Truth is Dyslexic people have to find their own way of learning as they grow up. You have to study 3x as hard as an average person to understand how you learn and use that technique to in the future and find ways to improve it.
I’m dyslexic, left handed, adhd and dysgraphic. I went to Groves Academy, and now I can read just as fast as non dyslexics. I’m taking 4 AP courses, which I never believed I would ever be able to do. Up to fourth grade, I couldn’t read, and my executive function (ability to plan, then execute action) was in shambles. It took so much effort every day, but you can do it!!
That’s so awesome to hear. I just found out yesterday that my 9 year old Daughter is dyslexic and dysgraphic. She just failed the state test to move forward to 4th grade. She had to attend summer school and was given the Opportunity to retake the state test. She was so determined to move forward to the next grade and with out help she passed the test! Now that I am aware of her diagnosis I will do my best to help her. It was hard because her teachers had no faith in her passing the test….they were already putting it out there that she wouldn’t pass the test the second time around. I’m so proud of my girl.
I always thought I was just stupid as a kid. I remember putting in so many hours studying and doing homework. I knew no one studied as hard as I did, then to have a test put in front of you and have your brain rearrange your thoughts and almost forget how you did anything was one of the most frustrating things I deal with growing up..it would bother me so much and I’d shame myself because I thought everyone else has dealt with the same thing. Come to find out, after many years and after graduating HS my mom told me I have been dyslexic since I was a child. After doing more research I realized that part of my struggles were due to being a dyslexic. And looking back as a kid, and remembering the times I would read words backwards & my ultimate struggle in English in general, it made all the more sense for me. It’s just comforting to know that I’m not the only one that has dealt with this.
Im dyslexic and love reading, but prior to watching this video I never really thought about how much mental effort it takes for me to read, I thought it was normal to have to mentality read the word in letter by letter in order to actually process it, but it turns out that most people can just look at a word and reckonize it!
I’m dyslexic left handed and have adhd. I was also told I couldn’t hear phonics which just seems part of the dyslexia. I had to memorize every word I learned to spell and pronounce. There’s no cheat for me maybe now that I’m older I can process words together like that of someone using a phonetic structure to sound a new word out. I also was highly skilled in arts and have always had praise over my ability in art and have always been casted as very talented. I guess it evened out my self esteemed. Regardless I don’t hide my dyslexia. I’m not ashamed of it. We all have what we have and it’s a blessing to be able to look at the world in a different way. It also teaches you discipline. Reading out loud has always helped me. It was the biggest fear of mine when I was younger now I try to do it as much as I can because it’s the only thing that helps me get better is practice.
Thankyou for your honestly my son 11 has severe dyslexia and ADHD he gets so upset sometimes because everythings hard in his words. But his art skills his creativity is amazing. Im going to read this to him.
Dyslexics are often really skilled at connecting dots between complex themes and image recognition. Yes, reading may be difficult asf, but there is so much more to life than just reading. I consider myself lucky I am a good reader but one of our kids struggles hard and that’s why I’m here trying to help him.
I’m 51 years old, left handed, had a crippling childhood stammer, struggled at school with reading and word pronunciation and have just found out today that I am Dyslexic. So many things in my life now make sense following a very extensive conversation today with the Educational psychologist.
No one knew I was dyslexic until highschool and then I got a tutor for a year and it showed me a different way of seeing language and it changed my life. That’s all it took just someone really sitting down and explaining it in a way I could understand
I was always punished in one way or another when regular brain people discovered i was different from them. So I kept my dyslexia a secret but eventually it showed up in my inadequacies.
As a dyslexic I undersrood the word before I could read it. I had my mother to thank for creating a vocabulary before I could read. My key to reading was finding things that interested me.. I started with Nancy Drew! Still love mysteries. Once I discovered mythology Greek and Roman my life changed and I became hungry for knowledge. I've been that way ever since.
I was diagnosed with dyslexia at a very early age. Around the second grade. I had become very good about hiding the fact that I couldn’t read. When they found out that I had been faking it which is a whole Nother story… They got me hooked on phonics.I used hooked on phonics for about a year. My parents took me back to be re-examined for my learning disability. Which I call difference! They found out that I was deaf to phonics. Still to this day I am unable to hear sounds and all my recognition is done by site and memorization. If I haven’t seen a word in a long time I will not be able to spell it or read it. I did not graduate high school. At the age of 32 I went to college with my husband‘s encouragement! I was retested and was given the ability to take tests in private and also longer times on these tests. Sometimes I felt as if I was back in the body of the seven-year-old girl trying not to cry. But with my husband‘s help and also being able to use The computer for spellchecker essay reader etc. I was able to flourish in a college environment. I had to advocate for myself the whole way. I’ve had many role models in my life that were dyslexic. They also helped me to keep going. I graduated with two Degrees and student of the year! Looking back it was a horrible experience as a child. There where teachers and special ed teachers that would get so mad at me that they would scream at me because I could not recognize the difference between them they in those. Or was when why etc. I was called stupid by classmates as well as teachers. I would be put in the corner of the classroom with a cardboard box thing that would wrap around me to punish me for not knowing my spelling test words. If You got a bad grade on your spelling test you were not allowed to watch movies. So I spent almost every Friday as a little girl at the corner of the class with a cardboard curtain around me. The amount of pain that this caused was horrific. I had extremely low self-esteem as a child and as a teenager. I became a mom at 17 years old. It’s so crazy to me that people can say so easily “oh I have dyslexia to“ But they’re able to read a book. I am almost 50 years old and I I have never been able to read a book that is above a six grade reading level without difficulty. I had to memorize every book that I read to my girls! By the time they were in the fourth grade I was asking them how to spell words. I truly am not someone who says I have something worse than someone else. But growing up I only remember one other kid having issues like me. Maybe it’s more common now and it gets diagnosed more often. But I sat in the classroom with 30+ students Every year and I was the one kid that was pointed out as the stupid kid. So now when I bring it up I don’t correct people or minimize the pain that they might have gone through or still be going through. I just don’t think that most people get me. I don’t like that sentence! Any time you start off with I don’t think it’s not good! Lol. I don’t understand why this is not a bigger topic! I am almost 50 years old in the pain to this day is unmeasurable. I know that there’s a lot of people out there like me that don’t have a voice. I could go on and on about this for literally hours with my experiences in fact if I could write a book I would. The most important thing that I can say at this point is that if you’re Reading this and you think that your child might have dyslexia you need to be an advocate 100% for your child! It could be the difference between life and death literally. If the school system tells you that they think there might be something wrong with your child then you make them test that child. Fight for your child! Do not let them take your kid out of sports because they’re not doing well in class. These children need their sports in order to reprogram their brains and calm them in order to focus better in class. Try to remember that books are an opening to imagination. When a child cannot read a book by themselves they are locked out of this experience. Read to your children. Thank you so much if you took the time to read this!❤
Thank you so so much for your insights. You should be a motivational speaker since writing a book isn't an option 😁 you have a compelling way with words that makes it incredibly easy to feel and understand you. This maybe an important part of your calling. Thank you for inspiring me to do better for my beautiful highly dyslexic son ❤
Thank you for this. I’m realizing my niece has this without a formal diagnosis I just knew something was off so I’m doing my research and everything ur saying she is going through. I’m looking to change things for her. You are right we need to fight for our children.
I have dyslexia. I am almost 59 years old. Back in my day, it was not recognized and I couldn't phonetically read for crap. But, I found a way on my own. I see words as pictures. You see a car, you know it's a corvette because of the details and shape. That is how I read. I have memorized the details of what words look like. If I've not seen a word or only a few times. I can't pronounce it. I go to the internet, plug that word into a dictionary, and hit the sound button. Usually takes about 10 times and I can pronounce the word with no problem and add it to my pictionary mind.
All students are intelligent in his/her own way! We need to look deeper into what makes them tick instead of trying to put a label on them. Just like the video states, students with dyslexia can be very successful adults.
I am Dyslexic, I was placed in "special classes" since the first grade because they didn't know what to do with me.(it was very uncomfortable) but I adapted and learned to like my situation and meet others that were all so unique and amazing. I felt a lot of empathy to others because I FELT everyones struggle in my classes. I was finally Diagnosed in Highschool when I WAS 17! It took one amazing teacher that was in the LD program that saved my Learning life all makes sense again and helped me learn the way I COULD Learn. He actually found my gift of art and he was the one to inspire me to do what I do today. I design children's clothes and fabric patterns that are selling in stores now!! I also teach art and thankful every day that he was in my life to lead me in the direction I needed to go in such a standardized WORLD. I don't bring up my dyslexia much because people get frustrated with me and sometimes I feel very alone....
