i never hear anyone talk about this specifically even people who say they have a hard time with left and right never complain about this specifically. idk if this is specific for dyslexia or a learning disorder but i dont have a hard time with left and right cuz i know i write with my right hand, but i have a hard time with lefty loosy righty tighty because the object is going both directions no matter which way you spin it. sometimes i remember through muscle memory, sometimes i can remember that the direction is about the way the top of the object is going, but regardless its going in a circle and I get messed up. even if i think about it like clockwise or counterclockwise, i can visualize the way a clock tics but if you turn the object upside down and flip it around or away from me i have no fucking idea.

My 7th grader can barely read. We have tried so hard! He has severe anxiety therefore tutors, reading groups and special Ed has been minimally effective and very expensive. I’ve tried a few workbooks but I need a workbook or curriculum to do with him. He is so embarrassed and tries to hide it. What recommendations do you have? I would love to have one textbook to work through with him.

Anyone else get lost anywhere they go?! I’ve lived in my area for 13 years and I still get mixed up. I’m only good with getting to work and going home.

I wholeheartedly believe its dyslexia being rude. I hate it!

My family is moving to the Portland area next summer and one of my kids is double-deficit dyslexic, so I’m looking for info on dyslexia intervention quality in the public schools systems in that area. I’d love to connect with anyone who has first hand experience with any schools in LOSD or PPS. Feel free to PM if you prefer not to mention specific schools in a public forum!

Toda la vida tuve problemas para leer el reloj tradicional, y con 23 años sigo sin poder leerlo. Me se las reglas de lo que significa cada aguja, pero aún así no puedo leerlo y toda la vida me senti tonta porque todos saben menos yo, hasta que me diagnosticaron dislexia.

¿Alguien más tiene problema con estos relojes?

También digo los meses del año desordenados.

Some context: I am 19F and have always had a hard time spelling since childhood. It took me longer to learn to read and spell. However, as I grew older, I became a better reader, and I enjoy reading a lot. However, reading aloud makes me anxious.

When I was a kid, I sometimes felt dumb because I couldn't read and spell well in middle school. I hated reading because it was hard for me to read, and I felt like I was stupid, so I avoided it at all costs. Reading out loud was also hard, I would get the pronunciation wrong and the teachers would look at me weirdly. Another thing to note is that even though reading and spelling were hard for me, math and science were easy to learn, and I picked them up fast.

In high school, I started to love reading because of my English teacher. She always assigned us interesting books, which made me interested in reading and made me realize I really enjoyed reading. I also have a very good imagination, so maybe that's one reason I love reading.

To this day, I am still a bad speller. For example, I get confused about how to spell "restaurant," and people's names are the hardest. I have always been ashamed that spelling is hard for me, and I worry it will affect the career I am pursuing.

I have also tried to learn how to spell better; in fact, I am still learning. It's quite hard, but I believe I am getting better at it, slowly.

With all this information, do you think I might have dyslexia, or am I just a bad speller?

Note: When I wrote this out, yes, I did use Grammarly to make sure my spelling is correct lol.

I find reading painful/it can cause pressure in my head. why do i see see the words kinda jumping around?

idk what it is but i feel all of the above. it’s like my brain is lagging when im reading anything and words overwhelm me. this includes reading comments that are multiple lines long etc. the jumping around thing is not super obvious but it does feel like something that causes pressure in my head. and it’s like my eyes are too slow to even read what i’m typing. it all overwhelms me. i’m starting to dislike typing.

*i meant “could this be dyslexia?” !

edit: i assume it’s not dyslexia since it’s not really severe, i can read words without misunderstanding them but it’s just kinda hard to read them, especially hard not to skip words. it makes me feel somewhat dizzy. best words to describe it are dizzy, overwhelmed, weird… and i find reading websites like Neurolaunch quite a lot easier than texts here on reddit or what i write while i’m writing it
but i have others telling me it might be dyslexia, so im putting it here

How do you deal with a manager that constantly reviews your emails for errors. Got a new job and feel like I go thought this ever time I get a new position.

Im taking Spanish 2 this year and I are really hated Spanish last year so i was hoping for some tips. Idk if this helps but i was diagnosed in second grade and I haven't had supper bad problems with my Dyslexia but its definitely still there.

Dyslexia teacher here - I have a regular dyslexia class (middle school) and also a tutoring period at my school. for the tutoring period, I’m trying to come up with something fun. Spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down and so forth.

Does anyone out there know any fun activities/games that make the time effective and enjoyable? Thanks!

I'm seeking advice from teachers with dyslexia. How do you work with, not against your dyslexia in an educational setting?

I'm currently in an alternative path to teaching certification for early childhood education. I will be teaching grade 1. I have a mentor teacher who I will work with this year, and I am a bit concerned about my dyslexia potentially getting in the way of things. My main issues are spelling and directional stuff.

