This 10-Year-Old Wrote An Inspirational Poem About Dyslexia Which Can Be Read Forwards And Backwards

Everybody is different, everybody is special – some people may have been born just a little more special than some others, in various ways.

Like, for example – some people are born with Dyslexia. Dyslexia is “a general term for disorders that involve difficulty in learning to read or interpret words, letters, and other symbols, but that do not affect general intelligence.”

You don’t hear too much about dyslexia it seems these days, which is strange seeing as 5 – 15% of American’s have it.

However, as it turns out, there is one bright kid out there who could one day star in the sequel of  The Dead Poets Society, or at least give a helping hand in writing the screenplay for it, thanks to a poem she recently wrote in her class.

Jane Broadis is a year 6 teacher at Christ Church Chorleywood C of E School in Watford, United Kingdom. And she’s the person who has just tweeted this particular kid’s brilliant words, which you can see for yourself below.

image credits: Jb5Jane

Inspirational, is it not? It definitely made me tear up that’s for sure!

“Sadly so often in schools children with dyslexia never hear that they are often able to think in ways others cannot,” Broadis added aftwards.

Dyslexia is a disorder, characterized by trouble with reading despite normal intelligence. Many people may have it, however, different people are affected by it in different ways, including difficulties in spelling words, reading quickly, writing words, “sounding out” words in the head, and so on.

Despite a popular misconception, dyslexia isn’t limited to people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is actually believed to be caused by both genetic and environmental factors, which is really interesting.

Many of the commenters have also mistakenly referred to the above poem a “palindrome”. However, a palindrome is actually a phrase, number or other sequences of characters which reads the same backward as it does forwards. For example, “madam,” “racecar.” etc.

A palindrome can even be a sentence-long phrase that needs to have its capital letters and punctuation adjusted in order to be read the same from both ways (“A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!”).

And as you can imagine, a lot of people were incredibly moved by the clever poem and the feeling the child was able to convey in so few words, me included!

I for one will be sending this poem to many of my friends so that they may show themselves and their children just what they’re capable of no matter what they may feel about themselves. And sometimes it really is the most simple things that can inspire us the most!

So what do you think folks? Do you feel inspired? Are you someone who lives with dyslexia? Maybe you’ve written your own poems you’d like to share with me? If so, feel free to put it in the comments below! And don’t forget to share this with friends, family or anyone you may know who also has Dyslexia and inspire them as too! x

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