The brain functioning of people with dyslexia can, while presenting a challenge in the status quo society, also in turn be a source of strength in providing abilities that benefit not only the individual but also society as a whole. For instance the capacity to see larger patterns of language and logic. What we perceive as "disability" is often a misconception of different ability. But we don't live in a PC perfect world where Happy Shinning People always hold hands... pragmatism is pertinent... Know you have special powers, not necessarily special needs, and know also that not everyone else will see them... but you knowing you have them (special powers and/or special needs) will empower you to defeat all nay sayers (especially the nay sayers within)... Sincerely From, an ADHD, Dykexic, Behavior Problem, Kid
Alan Hartjen Thank You! I have this blessing they call Dylexia I’ve learned to read with the help of A tutor in the 70’s I’m 61 now and reading isn’t fun it’s a task that I do cause I want to learn I watch my wife reading books for hours! And for pure enjoyment! That’s like a fat man trying to run a marathon to me! The other side to this is people of color not having the resources to help their children! It’s hard enough being a black male in this society and I’ve seen the statistics on the prison population with dyslexia and I’m willing to bet that a very high number or men of color
I am dyslexic have adhd, tourettes and am gifted. Because of the severity of my dyslectia I was studdied as a child and got a lot of high quality intervention (helped a lot) What I love about this video is the connection they are making between dyslexia and understanding the bigger picture, because of my severe dyslexia I am as talented at this type of understanding as I am lacking with text. This is probably why I am considered gifted. I have always experienced all these things as one thing, not seperated by the four boxes they get. I solve every issue in life with one strategie, effective in understanding the logic and feeling based world, but lacking at understanding the rule based one.
My second grade teacher released I was doing exceptionly well in math and science but tenable in reading g a writing. She talk to my mom and gave use a set if special books for dyslexic kids. The next summer I read 100 chapter books ( kids books some like 90 pages lol). I'm still bad at writing and Grammer but I can at least read and I will always be thankful.
I just found out that I am Dyslexic After going through Life filling dumb, Inadequate, Abandoned. Divorced from 10 years of marriage with two boys, I am now fighting to get on my feet, a place of my own for 50/50 Custody over my boys. It is killing me to not be able to hold my boy, to talk to my boys, and wake up in the morning from them jumping on my bed. I am writing a Manga comic about my life, wrapped in fiction to help me vent my frustration. I have graduated high school bin to college. I am a Whole life fashion designer of 20 years, graphic artist for 15 years & animator for 2 years. Is there anyone out there that can help Me organize my life?
Hello internet stranger, just wanted to tell you to stay strong, you are worth much more than dyslexia, don't let it define you. Keep on fighting for those you love but also for your well being. Opportunities will come when you make your work with love. Life may be unbalanced right know, but that doesn't mean it's going to be like that forever. Bad moments can make you stronger and happier in the future. I hope you have a nice day and wish that everything becomes better in your life.
Listen to Echert Tolle on you tube. It opens doors to dimensions that you can't see in written words. Use podcasts made by mom's to get hacks on raising kids. Watch clutterbug channel on you tube for 4 style of organization. Use you tube and podcasts to learn from mom's how they struggle, hack, build and find peace in their lives.enjoy being a woman, a mother and put you artist creativity into your boys....let them paint, draw , sing, record videos, do lot of visual spatial minecraft game ! Everything is still OK. You are ok and there is an ocean of love inside you ❤ just close your eyes and breathe. Enjoy the space outside and inside
IMHO, DYSLEXIA IS A SUPERPOWER! Or if you prefer, your kryptonite that, like superman, you can overcome and excel above. I am in my 70s so in "unenlightened times" they just thought I was unmotivated, struggling to read. To their credit my parents had me tutored in reading and writing one summer. That helped, but I avoided reading anything I didn't have to... until complex math came along. (I could always visualize the dynamics of moving things and could fix almost anything). Advanced math tapped into my ability to think dynamically in the abstract. Very handy! The dyslexic brain works differently than the "vanilla" normal brain - DON'T let anyone make you feel inadequate because of it! Look at all the great inventors, politicians and businessmen who have it! TAP INTO THAT SUPERPOWER!
I have Dyslexia and was taught "Whole Language" ( Which had already been shown to fail in California, yet they used it in my state knowing it didn't work... like telling kids cat is kat and will change it later when you learn more) When I finally got a Tutor who taught me Hooked on phonics, I began a much better reader... But I was always good to great at math Especially geometry
I believe that I have Dyslexia overlapped with ADHD and Dysgraphia. I have never been diagnosed and I’m 36 years old. I’m very disciplined and work very hard through these shortcomings. I live in Los Angeles and would be very interested in participating in a study to help gain more knowledge on this subject. Thank you, Chad.
Thanks for reaching out, Chad Lovato. If you're looking for research opportunities such as studies or clinical trials, finding a local resource may be the best option. Consider looking online to find out if any local colleges or universities with programs in psychiatry, psychology, or neuropsychology are recruiting participants for studies or research. Another option is to search the ClinicalTrials website (clinicaltrials.gov/), a publicly available registry and results database of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world. We hope this helps. All the best, The Understood Team
You live in LA so I would recommend contacting the primier public medical research facility in your area which is UCLA. If they don't have any ongoing research project that interests you, you might inquire as to past projects. They will certainly have available and accessible research papers in what must be an exceptional Medical Library. Best wishes
I've always guessed that I'm dyslexic , but I've always been a good reader...I struggle with pronunciation , spelling and grammar .In school I would write a sentence and one small word would be missing from the sentence making it not make sense . Then the missing word would be found randomly placed in the next sentence , making that sentence un readable also.....saw & was read as the same word to me , its the other words in the sentence that tell me which word it is … what sort of stuffed up I'm I ? on the positive I'm exceptionally creative and very good at problem solving .
@@jaynecobern3056 symptoms do not match . Tight, awkward pencil grip and body position.....I'm very creative in drawing and letter writing Illegible handwriting -see above Avoiding writing or drawing tasks -I'm a good story teller Tiring quickly while writing -loved writing Saying words out loud while writing--I do use phonics , but mouth the sounds, not out loud Unfinished or omitted words in sentences -its only little words and they are always there , just in the wrong places Difficulty organizing thoughts on paper Difficulty with syntax structure and gramma Large gap between written ideas and understanding demonstrated through speech- I'm very quick with ideas & problem solving
So I thought I got over "dyslexia", didn't have any problems reading (a lot of fiction novels). Then my friends started getting kids. While babysitting and reading them stories I remembered again I couldn't read. At least not out loud, or in the order that was actually printed. At the end of the sentence I would always have some words left over I had already read. It dawned on me I just see al the words and then make a (logical, but necessarily correct) sentence from these words. Not a problem if you read a fiction novel, but it does become a problem when the order of the words matter (physics, law, to some extent: reading children's book out loud). Other crazy shit: being able to make spreadsheets with many calculations, percantages, indexes, scenarios, understanding both calculations as well as meaning of numbers, intuitively finding mistakes, yet, when presenting the spreadsheet using the incorrect words (reading 1000, understanding 1000 but saying 100, and not noticing). Very annoying indeed. Seeing something blue, recognizing it as blue, yet saying: "yeah, there at the green house"
I have adhd and dyslexia and I have a feeling the last thing you mentioned is because of adhd, because the mind just can't focus on the right word and its just running around, I don't know thought
Omg this is so me too! Especially the last part , I see something orange and say that’s orange in my head then tell someone it’s yellow but really meaning it’s orange. And see 1000 but say it’s 100. And I read and skip words all the time. Dude I relate.
Reading is one way that the brain has to adjust to, so that we can look how ro pronounce words and have an understanding of what is being said for the person to understand.
I am dyslexic, but somehow i have learned to read in 4 different languages with 3 very different and distinct alphabets. Two of the languages have somewhat similar alphabet, but one of them has little thingies above or below the letter to change its sound, while english combines two different letters to get the same sounds, eg ch, sh. I do read slower than an avarage person, and i do get fatigued by reading. I love languages, and when i was young, i though i could work as a translator. But i quickly dropped that idea after realizing how much i will need to read. I learn mostly buy listening. I have to be very interested in a subject to go trough the torture of learning by reading. Now there are a lot of audio books and educational videos available. How i wish they were available in my childhood. That would have made my school years so much easier. And English spelling is the worst... the other languages i speak and read have fixed spelling for sounds....while english spelling is all over the place. Fish, nation.... sh sound spelled as tio? WTF, who thought that was a good idea?... the list is long, and i assume most english speakers will know what am i talking about.... and those silent letters? Why? What is their purpose? Besides f...ing with the dyslexic brain.
Native English speaker here the reason our language is so complex is because there are an infinite amount of variations that all follow the rules of a bunch of different languages that as a whole represent the base level of English this is the form taught to people it consists of all of the "best" parts of a handful of languages mixed together The key to understanding English is it's not one language it's a simple set of instructions that allow for a high degree of creative freedom it's like a video game that allows you to solve a puzzle in many different ways with no true solution there is no meaningful way to master English because everyones English is different but contains enough of the basic elements that most people can understand each other but only people familiar with each other can really appreciate exactly what's being said " slang" can varry by state, county,street, generation,specific communities etc
I also have dyslexia and ADHD but i also have something extra ordinary like I'm able define a character of a person by seen his/ her outlook or just little talks. But its very difficult to focus on particular thing.
I'm severely dyslexic. I made a massive effort to read because I understood how important it was.. what I find strange is I can't spell ..because of spell check I have a freedom I never experienced before..I'm 63
I see a word and trust it’s way ppl have told me it says. I probably see even big words as one sound. I can’t spell unless my brain memorised it. The 1st lesson doesn’t work 4 me. The onli thing that has helped me was to help me remember how to say or write words I’ve seen or heard before. Then wen I write it looks a lot different but has some right letters in hopefully in the right order. I gave up as a teen cos I was failing school as an adult I found out I had dyslexia and completely gave up on myself but I had to try to spell one word for 90 mins before my college teacher got me tested.
