The Unseen - Dyslexia and Depression

'I would like to talk about something serious: dyslexia and depression. NO, these two things are not the same, and one doesn’t cause the other, although some people may experience both conditions. I want to talk about the way we as a society (when I say society, I’m including myself) treat people with dyslexia and depression. It is shocking to me at how similar our reactions are to each of these two unseen conditions.

This post will be about those similarities. Please understand that I’m by no means saying dyslexia and depression are the same thing. It has been my experience that how and what we say about these conditions are unsettling and eerie when you look at them side by side......'http://www.ignitedyslexia.com/new-blog/2018/2/10/the-unseen-dyslexia-and-depression?fbclid=IwAR0Ya8qmWB02noEAvU92JkZ5Y0rhmbeGoUCeyliT4aP6UHMsJP4Qa1wv54I 

What dyslexia is called depends upon the type of specialist who did the testing, and their knowledge of dyslexia.

Dyslexia affects many different areas, but some testers only check one area. They find one weakness and come to the wrong conclusion. They don’t realize that weakness may be part of a bigger problem: dyslexia.
It’s like the fable of the blind men who approach an elephant from various directions. The one who discovers the trunk describes the animal very differently than the one who finds the tail, than the one who finds the leg, the tusk, etc.
None of them “see” that what they found is just one part of a bigger thing, an elephant.

‘Dyslexia' is an alternative term used to refer to a patern of learning difficulties characterized by problem with accurate or fluent word recognition, poor decoding and poor spelling abilities
DSM-5