Being diagnosed with dyslexia has made me happier
05-05-2024 16:00 via theguardian.com

Being diagnosed with dyslexia has made me happier

Throughout her life, Danyah Miller developed coping mechanisms to help deal with certain challenges. Would she have thrived if she had known about dyslexia, or would a label have limited her? Discovering that I have dyslexia, and most probably dyscalculia, later in my life has raised many questions for me, not least whether a childhood diagnosis would have changed the trajectory of my life, both personally and professionally.Over the years I’d suspected that I might be dyslexic. I also tho
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