I am 77 and no one heard of Dyslexia when I was young. I never knew anyone in all my 68 years in the U.S. with Dyslexia. I have lived in South America 10 years and have 3 friends with Dyslexia, all different. I am also Phantasic as are 2 of my friends. Sounds were never my problem. Letters changing position in words and numbers were the problem. Just before college, I was tired of looking dumb and set out to conquer it ... and I did. I still have number problems and the last two numbers in a sequence always reverse. But to me, words are a picture. I am now a fast reader. I can also read print backward and upside down. I am sorry to say that many people just decide it is too much trouble to read when Dyslexia. It is not. It just takes time to train your mind to think differently. My Parents thought I was dumb, until a teacher suggested I be tested. I have 4 degrees, have created and owned 2 companies and traveled the world on my own. If you are Dyslexic, pick one book each week and make yourself read it. You will keep getting faster and faster at reading. Your mind is memorizing words. As you memorize, you read faster and faster. It is not hard. It just takes some time. But it works.
Something that really helped me to read was to play games with diolouge, also by googling worths I didn’t know or couldn’t pronounce and then I went and typed to google or Siri and ask them to read the word out and give a definition
I've heard that learning Latin or Greek has been proven to be able to change things really quickly to improve dyslexia. Makes me mad at past me for not learning it when i first had theorized as a kid that it would help me. Especially since i was always interested in etymology too. But i will be finally pushing myself to learn both next year! This upcoming year i also have many goals that i know will help change my brain. I was diagnosed really late in life with ADHD and being on the autism spectrum, though i dont have a proper diagnosis of dyslexia i had another auditory processing issue growing up they felt they'd corrected but i've since seen a decline as i've been out of practice and reverting back to how it was as a kid and its not exclusively an issue with b/d and 9/p anymore but full on mixing of letters and words which i know is dyslexia. I just dont have the time or resources to get a diagnosis but i deeply explained things to friend also neurodivergent and they said that they just got diagnosed and that i explained it to a T. Lol so.. yeah like the other things i've been diagnosed with i already have put it together, only now i just dont care to have a doctors confirmation and just want to work diligently to improve how my brain works. I believe in our abilities to change! So i wanted to share a bit about my story and the findings i've come into. I also think learning how to read music might help and am doing that this year along with some modern languages before next years Latin and Greek endeavor. Wish me luck! And i wish you all the best too! I'll let you know how it goes (also it's funny you mention about the balance thing because my family always recalled i used to fall for no reason just randomly. far past toddler age. i never knew that was a part of all this stuff, interesting)
I’m dyslexic and have ADD. I’ve had to learn how to teach myself different methods of learning new things. I still get things done correctly but I just sometimes don’t use the same methods to do it as others. I have a routine at work that I stick to because the structure helps me with time management and staying in task. Some joke that I’m OCD but I’m not 🙄I keep my desk in specific order and keep things in their place. If my desk is messy, I can’t find what I need when I need it and it will trigger my anxiety and makes me feel like I’m failing at being a productive employee.
30 yr old dude here and I can totally relate to that specific word when I learned it I really liked the sound of it so I'd try to use it in school but couldnt ever gets the spelling correct it would cause me such stress it seems so simple I knew it was a "tricky" word but I could never remember the trick
That i appreciate and so right about it. To be like the top 10 students in class just might be the worst thing for my personality. Not putting anyone down just for others to understand the difficulties. The difficulties comes from trying to fit in the box I am suppose fit on. My box is made of layers and layers and vivid colors and no end in sight. Every day I can see another way a adventure. The only draw back is the time it takes me to see my vision. If I could organize that I can do anything. God Bless
Dyslexia is to do with an individuals whole learning process, not just reading and writing, it just happens to be that reading and writing show themselves as the most effected aspects for the majority of people. The way I see the difference between traditionally persevered academics Vs people with dyslexia: TPA are Microsoft, it’s a dogmatic perception that these people are ‘normal’. Dyslexic people are Apple, it’s not that they can’t do what TPA’s can do, it’s that they do it in a different way, which unfortunately still to this day isn’t in sync with modern education and society. Who’s to say what the normal learning process of the human mind is, and deem people intelligent or unintelligent? Throughout my entire education I was in special needs groups, because I’m dyslexic and learned things a lot slower. Since leaving education I have unintentionally taught myself a method to write a lot better, and I think I’ve done that by listening to people talk in interviews, watching films and hours of interesting public speakers and seminars of articulate people. So I write and talk in phrases like that robot in the transformers. My physical writing skills are still very slow, but I much prefer typing. Dyslexic people are just running a different operating system, our minds are not disabled; human 2.0 if you will, but it’s difficult to make an unboxing video. Our minds are like a room without an exit, or an island without a bridge to the rest of the world.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 So on Point Yo we need a support group is there a cool one you know of??...The Apple heads, maybe 😅 would be a cool name a learned to read to with the help of a tutor back in the 70’s but reading sucks! Not fun at all and I hate the guilt trip people push on you cause you don’t enjoy reading, You automatically get that silent tag Not to mention being a black man in this society that the cherry on top I love a challenge!
Dyslexic has so many angles. It is hard to organize writing reading and getting 3 things group together is so hard. Just like getting lost every where I go. I can give Siri night mares. They say just use your GPS. I can not tell if I'm in the left lane quick enough so I gave to go to the side of the road re think and first attempt to get back on the road. My GPS has no Gyro to recover from my point of return. I can not leave a hotel room and retrace my steps 100% no chance of getting out of my own way. I have wasted so many hours days. Etc. Trying to find the path to return or go to my destination. I am late eery time. And everytime I believe o finally have it under control. I was very happy to know I am not stupid to get lost all the time. I now think I get ti see things most people have no clue how a detour can be beautiful. It did give me some skills to get me through things. And I do know my IQ is very good and have no idea how and I am optimistic which makes me happy I am creative and I believe this so called disability helped me become light hearted helpful and I don't mention it much or want to be different but I feel i am unquic and worth waiting for. I will arrive in in good mood with something I just made you. It's not all bad. Just call me Dixie. A bit dizzy.
My niece been six years old,. Hardly can read, is that dyslexia? Since childhood her daddy got her to be friendly with gadget as time killing,. Instead of sending her to playgroup. The fam earn the living by vending some meals and drinks, Thanks Masboy -Medan Indonesia
I was diagnosed in 1st grade from a great teacher honestly if it wasn’t caught as soon as it was idk where I’d be I struggle with spelling sometimes and definitely miss punctuation as well I do flip numbers sometimes still and get confused by >, < I also remember not being able to distinguish left from rights other than a scar on my thumb and 6 and 9s confused me along with d and bs and couldn’t remember formulas but I excelled in word problems problem solving and mechanical skills show me the process once and I understood I’ve definitely gotten much better over the years but glad I got a good head start
At 5:45 what are SPECIFIC , STRUCTURED interventions utilized to help teach the relationship between sounds and letters? Please provide specific examples or where I can find these intervention strategies.
Yes! I find Take Flight: A Comprehensive Intervention for Students with Dyslexia to be among the most comprehensive of the interventions out there currently.
I'd also look into Wilson Reading Systems. I use this with my clients who have dyslexia as well as reading difficulties. It works but you have to have someone who is skilled in delivering the intervention.
Interesting. Please explain how phonics works for: though; through; rough; bought; bough; row (argument) row (line-up); course/coarse; ... Surely, if you are teaching reading to someone with dyslexia (who already finds the process difficult) using sounds to decode words is not going to be an easy task. Also, CAT can look like ACT, TAC, ATC, TCA, ATC, and that's just without the letters turning upside down!
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Thank you for your patience Sarah. We've heard back from our expert, Trynia Kaufman and here's what they had to share: Hi Sarah, Thanks for your question! You are absolutely right that this is not an easy task. Learning sounds and how they connect to letters is very difficult for people with dyslexia. This is why it's critical for the rules of reading to be broken down and explicitly taught step-by-step. This includes instruction in phonics. Just like with anything else, when we find something difficult, it usually means we need it broken down into smaller pieces so that we can understand it better. And we need more practice. Luckily, not everyone who is dyslexic will see letters upside down or backwards. But they likely will need more practice and repetition to learn and remember which letters make which sounds. For more information about phonics and reading interventions, you might find these helpful: What Is Phonological Awareness? www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/child-learning-disabilities/reading-issues/phonological-awareness-what-it-is-and-how-it-works Inside a Reading Intervention ua-cam.com/video/ex3X3IoPqXg/v-deo.html Structured Literacy: Best Practices for Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction www.understood.org/en/school-learning/for-educators/universal-design-for-learning/what-is-structured-literacy What Is Dyslexia www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/child-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/what-is-dyslexia
Having the experience as a Para educator made me realize and being able to work with the students to use different academics to help learn their skills
I read well, but it took me years to learn how. I don't think I use a phonetic system to read, at least not in English. The relationship between letters and sounds in English isn't often obvious. Less so with some accents. My brain uses context and a word bank to create word probability. In languages with more sure phonetic systems, I can sound out words. In English, I just know what the word is.
