dyslexic

she is always putting herself down and says i cant read i am just dumb , its not the case she can read and is much better at reading longer more difficult words than the small and easy ones , she gets a bit muddled with writing but gets a lot of support from school and of course me her mum and family . asdan i think is a new option for children with this condition, when my daughter returns to school september she will be in the asdan group , she will have day release to college and work experience and classes which are broken down into small sections , no exams as its all based on the course work throughout the 2 years so less pressure and most students are normally offered a permanant job through their work experience . this sounds great and hope it works

i'm not but have a son that is he went through school teachers put him down left with no qualifications has just finished college this year passing all his exams am extremely proud of him:)

My husband is dyslexic so I know a little bit about it. Basically it means that you swap letters around and unlike most of us who can look at a word and recognise it, you can't recognise it or tend to see the wrong word. For example, my husband will see the word cinnamon but because he can't see the letters in the right order might think it is cummin. Dyslexic's tend to have great memories as they generally remember things based on the actual physical representation rather than by the words ie colours or pictures on cans, they remember directions without knowing the street names etc. Dyslexic people can be very bright and it is nothing to do with intelligence but simply a trick that the mind plays when they try to read. Unfortunately it is extremely frustrating for them, can cause them to be treated as stupid and the only way to get better is to read and that is extremely tiring for them.

I have someone I know who is dyslexic and it has been very difficult for them to manage, it is awful for them really

Hi there, my hubby is dyslexic and teachers are not trained to recognise or test you for dyslexia so i wouldn't put too much into what they say, the best thing to do is find a centre that deals only with dyslexia, you could most probbaly use CAB for this, they ahve tests that would determine wether you are or not. I also wouldn't go by a test on a computer either sorry, spelling is a big big problem for dyslexics, hubby cannot spell hardly at all and he never reads as he cannot take things in on paper, most dyslexics need to have the black writing on a coloured paper as they cannot understand black on white, which is why they have problems with reading. My hubby was tested in a centre in Starcross in Devon it has shut down now but most dyslexics are very intelligent, a lot of people think they are thick including themselves, my husband has always insisted he is thick but when i insisted he went to a centre to have tests, he was surprised.Listening to stories won't help your dyslexic but it will help you "read" books, hubby has alwasy had a good eye and responds more to films and t.v., if he try to read a book ,he will read the first page and then forget totally what he has read but with films he can tell you everything that happened in a film..............Don't let it get you down though. Hubby has just sent a book off to try and get it published, he uses a computer which doesn't stop his bad spelling but i go through it and use a program to repair spelling, his grammer is awful but he gets through it, he is now writing a sequel. There are a lot of famous people who are dyslexic so you can be anything if you put your mind to it. Sorry Magnius telling a dyslexic to use grammer no matter how poor is rubbish, not being able to read and dyslexia is quite similiar as in effect you can't read what is in front of you, i think you can be a bit more sensitive. The best thing to do is get checked out first by a qualified tester at a known centre. You might find like Magnius has said that you aren't dyslexic, but to get checked out is the first step. IF you are then good luck for the future and remember you can do anything as long as you put your mind to it, my hubby is proof of that.

my ex ex boyfriend beat me at a game of scrabble and he is dyslexi I was not happy lol

both my husband and my daughter are dyslexic. he graduated from uni and now has an excellent career in software design. my daughter is 11 and is getting loads of help at school. she struggles at times but she has learnt how to overcome school problems in her own way

i'm not but work with kids that are and i see how frustrated they get at times with tasks given in school.

My son is dyslexic,he is 18 now and he has had so many problems with his education... he learnt from a very early age how to get round the problems presented. He learned that if he played up he got one on one with the teacher, thus giving him the attention that he needed. I have found that when he doesn't understand something that if it is explained to him quietly he can pick it up. He has developed a great memory, although not for spelling, Dyslexia is a learning problem and if we are willing to put in the extra time with these kids while they are young it will help them. But I do agree its hard work. My son doesn't read much but he has recently found several books that he has enjoyed and he will read and re read them.

My grandson is dyslexic. The school wouldnt recognise this a first and said he wasnt, but his parents had a private test done. It turned out he was dyslexic but had a very high IQ. He had special lessons, and real sucess story. He got 7 GEC's and is now doing his A levels, and looking to go to University. He is such a dermined boy and just tries and tries and this has proved why he succeeds. He is not good at English or spelling etc tho. If it concerns you I would have a test done by a known centre, and even if it turns out you are not dyslexic I am sure they would be able to offer some good advice.