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According to ncld.org, dyslexia affects an individual in their ability to read, write, spell and pronounce words in the correct format.<\/p>\n

For 71 year old Sinclair Community College Security Guard Dennis Harris, dyslexia hits home, because he has been touched by it his entire life.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a brain malfunction,\u201d he said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t have anything to do with smartness, it\u2019s a brain malfunction. It\u2019s kind of like a short circuit\u2026. For me, when I was in school, it was kind of like if I looked at a page, it was like ants moving around on the pages. I could never figure out how I could get the words to line up, they\u2019d just be moving around.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harris hopes to start a local support group for others who have been affected by dyslexia, whether that\u2019s the individual or family members.<\/p>\n

\u201cSociety needs to understand the things we deal with and I think it\u2019s important for us to have a support group so we can come in and sit down and share our stories, then again too, our wives and spouses because they deal with it too,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said he didn\u2019t find out he had dyslexia until he was 40 years old. Up until then, he thought he simply couldn\u2019t read and would put effort into finding ways to cover it up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had to create different tricks and games, at one point, I had to hide it from people\u2026 Some of the stuff is funny, but some of it\u2019s still painful,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n

When he found out that he was dyslexic, he was asked by the doctor who diagnosed him to speak to a mother and her little girl who was also dyslexic, because he knew what she was going through.<\/p>\n

Harris said the mother actually thought the doctor let him read the girl\u2019s files, but found out that Harris simply knew how the little girl was feeling because he had been there himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cGod spoke to me, he said \u2018what she is going through, you\u2019ve already been through,\u201d Harris said. \u201cThen he said \u2018this is why you went through everything that you went through. In order for you to be of help, in order for you to be of service, this is why you went through what you went through. This is why.\u2019 This is why I do what I do\u2026 This is why I\u2019m here.\u201d<\/p>\n

He now makes an effort to inform society of what dyslexics go through.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want them to know that there are other people who are still dealing with this, I\u2019ve been trying to enlighten society about what this is for 30 years,” he said. “Society still doesn\u2019t understand what we deal with on an everyday basis.\u201d<\/p>\n

To find out more information or if anyone is interested in joining the support group, visit his website at dyslexiaspeaks.com or contact him at 937-278-6840.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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