Dyslexic Dick: True Adventures of My World - Paperback

by Richard "dick" W. Kraemer (Author)

Title- Dyslexic Dick Subtitle - True Adventures of My World Volume - 1 About The Book I first discovered that I had dyslexia when I was 44 years old. At the time, I reached the peak of my career as a Director of Production in information technology for the fixed income service bureau, a division of ADP Automatic Data Processing Inc. My mother was dying of cancer and I was helping her put her affairs in order before her agonizing death. She had pulled out a box that she had hidden away for years, and handed me a big folded piece of vanilla crepe paper. I open the paper to reveal my first kindergarten attempt at spelling my full name, and that almost every letter was painted in the reverse image. Shocked at what I had discovered, I looked at her and asked, "I'm Dyslexic?" My mother acknowledged, and told me that she and my father had learned of my dyslexia when I was 13 years old. She continued to explain how my parents decided to keep it a secret from me and everyone else they could. My parents thought I would grow out of it. Blinded with anger of what I learned, knowing that I had certainly not grown out of my dyslexia. My life shot before my eyes, of all the difficulties I had even to this day due to dyslexia. Later that evening at home I had sworn my wife to secrecy, had a few drinks, and decided to bury this family secret forever. After 10 years of concealment of my learning disability, I had done an in depth research on dyslexia. I discovered that 1 out of 5 Americans have a reading and writing disability in which 70% are dyslexic that is about 43 million people. In addition, because of the social effects of growing up as a perceived illiterate through learned behavior, a dyslexic's personality becomes defensive by hiding the disability. Some of the personality traits of a dyslexic are isolation, only 25% are married or in a long-term

Author Biography

Dick Kraemer is a United States Marine Corps Vietnam Era veteran. He joined the Amalgamated Lithographers of America in 1979, where he worked as a printer. In 1989, Dick earned his A.A.S. degree in Business Management at Orange County Community College. He pursued a career in information systems in many Fortune 500 companies, working his way up from computer operator to the position of Director of Production for Automatic Data Processing Inc, in 1998. In 2003, Dick changed his career to become a top selling real estate agent for some of the largest firms in upstate New York. Dick now lives in Warwick New York, with his wife of 34 years and daughter.