "which are the best varieties of grapes?".

A woman thought to have evil magic powers. Witches are popularly depicted as wearing a black cloak and pointed hat

Some words I have to look really carefully at and sound them out holding my finger under each letter one at a time so that they stop dancing over the screen.

It's a problem... it makes things other people find easy, difficult... but for most people it's not insurmountable. For some of the most severely affected it can be almost insurmountable, but for most it is not.

Even if you are the worst, there are things like screen readers and speech-to-text tools which are actually very good these days.