As someone with dyslexia, I believe it’s important to share this information on my blog and elsewhere, especially as a responsible member of the Citrus County School Board. Providing more detailed information about dyslexia can help others understand the disability and why mistakes may occasionally appear in my blog. Many people think dyslexia is simply about flipping numbers or letters, but it involves much more. Dyslexia primarily affects the brain’s data retrieval process, and its manifestations can vary as widely as individual brains.
For me, dyslexia often impacts word retrieval. For example, while I understand the difference between “where” and “were,” I once mixed them up throughout an entire college essay, except for the first usage. In my blogs, you might notice similar errors, such as writing “riding” instead of “writing.” My brain reads “writing,” so I might type, “Enjoy my riding,” while thinking it says, “Enjoy my writing.”
Dyslexia leads to inconsistency. One day I might write something correctly without a second thought; the next day, I might need to look it up. I’ve experienced this since first grade when I was diagnosed with “Severe Dyslexia.” I hope you enjoy my blog content and can overlook any errors my dyslexic brain misses. I strive to catch every mistake, but any errors I don’t catch don’t reflect a lack of care for my readers. I am deeply committed to clear and meaningful expression. However, if I obsess over imperfections, I would never get anything written. I try to have my blogs reviewed and edited by family, friends, and Generative AI tools, but errors can still slip through. I apologize for these mistakes and welcome any reader to bring them to my attention.
