The Hidden Cost of Being Misunderstood: Unrecognised Dyslexia and High-Functioning Autism in Childhood
Abstract
This paper explores the lifelong impact of growing up with dunrecognised dyslexia and unrecognised high-functioning autism. Through a first-person-informed narrative case study, it shows how a capable child could be consistently positioned at the bottom of the class because the education system measured literacy performance more easily than it recognised hidden ability. Dyslexia may affect spelling, decoding, reading fluency, and written expression, while autism may shape communication, processing, executive functioning, sensory experience, and the need for order and predictability [1-5]. The paper argues that one perceptive teacher can become a decisive interruption in a child’s internalised failure narrative [6-8].
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