r/Dyslexia

I suck at any game I play unless muscle memory kicks in and struggle typing at even 10wpm on keyboard.I even Struggled at typing this group name since my memory sucks and using grammar doesn't work.

So I wanna start this off by saying I have very good reason to self diagnose. I know most people get very pissed at people that do but I've been struggling my whole life, fit most the criteria/symptoms, my family has an extensive list of learning disorders (mom and brother have diagnosed ADHD and there's more in my grandparents, aunts uncles and cousins), etc etc

The issue is my mom doesn't believe I have dyslexia because I "got good grades" even though two councilors who are familiar with dyslexia said they're sure I do

So she said she doesn't want to waste money and go hours to get a diagnosis.

I am going into college next year and dread the idea of it mimicking the hell I went through in high and middle school

Advice for dealing with undiagnosed dyslexia and no accomodations? OR maybe tips for getting a diagnosis ig? Turning 18 in September so I might be able to just drive myself and pay for it, we'll see

I am dyslexic and have ADHD and read rather slow at maybe 150 wpm. I found courses on Udemy like become a superlearner and some others. Are there any recommendations anyone can give so that I may ready faster than average and be better prepared for when I go back to school for my masters?

I'm a 26-year-old who's still trying to figure out what I was put in this world to do. I have a lot of ambition and really want to make something of my life, but I feel stuck.

I'm dyslexic, and I've always struggled with school, reading, and spelling. Because of that, I don't want to put myself in a difficult financial situation if it isn't the right path for me.

Has anyone else been through something similar? How did you figure out what career was right for you? What jobs or career paths would you recommend for someone who's hardworking, motivated, and willing to learn but struggles academically?

Some people with dyslexia benefit from captions. In Virginia, a new law went into effect on July 1 that mandates theaters with five or more locations to offer limited open caption (on-screen subtitles) screenings. Theaters with fewer than five have to make an open caption screening available within eight days of receiving a request. (Other places with similar laws are Hawaii, NYC, DC, MD, and WA). So now people in Virginia with dyslexia have two legally required options for captions in movie theaters: ADA-mandated closed captioning devices and open captions.

Edit: we hope a reporter will see this and decide this new law is worth writing about. There has been no media coverage.

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Going into my second year of college, I still have a hard time reading assigned textbooks, novels, or articles and actually retaining the information. It’s like it goes in one ear and out the other, probably due to a mix of dyslexia and ADHD. So far, I’ve gotten by reading summaries and relying on the chance that someone has already shared notes for the textbook I’m using. Any tips?

Soooo who else uses Google to spell something correctly with the red squiggle fails you?

Andddd the Google fails you too so you have to type it 500 different ways or in a sentence.

I, F, 20, have Dyslexia. I have lived with it my whole life. Just so people know, I get decent grades: A's and high B's; I am Captain of a team; I work with community services; and I am a part of a sorority-like group. My major consists of heavy reading, and nobody knows I am dyslexic until I tell them.

"But you read so well!"

Yeah, that's not how it works, lmao. 😂

HOW DO I EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE HOW DYSLEXIA WORKS IF I AM ONE MYSELF BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE WITHOUT IT?

Hello , reading tutor here. I have a 13 year old dyslexic student who doesn’t seem to have been getting any help over the years.
How can I get her to slow her reading down? Any words she perceives she can’t read she just skips over them. She reads so fast I find it difficult to even track where she is .

I love Anime, but dub is my only opinion, as I struggle to keep up with English Subtitles...it's a sticky wicket to be in since Naruto isn't available in English dub on Australian CrunchyRoll.

If you're having a bad day, you feel like the dyslexia got into the caffeine and took its full rampage, leaving you feeling like you're not enough. Just listen out. In the air York hear me screaming to you at the top of my lungs "I BELIEVE IN YOU!"

However. Being dyslexics and sometimes words not processing right, and the distance from where I'm shouting from, it'll more likely sound like "BEEF STEW!" But the point will still remain.

BEEF STEW EVERYONE!

I have a 27y/o dyslexic brother who is travelling for the first time to somewhere far and my mum expects me to “be there for him” so that he knows what to pack and all for his trip. But i accidentally scheduled a short 3D2N trip with my friends and will only be back on the day that he flies.

Me and my mum got into a heated discussion and she feels that I should not have went for my trip amd should have stayed and help my brother in his packing/checking for his pre-travel stuff. But to me, my brother is so old, and I am just 2 years older than him. I cant help much but advise. And how does me being around help my brother? Not like i’m the one travelling.. But to my mum, she says I no longer think about family and only think of myself. Am I in the wrong?

I come from an Asian family btw.

Hey r/dyslexia,

I got tested at 12 and the report basically said I had a specific learning disability in reading and writing (dysgraphia too). My family and I didn’t connect it to dyslexia at the time because the wording wasn’t super clear.

At 17 I finally read the file and did some research — it’s dyslexia. I was shocked because I always thought you had to literally see words jumbling or moving backwards on the page to be dyslexic. That’s the stereotype everywhere, but it’s mostly a myth. You don’t need that visual thing at all.

It made me realize how many people probably miss the label (and the help) just because they don’t have the classic letter-flipping experience. My friends had no idea either.

Anyone else get held up by that myth? Did you think you couldn’t be dyslexic because the words didn’t move? Would love to hear similar stories.

Thanks!

How are you guys reading full paper books would like some insight.

I have a lot of books at I want to read and those apps where they turn your book into an audiobook are really annoying.

Edit I'm also adhd also love seeing all of yall spelling errors :)

I was diagnosed with dyslexia at 13, but didn't want to get an IEP at the time because I didn't want to be ostracized more than I already was and was not struggling with English.

That worked fine for high school, but I can't really read long paragraphs of text with dense syntax. I can only really read based on word-sight memory rather than an actual understanding of the words, and, when reading an unfamiliar word, I jumble up the letters (eg reading probably as "pororbabply").

I'm worried about what this represents for university, where it will be required to read long texts for classes &c.

Should I expect to receive pushback if I pursue an IEP? Because I don't experience the stereotypical "words dancing off the page" symptoms, I'm concerned I wont be taken seriously, or I'll just be seen as "stupid"/"dumb".

Thanks guys.