Every child with dyslexia grows up to become an adult with dyslexia. However, many adults didn’t get the treatment they needed as children. Their language skills, both spoken and written, tend to lack fluency. They are creating mistakes, spending too much time reading, or communicating poorly.  They usually hide it well but have underlying low self-esteem or confidence issues.

Adults with dyslexia, who have found different ways of learning to get through school, have also likely developed other strengths. They must teach themselves to process language differently, predominantly in a different part of their brain than most people. Many people with dyslexia are highly creative, hard-working, and capable. They are good at analyzing situations, generating solutions to problems, and strategizing. Often, they have a higher work ethic regarding learning and education as they have spent many years relying on memory and verbal skills rather than reading or writing. However, because they have learned to compensate for their difficulties, they often choose jobs to meet their abilities and not their desires.