The experience with dyslexia does not create a heightened skill in spatial awareness. The spatial awareness is something that predates literacy by thousands of years. The introduction of written text is relatively modern, an invention that just so happens to not suit and match the capabilities of certain brain types. I think we’re a long way away from understanding the human brain and the different wiring up scenarios people can be born with. This is nothing like the heightened sense of hearing with the loss of sight. Test kids with that theory and it’ll soon prove it wrong. With enough practice, I reckon you could get some people to be able to almost feel or interpret music through feeling and touching a vinyl record. And a lot of people wouldn’t be able to do it. It doesn’t mean that the majority of people are dysfunctional in their brain, it’s just a thing that the brain wasn’t meant to do. The academic system works against the dyslexic way of thinking. And is a huge hinderance to the opportunities that elevate people into roles regarded highly by society.
My son Dysgraphia,Dyscalculia?Bazar really high reading comprehension and oral ability but was transposing letters numbers is now doing really well he thought his hopes and dreams where over a 10 Year old with a Reading age of 19 years 5 months ?On a computer with really complicated things no issues .He can now write beautifully he had to be taught from scratch basically he is like the Grammar Police ..He is organised .I let him get himself ready he personally has really good hand eye coordination he did not -Even shoelaces the basic things where the problem not the complicated...I have Epilepsy left temporal lobe I seriously hope he is happy ,healthy just continues to do his best nobody can be amazing at everything remember we are all unique here and many of you will have amazing talents my brother has PHD Students lots of them with Dyslexia !👌💪Just try be happy in your own skin don't judge yourself in a grade it's the effort you put in ...Never forget that ❣️
apply the direct instruction methods and strategies correctly and you will have successful students in reading and therefore math (that require reading), science, writing and spelling.
Which is why it is critical to teach dyslexics to not read by sounding out the words by letters but rather teach them to read by remembering the full word as a symbol. This is good for normal people too, but its critical for dyslexics. Unfortunately she propagates a common and severe missconception. Words are not made of combined sounds corresponding to some letters, thats just the error that linguists make.
This really sucks everytime I get a job wherever requires typing or something like that I get extremely nervous cuz I always would be spelling words incorrectly
English language and phonics. After moving in third grade and a new school my mom gets a call. "Do you know your son can't read?". They taught me phonics and none of these rules make sense and the phonics methods they taught only confused spelling. I eventually could read after a stint in special education but I was already classified a dunce.
Trying to make me learn phonics is why I couldn't read till I was 7. I couldn't sound out words then, and I can't sound out words now at 43. I'm really upset by this idea that all you have to do is teach the dyslexic people phonics. I can't learn phonics. I'm dyslexic. Just tell me what the word is, I'll remember it later when I see it again.
I've been reading stuff like I'll make my own sentences and re read it and it's not what it said but it's a mix of the words and it's confusing cause I just read a full sentence visually then the words rearrange really quick and I'm not being stupid.
I am good at Reading and also read very difficult word but it hard to remember spelling and write long word like name by my own but I can read the and my spelling is wrong what to be perfect in spelling
Both myself and son have dyslexia. You can't change it. Even with numbers. I see them backwards and words. How do you change that???!? I've struggled my whole life with it.
I was in the second grade, I wrote swapping hands , the teacher got mad and took that pencil and slapped it in my right hand and told the rest of the pupils how stupid I was , how in the hell will I ever know which am I !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello, thank you for reaching out. Unfortunately we don’t offer any courses, but we do have a few resources on Dyslexia that we think you might find helpful and invite you to check out. You can find the links below! www.understood.org/articles/dyslexia-in-children www.understood.org/articles/at-a-glance-classroom-accommodations-for-dyslexia www.understood.org/articles/tutoring-kids-with-dyslexia-what-you-need-to-know www.understood.org/articles/video-how-a-great-teacher-helped-a-student-with-dyslexia-find-her-path
Based on what I understood from dyslexia, is that dyslexic brains are wired differently hence the difficulty in reading/writing but that also gives them other skills/advantages non-dyslexics do not have. So if a dyslexic child/adult undergoes training to help improve their reading/writing/ comprehension and their brains actually change to resemble the non-dyslexics will they lose their creative skills produced from being dyslexics ?
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Hi again, Hayat Al-Munajjed. Thanks for your patience here. We’ve heard back from our expert, neuropsychologist Ellen B. Braaten, PhD and here’s what they had to share: This is a very insightful question and one that I have never been asked until now! You are correct in saying that the brains of people with dyslexia are "wired differently," at least as it relates to reading written language. Readers with dyslexia actively use more of the frontal lobes of their brains when reading as compared to readers without dyslexia. In addition, they use less of the parietal lobe (the part of the brain associated with word analysis and decoding) and the occipital lobe (the part of the brain associated with the visual skills needed to automatically access whole words and to read fluently). Their brains don't naturally make the brain networks needed to be fluent readers. Brain imaging studies have demonstrated that when individuals with dyslexia are exposed to appropriate reading interventions, these networks become more like those of readers without dyslexia. In terms of the creativity shown by individuals with dyslexia, there isn't any evidence as of yet that this is the case. However, anecdotally, there are many stories of very successful CEO's, visual artists, actors, and musicians with dyslexia. It's unlikely that these successes are due directly to how their brain processes information. Rather, it's more likely the result of a variety of factors, quite possibly the resilience that comes when we have mastered something that is difficult (in this case reading) or that comes from the necessity of thinking outside of the box. I don't have evidence to back this up, but my hunch based on what we know this far and on my own clinical experiences with children and adults with dyslexia is that learning to read and "rewiring" their brains to be better readers won't negatively impact their creative potential. In fact, mastering reading and finding new ways to think about problems might be the key ingredient that we observe in the successful, creative adults with dyslexia. Thus, I would at this time, say "no" I wouldn't expect it to have a negative effect and it might actually someday prove to be positive.
Can anyone tell me if I have dyslexia or not? I have no problem in reading or writing, I also write spellings correctly. I had learned to read and write a little before going to school, I used to read poems and stories easily But now I have a lot of problems in maths and I cant remember anything just by reading it once , I have to read again and again to remember it, and i have no intrest and talent in art im not creative and my grades are also decreasing . please tell me if I have dyslexia or I am just overthinking about It about It .
Why are we just talking about reading! It’s the whole thought process I understand the benefit of reading skills but how about using what we have been gifted with and enhancing that skill! See I’m one of those Dyslexics who’s learned to read! But it’s not fun it’s not enjoyable it a task I need information in a format out here that allows me to process it as fast and with the mental fluency of the person that doesn’t have Dylexia!
See if you have dyslexia don't be ashamed because your gods creation... If you can't read or write and do something that you can do because trust me I know it feels to get hurt by the words people call me😔😔😔😔I over come it and i dont care what they say.....so my advice to you just be your self and keep smiling
What are the treatment options exist for dyslexia? Currently, no medications treat dyslexia. Instead, educational interventions can teach effective new ways to learn and read.
What was that area of the brain originally designed to do? I would very much like to know that. Ohhhh...Not sure I fully like this trade off. Interesting. Explicit. The roots up., Reasoning, vs blind acceptance.
Why is it that reading skills are given so much importance? If there is problem with basic reading skills then it's a concern. Not all need 'great' reading skills. If someone has 'ok ok' reading skills it's fine. There are infinite other skills that don't require 'great' reading skills. Only that the education system is biased towards reading skills. Children should not be assessed or judged on reading skills alone. As they become adults they will do fine.
I agree we shouldn’t be tested and graded on our reading skills but reading is suck a huge part of the world how would you get anywhere how would you lurn about the past . You ever play telephone how often does the full sentence actually get released on the other end .... very rarely we would have no history look at Native American tribes without a written language some tribes are down to 0 people who actually know the language and the story’s of the people how would you find your way somwhers If you cannot read street signs
The written word is an invention, dyslexics are explorers, we see the connections between different things, we analyse the physical world, we visualise objects and can manipulate them inside our minds eye. We should stop making it out the slow reading is a issue, now with tech the world is turning back to be the visual again.
I struggle with getting the words I need when writing or even talking. I can see all the letters in my head, but not the correct order. To close friends I will sometimes give them the letters and they help me find the word with the context. 😅 When tired I often can't write words correctly. I didn't realize this until I was in my 20's and had a job were sometimes people would be over my shoulder while I was writing. Sometimes I write the letters all out of order and its spelled incorrectly. Other times I spell the word correctly, but write the letters out of sequence. For example, the word "their". I might start with the h then the r then the e then the t and then the e and i. Does thia happen to anyone else?
I'm dyslexic from primary school of knowing and as adult bipolar disorders came to a head. I can't find any information knowledge of what the traits of being bipolar and dyslexic ppl attribute ?? What dose this mean ? what brain function have I got, with the mixture of both integration as nobody understands me ! Can find common ground but others don't know how to integrate with me on my level . I'm not normal I know this much 🤣 is there anyone that's bipolar and dyslexic???? Anyone , no info on the internet like what ?!?!?
