Designing tools for how dyslexic & ADHD people actually learn, think & work.
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Dyslexic Thinking
Core: a brain wired for spatial, holistic, narrative processing — sees systems as 3D objects rather than linear lists.
+ STRENGTHS
- Pattern recognition across unrelated domains
- Big-picture architecture and systems sense
- Mechanical/spatial reasoning, strong visualization
- Story and meaning-making — episodic and narrative memory
- People-reading and contextual inference
− FRICTION
- Phonological decoding under time pressure (the "reading problem")
- Sequential text-heavy tasks — exact wording recall
- Names, dates, arbitrary symbols, rote spelling
ONE-LINER
"I don't read the page. I render the world."
Dyslexics come in many flavors
Some areas are more dominant than others
Some areas are more dominant than others
DYSLEXIC SCHEMATICS
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ADHD Thinking
Core: a variable-attention, novelty-seeking engine — runs hot on interest, idle on routine, and spikes hardest under stakes.
+ STRENGTHS
- Hyperfocus on high-interest problems — hours feel like minutes
- Crisis performance — clarity and speed when stakes are real
- Divergent ideation, rapid prototyping of options
- Pattern-jumping across simultaneous threads
- High-energy enthusiasm that pulls a team forward
− FRICTION
- Routine, repetitive, low-feedback work
- Time blindness; long-horizon estimates and follow-through
- Working memory under load — context-switch tax is real
ONE-LINER
"I don't manage my attention. I follow it."
ADHD comes in many flavors
Some areas are more dominant than others
Some areas are more dominant than others
ADHD SCHEMATICS
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Non-Linear Extra Strength
Core: an associative, multi-thread mind — finds the path through the web rather than along the line, and sees connections others miss.
+ STRENGTHS
- Cross-domain synthesis — borrows solutions from elsewhere
- Reframing problems that feel stuck
- Creative leaps and unexpected analogies
- Parallel processing across many open threads
- Anomaly detection — noticing what doesn't fit
− FRICTION
- Linear deliverables, single-track checklists
- Predictable cadence and tightly-scoped scopes
- Explaining the path; the leap was obvious from inside
ONE-LINER
"I don't follow the line. I see the constellation."
Dyslexia & ADHD come in many flavors
Some areas are more dominant than others
Some areas are more dominant than others
DYSLEXIC + ADHD SCHEMATICS
Being Dyslexic & ADHD today is like being born left‑handed 400 years ago.
Left‑Handedness
Last 400 years ↓
Dyslexia & ADHD
Today
Thinking Schematics, Inc. · A Public Benefit Corporation
Sources: Moody et al. (2000); NCD (2015); Alexander-Passe (2015); Taylor & Vestergaard (2022, Cambridge).
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