The Journey on My Path to Post Graduate Education

The Journey on My Path to Post Graduate Education

Introduction

My path towards post graduation on law is like a journey. This journey began at the time when I came into this world. At the time, I did not even know what I wanted to become or what will be the course of my life, but certain aspect of my journey towards my dream were decided back then. By these aspects, I am referring to the fact that I am profoundly deaf and dyslexic. These are two things that have an impact on every aspect of my life including my education. Being profoundly deaf and dyslexic is not easy because you have to fight your fate on a daily basis. Every moment of your life you are behind others because you lack. I am grateful to my parents, who have brought me up to believe that I am no less, and that I can achieve my dream despite my disability and illness. In order to be able to explain how the two disorders have affected my journey towards the post graduation in law, I believe it is essential to describe what these two orders are like and how I have fought them throughout my academic life.

Dyslexia

Dyslexia is a very common illness, and unlike the common misconception that dyslexia is a lifelong inability to learn, the illness can be treated and eradicated. Dyslexia has differing definitions. It is a disorder that affects a person's ability to process language, and can even extend to disorder with putting the thoughts in a written form. Dyslexia involves four major types of hitches. These are discussed hereunder.

A difficulty with reading, writing and spellings,

A difficulty with numbers and their calculation,

Faulty auditory or visual perceptions, and

An effect on parts of speech.

It is a very common disease. In the UK alone, 5.8% of the population suffers from Dyslexia.

My symptoms and level of Dyslexia

As a kid, I have always had trouble with numbers and alphabets. All thanks to my teachers, who did not lose hope on me, I have managed to overcome many of my problems with numbers and alphabets considerably. My parents first diagnosed my dyslexia, when they realized that I was achieving very less compared to the effort I was putting in as a child. They tell me that I was unable to remember lengthy instructions. In addition, I read words incorrectly and had difficulty with pronunciation. The rules of grammar were something that my mother was particularly concerned about. I had all the symptoms of a dyslexic child, and that coupled with my profound deafness made the matter worse for my parents who suffered an immense deal emotionally.

As to the levels of dyslexia, I suffered from both cognitive levels of dyslexia as well as behavioural dyslexia. As a person with cognitive level dyslexia, I had problems with information processing and sequencing ideas. For me, lengthy instructions meant an inability to ...