Yes, but how do you look at the brain while it's still in someone's head? I mean *really* look at it. And how do we get it out of there? Preferably the brain leaves the head of it's own volition.
OMG I have tried to listen to this video 3 times for a course, but this lady puts me to sleep! UGH. I wish she would speed it up a little. She talks soooooooooo sloooooooow.
Thanks for your question Esther. We have shared it with our in-house experts for their feedback. Once we hear back from them, we will connect back with you.
Thanks for your patience here Esther. We’ve heard back from our in-house expert, Trynia Kaufman and here’s what they had to share: Thanks for your question. Effective reading interventions teach reading in an explicit and structured way. They help kids break down the connections between sounds and letters. This is often called phonics instruction or structured literacy. There are many different programs that are designed to do this. You might be interested in this video that shows the different parts of a reading intervention and how it's done: ua-cam.com/video/ex3X3IoPqXg/v-deo.html I hope this helps! Trynia
Thanks for your question MacZajSci. Can you explain some more about what you mean when you say "non alphabetical scripts"? We look forward to hearing back from you.
Understood Languages like Chinese use a logography to encode words not phonemes in their writing system. Or even how Japanese has syllabaries which could potentially work differently among kanji characters. How does this work with dyslexia?
Hello im rani from indonesia.. im a moslem and as a moslem i have to read quran which is in arabic. I begin learn arabic letters when i was in elementary school. and i have dyslexia.. it took years until i can read in arabic ( i can read it when i was In college ) Sorry about my english
Thanks for reaching out, Ripper Blades. Since 2014, Understood has served millions of families of children who learn and think differently, as a free online resource. While Understood’s videos and content were originally designed for families in mind, we hope our content could be helpful to anyone looking for support with learning and thinking differences like ADHD and dyslexia. In 2020, we expanded our mission to help educators, young adults and workplaces that need support, help foster conversations and drive action in their daily lives. Our resources will continue to remain free to individuals and easily accessible, so we reach as many people as possible. You can find some of these expanded resources below: Video: How a diagnosis in adulthood changed one woman’s perspective u.org/3WXm1kG How dyslexia is diagnosed after high school u.org/2J3ayi9 Types of college accommodations and services u.org/3TD40Ft Are Employers Required to Provide Accommodations? u.org/3XgC4ue Video: Succeeding in the workplace with dyslexia u.org/3X68mrt A day in the life of an employee with dyslexia u.org/3TFNNzx We hope this helps! Best, The Understood team
Truth is Dyslexic people have to find their own way of learning as they grow up. You have to study 3x as hard as an average person to understand how you learn and use that technique to in the future and find ways to improve it.
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This is honest truth of the matter.
@@elligurl2279 how did you dialed Wit that???
Ay up I’m dyslexic 🐸👋
I’m dyslexic, left handed, adhd and dysgraphic. I went to Groves Academy, and now I can read just as fast as non dyslexics. I’m taking 4 AP courses, which I never believed I would ever be able to do. Up to fourth grade, I couldn’t read, and my executive function (ability to plan, then execute action) was in shambles. It took so much effort every day, but you can do it!!
Thanks
That’s so awesome to hear. I just found out yesterday that my 9 year old Daughter is dyslexic and dysgraphic. She just failed the state test to move forward to 4th grade. She had to attend summer school and was given the Opportunity to retake the state test. She was so determined to move forward to the next grade and with out help she passed the test! Now that I am aware of her diagnosis I will do my best to help her. It was hard because her teachers had no faith in her passing the test….they were already putting it out there that she wouldn’t pass the test the second time around. I’m so proud of my girl.
Oh please tell me what you did specifically If you can! Or what is the most critical thing you did differently that helped you most 💚🙏🏼
At what age were you able to read?
What worked for to start reading ?
I always thought I was just stupid as a kid. I remember putting in so many hours studying and doing homework. I knew no one studied as hard as I did, then to have a test put in front of you
and have your brain rearrange your thoughts and almost forget how you did anything was one of the most frustrating things I deal with growing up..it would bother me so much and I’d shame myself because I thought everyone else has dealt with the same thing. Come to find out, after many years and after graduating HS my mom told me I have been dyslexic since I was a child.
After doing more research I realized that part of my struggles were due to being a dyslexic. And looking back as a kid, and remembering the times I would read words backwards & my ultimate struggle in English in general, it made all the more sense for me. It’s just comforting to know that I’m not the only one that has dealt with this.
Im dyslexic and love reading, but prior to watching this video I never really thought about how much mental effort it takes for me to read, I thought it was normal to have to mentality read the word in letter by letter in order to actually process it, but it turns out that most people can just look at a word and reckonize it!
Can we connect, idk anyone who's dyslexic!?
Come on. You spelt everything right but recognize..
@@repunklican1181 I didn’t even realize!! That made sense to me how they spelt it
I agree with you it takes me a little longer to read but I like to read it sometimes takes longer to recognize the words longer words
@@repunklican1181 They misused the word mentality also. If you're going to point out someone's short comings, you should be correct.
I did 9 years of a reading program named Wilson reading it helped a lot and taught me why words are the way they are
Is there anything out here to help with telling your left from your right? I usually flip words and numbers
Emotional intelligence is underrated.... thought I would share that ....
I’m dyslexic left handed and have adhd. I was also told I couldn’t hear phonics which just seems part of the dyslexia. I had to memorize every word I learned to spell and pronounce. There’s no cheat for me maybe now that I’m older I can process words together like that of someone using a phonetic structure to sound a new word out. I also was highly skilled in arts and have always had praise over my ability in art and have always been casted as very talented. I guess it evened out my self esteemed. Regardless I don’t hide my dyslexia. I’m not ashamed of it. We all have what we have and it’s a blessing to be able to look at the world in a different way. It also teaches you discipline. Reading out loud has always helped me. It was the biggest fear of mine when I was younger now I try to do it as much as I can because it’s the only thing that helps me get better is practice.
Thankyou for your honestly my son 11 has severe dyslexia and ADHD he gets so upset sometimes because everythings hard in his words. But his art skills his creativity is amazing. Im going to read this to him.
Memorizing every word? Working Memory 'is' the main problem with dyslexia so how it that a solution??
Dyslexics are often really skilled at connecting dots between complex themes and image recognition. Yes, reading may be difficult asf, but there is so much more to life than just reading. I consider myself lucky I am a good reader but one of our kids struggles hard and that’s why I’m here trying to help him.
I’m 51 years old, left handed, had a crippling childhood stammer, struggled at school with reading and word pronunciation and have just found out today that I am Dyslexic. So many things in my life now make sense following a very extensive conversation today with the Educational psychologist.
I can relate. What have you done to help yourself? I am curious
No one knew I was dyslexic until highschool and then I got a tutor for a year and it showed me a different way of seeing language and it changed my life. That’s all it took just someone really sitting down and explaining it in a way I could understand
I was always punished in one way or another when regular brain people discovered i was different from them. So I kept my dyslexia a secret but eventually it showed up in my inadequacies.
And how did the tutor do to show you?
what kind tutor ? any advice as my son 7 years old recently diagnosed
As a dyslexic I undersrood the word before I could read it. I had my mother to thank for creating a vocabulary before I could read. My key to reading was finding things that interested me.. I started with Nancy Drew! Still love mysteries. Once I discovered mythology Greek and Roman my life changed and I became hungry for knowledge. I've been that way ever since.
I was diagnosed with dyslexia at a very early age. Around the second grade. I had become very good about hiding the fact that I couldn’t read. When they found out that I had been faking it which is a whole Nother story… They got me hooked on phonics.I used hooked on phonics for about a year. My parents took me back to be re-examined for my learning disability. Which I call difference! They found out that I was deaf to phonics. Still to this day I am unable to hear sounds and all my recognition is done by site and memorization. If I haven’t seen a word in a long time I will not be able to spell it or read it. I did not graduate high school. At the age of 32 I went to college with my husband‘s encouragement! I was retested and was given the ability to take tests in private and also longer times on these tests. Sometimes I felt as if I was back in the body of the seven-year-old girl trying not to cry. But with my husband‘s help and also being able to use The computer for spellchecker essay reader etc. I was able to flourish in a college environment. I had to advocate for myself the whole way. I’ve had many role models in my life that were dyslexic. They also helped me to keep going. I graduated with two Degrees and student of the year! Looking back it was a horrible experience as a child. There where teachers and special ed teachers that would get so mad at me that they would scream at me because I could not recognize the difference between them they in those. Or was when why etc. I was called stupid by classmates as well as teachers. I would be put in the corner of the classroom with a cardboard box thing that would wrap around me to punish me for not knowing my spelling test words. If You got a bad grade on your spelling test you were not allowed to watch movies. So I spent almost every Friday as a little girl at the corner of the class with a cardboard curtain around me. The amount of pain that this caused was horrific. I had extremely low self-esteem as a child and as a teenager. I became a mom at 17 years old. It’s so crazy to me that people can say so easily “oh I have dyslexia to“ But they’re able to read a book. I am almost 50 years old and I I have never been able to read a book that is above a six grade reading level without difficulty. I had to memorize every book that I read to my girls! By the time they were in the fourth grade I was asking them how to spell words. I truly am not someone who says I have something worse than someone else. But growing up I only remember one other kid having issues like me. Maybe it’s more common now and it gets diagnosed more often. But I sat in the classroom with 30+ students Every year and I was the one kid that was pointed out as the stupid kid. So now when I bring it up I don’t correct people or minimize the pain that they might have gone through or still be going through. I just don’t think that most people get me. I don’t like that sentence! Any time you start off with I don’t think it’s not good! Lol. I don’t understand why this is not a bigger topic! I am almost 50 years old in the pain to this day is unmeasurable. I know that there’s a lot of people out there like me that don’t have a voice. I could go on and on about this for literally hours with my experiences in fact if I could write a book I would. The most important thing that I can say at this point is that if you’re Reading this and you think that your child might have dyslexia you need to be an advocate 100% for your child! It could be the difference between life and death literally. If the school system tells you that they think there might be something wrong with your child then you make them test that child. Fight for your child! Do not let them take your kid out of sports because they’re not doing well in class. These children need their sports in order to reprogram their brains and calm them in order to focus better in class. Try to remember that books are an opening to imagination. When a child cannot read a book by themselves they are locked out of this experience. Read to your children. Thank you so much if you took the time to read this!❤
We're so sorry to hear that you weren't given the proper support for your dyslexia.💙 Thank you so much for sharing your story with us.
