Adult dyslexia issues

When I was growing up in NY I attended a private school. I was the only left handed child in my class and being lefty was frowned upon. I also did not speak nor did I read very well. Somehow I managed to get thru school and it was not until years later that I was diagnosed with adult dyslexia. If seeing letters and words a certain way is all that you know then why would you think any differently. I knew that I could not read very well but I just thought I was not very smart. As an adult I learned how to read and write properly.