How to help someone with dyslexia?

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My bf has dyslexia and has been put back a year in highschool.

This makes him feel dumb and he wants to give up school.

How do I help him? Are there special centres I can take him to for help?
Um, he's only just changed schools so...
dyslexia is not an optical problem lol...

i have very mild dyslexia, but i have gotten better by obsessing over it and being overly careful. it is a mental issue where you transpose numbers or letters so the word you are reading or writing comes out in the wrong order. for me it comes with lists of numbers. what you can do is try the memory games like that game they have on nintendo DS that have you practice remembering certain things in a certain order. i think it seems to help the brain get used to keeping things in a certain order. your right (artistic) brain does not think logically so it may not understand the concept of a sequence. your eyes might read parallelepiped but if your right brain tries to take over the interpretation, it feeds all the letters in at once and you go wtf? i played the games for several days on someone else's gameboy like a year ago and it is weird because ever since i have been less prone to mix things up.

left brain people are better at logic sequences and right brain people are better at nonlinear thinking which helps when you are trying to create something based on old data but that can be a handicap when you need the letters or numbers to form in a linear fashion. try the games, it can't hurt. he also has a lot of other things on his mind so i wouldn't rule those things out of the situation. if he finds a more stable living/life situation he may find it easier to concentrate on other things.

PS - i am also curious how difficult it is for him or any dyslexic person to read "parallelepiped" i love the word because of the musical flow it has but i can imagine it being difficult because of the letter repetitions :P  (+ info)

I have a minor case of dyslexia but I'm afraid to tell my parents?

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I have done lots of research and I found out the symptoms of minor dyslexia match with my daily routine: the symptoms include things like bad handwriting, clumsiness, a good long term memory for places etc. I think I should really tell my parents about my condition because I don't think they really know about it. Unfortunately, I don't think they'd believe me if I told them about it, what should I do?
I can understand why you're afraid, but try to take a deep breath and calm yourself. If you have good, supportive parents, why be afraid? The only thing your parents should be concerned with is getting you the extra help you need, if you need it. Couldn't you proove to them that you're not messing about? Show them the pages off the internet which explain the symptoms, and get your parents to read it. They live with you - they should surely see how the symptoms apply to you? If they don't, then perhaps in time they will see that your condition is real.

Good look. =D  (+ info)

What can I do to make a person with dyslexia life at work horrible?

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I work with an evil lady and I just realized she was dyslexic. I work in a library. We also file things.
Change the lower case B's to lower case D's. That will confuse her.  (+ info)

Is it possible to develop dyslexia in your 20s?

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Reading numbers and letters backwards, having trouble speaking, saying things backwards like night good instead of good night?

Someone said that this is a symptom of something and not a good sign.
I would go see your doctor. I have dealt with dyslexia my whole life its a struggle sometimes but you learn to cope.

Has anything recently changed in your life? Are you under a lot of stress? Feeling depressed? Getting enough sleep?

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Are you born with dyslexia or can you develop it?

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I have been mixing up my letters and numbers lately, not that often, but I have noticed that is all the sudden harder for me to type and I get all the letter mixed up, could I be developing dyslexia? I haven't been getting as much sleep as usual though, could that be it?
I never heard of anybody "developing" dyslexia. It's supposed to be something people are born with.

Maybe it is just the lack of sleep,.  (+ info)

How does a person know if they have dyslexia and what kind of docter dianoses it?

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I often have to reread things and also daydream a lot. Sometimes I find myself write the second syllable of a word instead of the first. I can't seem to get engaged in stuff sometimes and tend to drift off when people are speaking to me. Maybe this characterizes many people but it just feels strange that I have to struggle to read or learn stuff.
What you just described sounds more like ADD than dyselxia. I'm dyselxic, and I find that I have trouble focusing on reading, but I think it's a secondary effect of it being hard to read it in the first place. For a list of "symptoms" of dyselxia, I'd recommend this site:
http://www.dys-add.com/index.html
I've seen a lot of places that try to describe the symptoms, and that's the one I consider most accurate.