Thank you so so much for your insights. You should be a motivational speaker since writing a book isn't an option 😁 you have a compelling way with words that makes it incredibly easy to feel and understand you. This maybe an important part of your calling. Thank you for inspiring me to do better for my beautiful highly dyslexic son ❤
Thank you for this. I’m realizing my niece has this without a formal diagnosis I just knew something was off so I’m doing my research and everything ur saying she is going through. I’m looking to change things for her. You are right we need to fight for our children.
I am writing a story with a dyslexic character. I am not dyslexic. I wanted to ask about phonics deafness. Do you memorize every word?
I have dyslexia. I am almost 59 years old. Back in my day, it was not recognized and I couldn't phonetically read for crap. But, I found a way on my own. I see words as pictures. You see a car, you know it's a corvette because of the details and shape. That is how I read. I have memorized the details of what words look like. If I've not seen a word or only a few times. I can't pronounce it. I go to the internet, plug that word into a dictionary, and hit the sound button. Usually takes about 10 times and I can pronounce the word with no problem and add it to my pictionary mind.
Why is dyslexia such a hard word to spell why can't it be a nice three letter word?
To give dyslectic people the excuse to not being able to correctly spell their own disorder
😂facts
Exactly
I keep spelling it dislexea
No it’s to show how hard it is
All students are intelligent in his/her own way! We need to look deeper into what makes them tick instead of trying to put a label on them. Just like the video states, students with dyslexia can be very successful adults.
I am Dyslexic, I was placed in "special classes" since the first grade because they didn't know what to do with me.(it was very uncomfortable) but I adapted and learned to like my situation and meet others that were all so unique and amazing. I felt a lot of empathy to others because I FELT everyones struggle in my classes. I was finally Diagnosed in Highschool when I WAS 17! It took one amazing teacher that was in the LD program that saved my Learning life all makes sense again and helped me learn the way I COULD Learn. He actually found my gift of art and he was the one to inspire me to do what I do today. I design children's clothes and fabric patterns that are selling in stores now!! I also teach art and thankful every day that he was in my life to lead me in the direction I needed to go in such a standardized WORLD. I don't bring up my dyslexia much because people get frustrated with me and sometimes I feel very alone....
This sound like my childhood too
The brain functioning of people with dyslexia can, while presenting a challenge in the status quo society, also in turn be a source of strength in providing abilities that benefit not only the individual but also society as a whole. For instance the capacity to see larger patterns of language and logic. What we perceive as "disability" is often a misconception of different ability. But we don't live in a PC perfect world where Happy Shinning People always hold hands... pragmatism is pertinent... Know you have special powers, not necessarily special needs, and know also that not everyone else will see them... but you knowing you have them (special powers and/or special needs) will empower you to defeat all nay sayers (especially the nay sayers within)...
Sincerely From,
an ADHD, Dykexic, Behavior Problem, Kid
Thanks for taking the time to share this with us Alan Hartjen.
Alan Hartjen Thank You! I have this blessing they call Dylexia I’ve learned to read with the help of
A tutor in the 70’s I’m 61 now and reading isn’t fun it’s a task that I do cause I want to learn I watch my wife reading books for hours! And for pure enjoyment! That’s like a fat man trying to run a marathon to me! The other side to this is people of color not having the resources to help their children! It’s hard enough being a black male in this society and I’ve seen the statistics on the prison population with dyslexia and I’m willing to bet that a very high number or men of color
According to this women all we are, are “weak readers”
I am dyslexic have adhd, tourettes and am gifted. Because of the severity of my dyslectia I was studdied as a child and got a lot of high quality intervention (helped a lot)
What I love about this video is the connection they are making between dyslexia and understanding the bigger picture, because of my severe dyslexia I am as talented at this type of understanding as I am lacking with text. This is probably why I am considered gifted.
I have always experienced all these things as one thing, not seperated by the four boxes they get. I solve every issue in life with one strategie, effective in understanding the logic and feeling based world, but lacking at understanding the rule based one.
My second grade teacher released I was doing exceptionly well in math and science but tenable in reading g a writing. She talk to my mom and gave use a set if special books for dyslexic kids. The next summer I read 100 chapter books ( kids books some like 90 pages lol). I'm still bad at writing and Grammer but I can at least read and I will always be thankful.
I'm 31 and still struggling with it... In fact I swear it has become worse!!!
Yes I was thinking the same exact thing!
hang in there!
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It might be that you are thinking about it too much, the more you think about it the more you notice it and the more it impacts you.
i am 41 i feel u brother.
I just found out that I am Dyslexic After going through Life filling dumb, Inadequate, Abandoned. Divorced from 10 years of marriage with two boys, I am now fighting to get on my feet, a place of my own for 50/50 Custody over my boys. It is killing me to not be able to hold my boy, to talk to my boys, and wake up in the morning from them jumping on my bed. I am writing a Manga comic about my life, wrapped in fiction to help me vent my frustration. I have graduated high school bin to college. I am a Whole life fashion designer of 20 years, graphic artist for 15 years & animator for 2 years. Is there anyone out there that can help Me organize my life?
Hello internet stranger, just wanted to tell you to stay strong, you are worth much more than dyslexia, don't let it define you. Keep on fighting for those you love but also for your well being. Opportunities will come when you make your work with love. Life may be unbalanced right know, but that doesn't mean it's going to be like that forever. Bad moments can make you stronger and happier in the future. I hope you have a nice day and wish that everything becomes better in your life.
Listen to Echert Tolle on you tube. It opens doors to dimensions that you can't see in written words. Use podcasts made by mom's to get hacks on raising kids. Watch clutterbug channel on you tube for 4 style of organization.
Use you tube and podcasts to learn from mom's how they struggle, hack, build and find peace in their lives.enjoy being a woman, a mother and put you artist creativity into your boys....let them paint, draw , sing, record videos, do lot of visual spatial minecraft game !
Everything is still OK. You are ok and there is an ocean of love inside you ❤ just close your eyes and breathe. Enjoy the space outside and inside
Hi did you ever write that manga?! I need to know! I resonate with with you story. 🖖🏽🖖🏽
IMHO, DYSLEXIA IS A SUPERPOWER! Or if you prefer, your kryptonite that, like superman, you can overcome and excel above.
I am in my 70s so in "unenlightened times" they just thought I was unmotivated, struggling to read. To their credit my parents had me tutored in reading and writing one summer. That helped, but I avoided reading anything I didn't have to... until complex math came along. (I could always visualize the dynamics of moving things and could fix almost anything). Advanced math tapped into my ability to think dynamically in the abstract. Very handy! The dyslexic brain works differently than the "vanilla" normal brain - DON'T let anyone make you feel inadequate because of it! Look at all the great inventors, politicians and businessmen who have it! TAP INTO THAT SUPERPOWER!
Thanks Dr Eden, for your excellent presentation.
I have Dyslexia and was taught "Whole Language" ( Which had already been shown to fail in California, yet they used it in my state knowing it didn't work... like telling kids cat is kat and will change it later when you learn more) When I finally got a Tutor who taught me Hooked on phonics, I began a much better reader... But I was always good to great at math Especially geometry
I believe that I have Dyslexia overlapped with ADHD and Dysgraphia. I have never been diagnosed and I’m 36 years old. I’m very disciplined and work very hard through these shortcomings. I live in Los Angeles and would be very interested in participating in a study to help gain more knowledge on this subject. Thank you, Chad.
Thanks for reaching out, Chad Lovato. If you're looking for research opportunities such as studies or clinical trials, finding a local resource may be the best option. Consider looking online to find out if any local colleges or universities with programs in psychiatry, psychology, or neuropsychology are recruiting participants for studies or research.
Another option is to search the ClinicalTrials website (clinicaltrials.gov/), a publicly available registry and results database of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world.
We hope this helps.
