Category Winner: K – 5th Grade

Brooklin

5th Grade

This is my art piece. I made this art piece to look like the hot air ballons off and up in the sky. I made this because when I had found out I had dyslexia I though that disease something that could be cured. But I was Heart broken when I found out it was not curable. My counselor, Mom, dad, Stepdad, and even my vice princtble were all able to help me through it and get over the fact that I have dyslexia nether me or someone else can change that. So on to my art piece I drew hot air ballons because it kind of matched my persanalite of being dyslexic. I had to just let my feeling and opinion of my dyslexia just fly away just like how a hot air ballon would. That is why I made this art piece.

Category Winner: 9th – 12th Grade

Unpredictable Gifts

Daniel

11th Grade

“I have lived beyond the limits of my dyslexia through the gift of creativity which brings me the greatest joy of my life! My illustration depicts how my dyslexic brain processes my thoughts and words by using a DNA strand to explain. The present/gift at the bottom is opening and a lengthy strand extends upward from the middle with four words inside the strand. The bottom part of the strand is how I first visualize words correctly, the middle part of the strand shows how my brain processes those words but flips them (dyslexia) with the top part of the strand showing how my brain then flip-flops the words back, to the correct orientation and how I visualized them originally. The four words within the strands are my gifts and describe who and what I am as a person with dyslexia and remind me daily that my dyslexia is a gift rather than a disability.”

Category Winner: Adult

My World of Words

Chaital

This is a acrylic and watercolor painting of a girl suffering from dyslexia. She loves to learn new things but reading is a problem. This artwork is inspired by the problems faced by the dyslexic. With this artwork I would like to request the educational institutions to customise the learning process in accordance with the requirements of the student special needs.

“My drawing is about how I used to feel when I couldn’t read or write. It felt like someone had me in a choke hold and I was the enemy. I would say the most awful things to myself and I would belive ever one. . . In first grade everone was reading chapter books perfectly, and I was struggling with BoB books. . . My teachers and tutor helped spark the light to change in my brain. Ever since I have been thriving and soooooo much more and I am so grateful. Thank you, everyone, help me achieve that!”

“This is an oil painting on canvas, I chose oil painting because it’s not the easiest media. Being dyslexic everything in learning is a challenge. The picture is of a broken rope bridge. It represents my brain, the message from one side of my brain can’t go to the other. The messages in my brain have to go all the way around through the mountains, going on a much longer adventure. It allows dyslexic people to think out of the box and see things differently.”  

“New World”

“The black side of the stairs in stepping down from the difficulties of dyslexia. The watercolor side of the stairs is stepping up to the new pathways of success. The middle space is being a regular kid and not having to worry about the problems that come with having dyslexia.”

“I’ve Got This”

“I am 11 years old and I have dyslexia.  My drawing is of me and my classmates taking the STAAR test, and how I am able to use the computer for my test.  Using the computer and applying all the tools that my teachers have provided has given me the confidence to take any test without so much fear. And now I know that in life with the right tools I can conquer any test.”