Dyslexia is not a gift

I was reading some thing today that court my interest. I am not sure if I was interested or annoyed really. It was a book by someone who name I Carnot remember but it was called something like the gift of dyslexia. It was basically saying that dyslexia is a gift because people who have it can do this that and the other. Personal I think its rubbish. that's just my opinion but I really feel that my dyslexia is no gift and I have a feeling allot of other people with dyslexia will feel the same. I cant help but dwell on all the things it holds me back on rather than all the things it helps me do. for won thing being able to think outside the box is great if you also understand what is happening inside the box if you get what i mean. Another thing is this big picture thing. Let me explain. I've seen it a few times that people say people with dyslexia are good at seeing the big picture. I don't think that comes easier for me than anyone else but I think I always need to understand the big picture before I can understand the smaller pieces. Which is a real problem when lecturers always teach the small pieces first so that you can make up the big picture. Its kind of like my brain works back to front. It is frustrating. Its annoying. And it feels like a disability in itself let me tell you. Did annoy one ever tell you how much Autocad sucks. Really it does. Sorry I am having one of them days were I am getting nowhere. When it comes to computer packages I am really bad. Even if it is a program I use allot I still forget how to get around the menus and what different buttons mean. I wish I could remember these simper things because it drives me mad. When we learn Autocad in first year I was the class idiot and had to have remedial lessons. I felt such a twit that at my age I couldn't Master a set of simple instructions. I just kept forgetting what the tutor said and what the buttons were for. Me and the tutor were both frustrated as each other. Well I guess I had better go finish off these drawings.