All the best,
The Understood Team
@@UnderstoodOrg thank you very much for the info. I appreciate it :)
You live in LA so I would recommend contacting the primier public medical research facility in your area which is UCLA. If they don't have any ongoing research project that interests you, you might inquire as to past projects. They will certainly have available and accessible research papers in what must be an exceptional Medical Library. Best wishes
I've always guessed that I'm dyslexic , but I've always been a good reader...I struggle with pronunciation , spelling and grammar .In school I would write a sentence and one small word would be missing from the sentence making it not make sense . Then the missing word would be found randomly placed in the next sentence , making that sentence un readable also.....saw & was read as the same word to me , its the other words in the sentence that tell me which word it is … what sort of stuffed up I'm I ? on the positive I'm exceptionally creative and very good at problem solving .
Me too
That sounds like dsygraphia. Understood.com has information about that as well.
@@jaynecobern3056 symptoms do not match .
Tight, awkward pencil grip and body position.....I'm very creative in drawing and letter writing
Illegible handwriting
-see above
Avoiding writing or drawing tasks
-I'm a good story teller
Tiring quickly while writing
-loved writing
Saying words out loud while writing--I do use phonics , but mouth the sounds, not out loud
Unfinished or omitted words in sentences
-its only little words and they are always there , just in the wrong places
Difficulty organizing thoughts on paper
Difficulty with syntax structure and gramma
Large gap between written ideas and understanding demonstrated through speech- I'm very quick with ideas & problem solving
So I thought I got over "dyslexia", didn't have any problems reading (a lot of fiction novels). Then my friends started getting kids. While babysitting and reading them stories I remembered again I couldn't read. At least not out loud, or in the order that was actually printed. At the end of the sentence I would always have some words left over I had already read.
It dawned on me I just see al the words and then make a (logical, but necessarily correct) sentence from these words.
Not a problem if you read a fiction novel, but it does become a problem when the order of the words matter (physics, law, to some extent: reading children's book out loud).
Other crazy shit: being able to make spreadsheets with many calculations, percantages, indexes, scenarios, understanding both calculations as well as meaning of numbers, intuitively finding mistakes, yet, when presenting the spreadsheet using the incorrect words (reading 1000, understanding 1000 but saying 100, and not noticing). Very annoying indeed.
Seeing something blue, recognizing it as blue, yet saying: "yeah, there at the green house"
I have adhd and dyslexia and I have a feeling the last thing you mentioned is because of adhd, because the mind just can't focus on the right word and its just running around, I don't know thought
Omg this is so me too! Especially the last part , I see something orange and say that’s orange in my head then tell someone it’s yellow but really meaning it’s orange. And see 1000 but say it’s 100. And I read and skip words all the time. Dude I relate.
Reading is one way that the brain has to adjust to, so that we can look how ro pronounce words and have an understanding of what is being said for the person to understand.
I’m dyslexia myself so basically you saying more I read I will became I’m better reader
I am dyslexic, but somehow i have learned to read in 4 different languages with 3 very different and distinct alphabets. Two of the languages have somewhat similar alphabet, but one of them has little thingies above or below the letter to change its sound, while english combines two different letters to get the same sounds, eg ch, sh. I do read slower than an avarage person, and i do get fatigued by reading. I love languages, and when i was young, i though i could work as a translator. But i quickly dropped that idea after realizing how much i will need to read. I learn mostly buy listening. I have to be very interested in a subject to go trough the torture of learning by reading. Now there are a lot of audio books and educational videos available. How i wish they were available in my childhood. That would have made my school years so much easier. And English spelling is the worst... the other languages i speak and read have fixed spelling for sounds....while english spelling is all over the place. Fish, nation.... sh sound spelled as tio? WTF, who thought that was a good idea?... the list is long, and i assume most english speakers will know what am i talking about.... and those silent letters? Why? What is their purpose? Besides f...ing with the dyslexic brain.
Native English speaker here the reason our language is so complex is because there are an infinite amount of variations that all follow the rules of a bunch of different languages that as a whole represent the base level of English this is the form taught to people it consists of all of the "best" parts of a handful of languages mixed together
The key to understanding English is it's not one language it's a simple set of instructions that allow for a high degree of creative freedom
it's like a video game that allows you to solve a puzzle in many different ways with no true solution there is no meaningful way to master English because everyones English is different but contains enough of the basic elements that most people can understand each other but only people familiar with each other can really appreciate exactly what's being said " slang" can varry by state, county,street, generation,specific communities etc
I also have dyslexia and ADHD but i also have something extra ordinary like I'm able define a character of a person by seen his/ her outlook or just little talks. But its very difficult to focus on particular thing.
5-HT2c receptor when over-activity can stop your prefrontal cortex from getting the neuron transmitters it needs, causing ADHD
I'm severely dyslexic. I made a massive effort to read because I understood how important it was.. what I find strange is I can't spell ..because of spell check I have a freedom I never experienced before..I'm 63
I see a word and trust it’s way ppl have told me it says. I probably see even big words as one sound. I can’t spell unless my brain memorised it. The 1st lesson doesn’t work 4 me. The onli thing that has helped me was to help me remember how to say or write words I’ve seen or heard before. Then wen I write it looks a lot different but has some right letters in hopefully in the right order. I gave up as a teen cos I was failing school as an adult I found out I had dyslexia and completely gave up on myself but I had to try to spell one word for 90 mins before my college teacher got me tested.
l understand, however, what I found to be extra helpful, is to continue reading as much as possible.
I am 77 and no one heard of Dyslexia when I was young. I never knew anyone in all my 68 years in the U.S. with Dyslexia. I have lived in South America 10 years and have 3 friends with Dyslexia, all different. I am also Phantasic as are 2 of my friends. Sounds were never my problem. Letters changing position in words and numbers were the problem. Just before college, I was tired of looking dumb and set out to conquer it ... and I did. I still have number problems and the last two numbers in a sequence always reverse. But to me, words are a picture. I am now a fast reader. I can also read print backward and upside down. I am sorry to say that many people just decide it is too much trouble to read when Dyslexia. It is not. It just takes time to train your mind to think differently. My Parents thought I was dumb, until a teacher suggested I be tested. I have 4 degrees, have created and owned 2 companies and traveled the world on my own. If you are Dyslexic, pick one book each week and make yourself read it. You will keep getting faster and faster at reading. Your mind is memorizing words. As you memorize, you read faster and faster. It is not hard. It just takes some time. But it works.
Something that really helped me to read was to play games with diolouge, also by googling worths I didn’t know or couldn’t pronounce and then I went and typed to google or Siri and ask them to read the word out and give a definition
I've heard that learning Latin or Greek has been proven to be able to change things really quickly to improve dyslexia. Makes me mad at past me for not learning it when i first had theorized as a kid that it would help me. Especially since i was always interested in etymology too.
But i will be finally pushing myself to learn both next year! This upcoming year i also have many goals that i know will help change my brain. I was diagnosed really late in life with ADHD and being on the autism spectrum, though i dont have a proper diagnosis of dyslexia i had another auditory processing issue growing up they felt they'd corrected but i've since seen a decline as i've been out of practice and reverting back to how it was as a kid and its not exclusively an issue with b/d and 9/p anymore but full on mixing of letters and words which i know is dyslexia. I just dont have the time or resources to get a diagnosis but i deeply explained things to friend also neurodivergent and they said that they just got diagnosed and that i explained it to a T.
Lol so.. yeah like the other things i've been diagnosed with i already have put it together, only now i just dont care to have a doctors confirmation and just want to work diligently to improve how my brain works. I believe in our abilities to change!
So i wanted to share a bit about my story and the findings i've come into.
I also think learning how to read music might help and am doing that this year along with some modern languages before next years Latin and Greek endeavor. Wish me luck! And i wish you all the best too! I'll let you know how it goes
(also it's funny you mention about the balance thing because my family always recalled i used to fall for no reason just randomly. far past toddler age. i never knew that was a part of all this stuff, interesting)
Tom Cruise 🚢 is Dyslexic with an improved version he DID HIMSELF!!!!💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I’m dyslexic and have ADD. I’ve had to learn how to teach myself different methods of learning new things. I still get things done correctly but I just sometimes don’t use the same methods to do it as others. I have a routine at work that I stick to because the structure helps me with time management and staying in task. Some joke that I’m OCD but I’m not 🙄I keep my desk in specific order and keep things in their place. If my desk is messy, I can’t find what I need when I need it and it will trigger my anxiety and makes me feel like I’m failing at being a productive employee.
I’m 13 year old and still have to use my fingers to count and I can’t spell “butifal” in text to speech:
Beautiful
30 yr old dude here and I can totally relate to that specific word when I learned it I really liked the sound of it so I'd try to use it in school but couldnt ever gets the spelling correct it would cause me such stress it seems so simple I knew it was a "tricky" word but I could never remember the trick
I’m so good at Scrabble, and contribute it to my dyslexia
I would really love to have a friend who’s dyslexic
That i appreciate and so right about it. To be like the top 10 students in class just might be the worst thing for my personality. Not putting anyone down just for others to understand the difficulties. The difficulties comes from trying to fit in the box I am suppose fit on. My box is made of layers and layers and vivid colors and no end in sight. Every day I can see another way a adventure. The only draw back is the time it takes me to see my vision. If I could organize that I can do anything. God Bless
Inspiring Presentation: Understanding differently Abled and Proactive/Retroactive Behavioral Approach for dyslexia.