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Okay, I was talking to somebody the other day, and I got into a huge debate with them about whether or not using AI to proofread your own work is plagiarism.

I said no, because if I had to do all my documentation for community mental health without assistive technology, it would take me forever, and I’d constantly be behind. I dictate using Dragon, then I take what I’ve written to an AI site to make sure words weren’t transcribed incorrectly and that I used them correctly. I also make sure there are no client names or identifying information in it for HIPAA reasons.

Before AI, I had to use a mixture of Dragon, NaturalReader, and reading all my documentation from the bottom up to make sure I didn’t mess anything up. Otherwise, my notes could get rejected, and I could get written up.

My coworker thinks using AI this way is wrong because the AI is basically doing my job for me. And it’s like, no, I’m still doing all the work. I write the notes. I do the concurrent documentation that we’re required to do. I just use AI to help me proofread and make sure I didn’t make any mistakes.

I could seriously fuck up someone’s chart because I accidentally left off an “-ed” and made it sound like someone was suicidal when they weren’t. That’s not AI doing my job for me. That’s me using a tool to catch errors in work I already did.

So, my question is: How do other people with dyslexia feel about using AI as a proofreading or accessibility tool?

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So to illustrate my post here this post before I used Ai and just voice to text software on my phone

Okay, I was talking to somebody the other day and I got onto a huge debate with them about whether or not using AI was plagiarism, if you ask it to proof read your own work. I said, no, because if I had to do all my documentation work in community, mental health.It would take me a month and I would be behind. So I dictated to dragon, speak, then I take it to an AI site to make sure that the words I use want spoken wrong into the system or you used it correctly. I make sure there's no client names in it. For hippa reasons. I used to have to use a mixture of dragon, speak natural reader and reading all my documentation from the bottom up to make sure i didn't messy thing up my notes want to get rejected, and I want to get written up. But my coworker thinks that is wrong in the ai is just doing my job for me.And it's like, no, i'm still doing all the work I write out the notes I do.The concurrent documentation that we're required to do I just use the a I to like, help me perfread.And make sure I didn't make any like mistakes.I would go in so much chart and f*** it up.Because I wrote, I left out an -ed and made it sound someone suicidal when they weren't

So mine question how do other with dyslexia feel about AI.

Hi - I'm new here. My 4x PhD and many times published literacy professor told me in grad school (in my 30s) that I was dyslexic. I've never otherwise been diagnosed and not sure at this point that it's worth it.

I've always been an excellent speller and avid reader, although I'm a very slow reader and often have to reread passages.

One of my most prominent "symptoms" is that I sometimes say the opposite word of what I mean. This is exacerbated when I'm fighting a migraine, which I have been today. For ex. I might say cold instead of hot, East instead of West, etc. I know the right word and concept pair but what comes out of my mouth is something else.

Sometimes even when I'm singing to a song I know the lyrics to, I might say a word in the same family that rhymes or starts with the same letters as the correct word.

This has been going on for decades.

Are these part of my supposed dyslexia?

Is there a way to correct this? It doesn't bother me, but if it happens around someone who doesn't know this about me, it can make me look kinda dumb when I'm not.

My daughter has dyslexia (guessing she got it from me as I share many of her challenges). She's in 5th grade and has to do weekly spelling tests. When I was a kid, we just memorized all words until we magically internalized whatever logic the English language has (or grew up to rely heavily on spell check). The internet & elementary school teachers now say teaching phonics is the way to go and is a reasonable strategy. But given her dyslexia, it seems to me that it makes every word a mini-logic problem that requires a lot of executive function and effort.

For example, her current word list is 20 words focusing on the -o- sound and includes: bought, taught, paw, lobster. I say and hear all of these -o- sounds the exact same way.

So, if I'm understanding the phonics rules and system that she's meant to follow, it should go:

1. recognize the "o" sound

2. it's probably the letter o unless it's any of the following:

3. end of a word, then it's -aw

4. part of -ought, then it's -ou

5. except when it's -aught, but that's just a random one to remember.

6. If it's in the middle of a word and in between consonant sounds, then it's -au (this ignores the fact that all vowel sounds come between two consonant sounds).

This is an insane ask for someone who struggles to identify the sounds in words and the direction of letters! Seriously, is this actually easy & automated for some people?

Am I thinking about this wrong? What worked for other people?

Please do not say Orton-Gillingham; she has written words in the sand, jumped, used playdough, etc.; it doesn't answer her question: "But when am I supposed to know which vowel/vowel team to use?"

I have dyslexia and was diagnosed at the age of 9. I find it mostly annoying but at times it allows for a wildly vidvid imagination. I look forward to your thoughts on your experiences with this condition.