High IQ and dyslexia

Question:
Do all dyslexics have high IQ's?
Answer:

Ron Davis believes that all dyslexics have certain talents, which are shared by many famous dyslexics who are considered to be geniuses. These are:
- They can utilize the brain’s ability to alter and create perceptions (the primary ability).
- They are highly aware of the environment.
- They are more curious than average.
- They think mainly in pictures instead of words.
- They are highly intuitive and insightful.
- They think and perceive multi-dimensionally (using all the senses).
- They can experience thought as reality.
- They have vivid imaginations.
Dr. Linda Silverman, of The Gifted Development Center, has found that it is common forvery highly gifted children to have a visual-spatial learning style, and that these children also often have learning problems commonly associated with dyslexia.
(Answer by Abigail Marshall)
For more information, see:
- Book Excerpt: Chapter 1 - The Gift of Dyslexia
- The Visual-Spatial Learner, by Linda Silverman