Dyslexia is generally diagnosed by a psychologist. If you're still in school, most schools will be able to arrange to have a student tested at little or no cost. Although, if you can afford it, I'd recommend a private assessment as the school people tend not to be very good (especially at a US public school) and you'll probably get a lot more useful information about what's really going on if you have a better tester.  (+ info)

Can dyslexia and dyspraxia effect your emotional health?

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My boyfriend has both of these conditions and he is very distant, cold and generally finds it difficult showing emotion. This is affecting our relationship and I am thinking of leaving him. I have spoken to him about it numerous times but it goes in one ear and out the other. I think this too may have something to do with his learning difficulites - but I really need some advice on this?
People who have dyspraxia and/or dyslexia often experience some emotional problems as a result of the difficulties they experience due to their disorders. They may tend to get stressed, depressed or anxious or prone to low self-esteem or emotional outbursts etc. So yes, dyspraxia and dyslexia may be effecting your boyfriend's emotional health.  (+ info)

Do I have language dyslexia or my shyness make me seem like I have it?

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I'm am very shy and there are many TIMES I can go through a whole day not talking. Because of this, when I talk, I have tongue-tie, often mispronounced words, problem with enunciate words and stuttering. People often tell me to repeat what I'm saying. Do I have language dyslexia?
Sounds like you are super self conscious. Communciation, like many other things, requires practice to be good at it. You need to find activites that allow you to practice without feeling that you are under pressure. Drama, speech, debate clubs or even choir will help. You may feel a bit under the gun when performing for a group, but that's ok. Communication with other people will seem a walk in the park after that. If you can practice with a group of people that you do not crave acceptance from, it will be easier. This is where siblings are helpful.  (+ info)

If you have Dyslexia does your heart beat twice as fast as someone without Dyslexia?

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What about ADD or ADHD could that make a persons heart beat twice as fast?
No. Why would it? Heart rate has nothing to do with dyslexia. It would have more to do with anxiety or your physical health.  (+ info)

What are the symptoms of dyslexia?

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I have some trouble forming sentences, and words get lost or mixed up when I write. Reading out loud is always difficult, but not when I'm reading in my head. Numbers are really hard. Is this nothing, or is there something to it?
Developmental dyslexia is a said to be a condition or learning disability which causes difficulty with reading and writing.
Its standard definition is a difficulty in reading and writing in spite of normal development of intelligence, cognitive and sensory abilities.
People are often identified as dyslexic when their reading or writing problems cannot be explained by a lack of intellectual ability, inadequate instruction, or sensory problems such as poor eyesight.The term dyslexia is also sometimes used to refer to the loss of reading ability following brain damage. This form of dyslexia is more often referred to as either acquired dyslexia or "Alexia". Dyslexia primarily impacts reading and writing abilities; however, other difficulties have been reported including deficits in processing spoken language as well as non-language difficulties.
Dyslexia is not limited to reversing the order of letters in reading or writing. Nor is it a visual perception deficit that involves reading letters or words backwards or upside down, as is often implied in popular culture.
Researchers have claimed that it is a brain-based condition with biochemical and genetic markers. Others have questioned whether dyslexia is no more than a mythological construct and argue that researchers that rely on the concept fail to recognize neurodiversity. Its diagnostic status remains highly debated in both medicine and the social sciences

Dyslexia is widely accepted to be a specific learning disability. That is, dyslexia has biological traits that differentiate it from other learning disabilities. However, the specific definition of dyslexia varies somewhat across communities.

Dyslexia or Reading Disorder is defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV as reading achievement that falls substantially below expected levels given an individual's age and education. The reading deficit should be sufficiently severe as to interfere with everyday activities requiring reading (e.g., schoolwork or employment). Finally, the reading deficit cannot be strictly due to a sensory disorder; for instance, it cannot be strictly due to vision problems that prevent an individual from seeing words on a page.  (+ info)

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