Dyslexia is to do with an individuals whole learning process, not just reading and writing, it just happens to be that reading and writing show themselves as the most effected aspects for the majority of people. The way I see the difference between traditionally persevered academics Vs people with dyslexia: TPA are Microsoft, it’s a dogmatic perception that these people are ‘normal’. Dyslexic people are Apple, it’s not that they can’t do what TPA’s can do, it’s that they do it in a different way, which unfortunately still to this day isn’t in sync with modern education and society. Who’s to say what the normal learning process of the human mind is, and deem people intelligent or unintelligent?
Throughout my entire education I was in special needs groups, because I’m dyslexic and learned things a lot slower. Since leaving education I have unintentionally taught myself a method to write a lot better, and I think I’ve done that by listening to people talk in interviews, watching films and hours of interesting public speakers and seminars of articulate people. So I write and talk in phrases like that robot in the transformers. My physical writing skills are still very slow, but I much prefer typing.
Dyslexic people are just running a different operating system, our minds are not disabled; human 2.0 if you will, but it’s difficult to make an unboxing video. Our minds are like a room without an exit, or an island without a bridge to the rest of the world.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 So on Point Yo we need a support group is there a cool one you know of??...The Apple heads, maybe 😅 would be a cool name a learned to read to with the help of a tutor back in the 70’s but reading sucks! Not fun at all and I hate the guilt trip people push on you cause you don’t enjoy reading, You automatically get that silent tag Not to mention being a black man in this society that the cherry on top I love a challenge!
Dyslexic has so many angles. It is hard to organize writing reading and getting 3 things group together is so hard. Just like getting lost every where I go. I can give Siri night mares. They say just use your GPS. I can not tell if I'm in the left lane quick enough so I gave to go to the side of the road re think and first attempt to get back on the road. My GPS has no Gyro to recover from my point of return. I can not leave a hotel room and retrace my steps 100% no chance of getting out of my own way. I have wasted so many hours days. Etc. Trying to find the path to return or go to my destination. I am late eery time. And everytime I believe o finally have it under control. I was very happy to know I am not stupid to get lost all the time. I now think I get ti see things most people have no clue how a detour can be beautiful. It did give me some skills to get me through things. And I do know my IQ is very good and have no idea how and I am optimistic which makes me happy I am creative and I believe this so called disability helped me become light hearted helpful and I don't mention it much or want to be different but I feel i am unquic and worth waiting for. I will arrive in in good mood with something I just made you. It's not all bad. Just call me Dixie. A bit dizzy.
My niece been six years old,. Hardly can read, is that dyslexia? Since childhood her daddy got her to be friendly with gadget as time killing,. Instead of sending her to playgroup. The fam earn the living by vending some meals and drinks,
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I was diagnosed in 1st grade from a great teacher honestly if it wasn’t caught as soon as it was idk where I’d be I struggle with spelling sometimes and definitely miss punctuation as well I do flip numbers sometimes still and get confused by >, < I also remember not being able to distinguish left from rights other than a scar on my thumb and 6 and 9s confused me along with d and bs and couldn’t remember formulas but I excelled in word problems problem solving and mechanical skills show me the process once and I understood I’ve definitely gotten much better over the years but glad I got a good head start
At 5:45 what are SPECIFIC , STRUCTURED interventions utilized to help teach the relationship between sounds and letters? Please provide specific examples or where I can find these intervention strategies.
MWong2005 look for Orton-Gillingham based strategies and programs.
Is OG similar to Sonday?
Yes! I find Take Flight: A Comprehensive Intervention for Students with Dyslexia to be among the most comprehensive of the interventions out there currently.
I'd also look into Wilson Reading Systems. I use this with my clients who have dyslexia as well as reading difficulties. It works but you have to have someone who is skilled in delivering the intervention.
Barton reading and spelling is Orton Gillingham based. It was developed for dyslexic adults but works great with kids starting at age 5.
Interesting. Please explain how phonics works for: though; through; rough; bought; bough; row (argument) row (line-up); course/coarse; ... Surely, if you are teaching reading to someone with dyslexia (who already finds the process difficult) using sounds to decode words is not going to be an easy task. Also, CAT can look like ACT, TAC, ATC, TCA, ATC, and that's just without the letters turning upside down!
Hi Sarah Wallace, thanks for your question. We have shared it with our in-house experts for their feedback. Once we hear back from them, we will connect back with you.
Thank you for your patience Sarah. We've heard back from our expert, Trynia Kaufman and here's what they had to share:
Hi Sarah,
Thanks for your question! You are absolutely right that this is not an easy task. Learning sounds and how they connect to letters is very difficult for people with dyslexia. This is why it's critical for the rules of reading to be broken down and explicitly taught step-by-step. This includes instruction in phonics.
Just like with anything else, when we find something difficult, it usually means we need it broken down into smaller pieces so that we can understand it better. And we need more practice.
Luckily, not everyone who is dyslexic will see letters upside down or backwards. But they likely will need more practice and repetition to learn and remember which letters make which sounds.
For more information about phonics and reading interventions, you might find these helpful:
What Is Phonological Awareness? www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/child-learning-disabilities/reading-issues/phonological-awareness-what-it-is-and-how-it-works
Inside a Reading Intervention ua-cam.com/video/ex3X3IoPqXg/v-deo.html
Structured Literacy: Best Practices for Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction www.understood.org/en/school-learning/for-educators/universal-design-for-learning/what-is-structured-literacy
What Is Dyslexia www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/child-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/what-is-dyslexia
I have to say these videos are delivered in the MOST monotonal and uninspiring way.
Having the experience as a Para educator made me realize and being able to work with the students to use different academics to help learn their skills
Thank you
I read well, but it took me years to learn how. I don't think I use a phonetic system to read, at least not in English. The relationship between letters and sounds in English isn't often obvious. Less so with some accents. My brain uses context and a word bank to create word probability. In languages with more sure phonetic systems, I can sound out words. In English, I just know what the word is.
As a child student in the late 60s and 70s they knew nothing about this. We weren't trying had enough.
I remember having to do eye exercises
The experience with dyslexia does not create a heightened skill in spatial awareness. The spatial awareness is something that predates literacy by thousands of years. The introduction of written text is relatively modern, an invention that just so happens to not suit and match the capabilities of certain brain types. I think we’re a long way away from understanding the human brain and the different wiring up scenarios people can be born with.
This is nothing like the heightened sense of hearing with the loss of sight.
Test kids with that theory and it’ll soon prove it wrong.
With enough practice, I reckon you could get some people to be able to almost feel or interpret music through feeling and touching a vinyl record. And a lot of people wouldn’t be able to do it. It doesn’t mean that the majority of people are dysfunctional in their brain, it’s just a thing that the brain wasn’t meant to do.
The academic system works against the dyslexic way of thinking. And is a huge hinderance to the opportunities that elevate people into roles regarded highly by society.
My son Dysgraphia,Dyscalculia?Bazar really high reading comprehension and oral ability but was transposing letters numbers is now doing really well he thought his hopes and dreams where over a 10 Year old with a Reading age of 19 years 5 months ?On a computer with really complicated things no issues .He can now write beautifully he had to be taught from scratch basically he is like the Grammar Police ..He is organised .I let him get himself ready he personally has really good hand eye coordination he did not -Even shoelaces the basic things where the problem not the complicated...I have Epilepsy left temporal lobe I seriously hope he is happy ,healthy just continues to do his best nobody can be amazing at everything remember we are all unique here and many of you will have amazing talents my brother has PHD Students lots of them with Dyslexia !👌💪Just try be happy in your own skin don't judge yourself in a grade it's the effort you put in ...Never forget that ❣️
Thanks so much for sharing!
apply the direct instruction methods and strategies correctly and you will have successful students in reading and therefore math (that require reading), science, writing and spelling.
Which is why it is critical to teach dyslexics to not read by sounding out the words by letters but rather teach them to read by remembering the full word as a symbol. This is good for normal people too, but its critical for dyslexics. Unfortunately she propagates a common and severe missconception. Words are not made of combined sounds corresponding to some letters, thats just the error that linguists make.
This really sucks everytime I get a job wherever requires typing or something like that I get extremely nervous cuz I always would be spelling words incorrectly
This was a great break down for understanding dyslexia!
English language and phonics. After moving in third grade and a new school my mom gets a call. "Do you know your son can't read?". They taught me phonics and none of these rules make sense and the phonics methods they taught only confused spelling. I eventually could read after a stint in special education but I was already classified a dunce.
And un diagnosed dyslexic until 50 where my dyslexia deficits are now catching up and hindering my career progress.
Amazing video......Superb clarity.....
Trying to make me learn phonics is why I couldn't read till I was 7. I couldn't sound out words then, and I can't sound out words now at 43. I'm really upset by this idea that all you have to do is teach the dyslexic people phonics. I can't learn phonics. I'm dyslexic. Just tell me what the word is, I'll remember it later when I see it again.
I think got some adhd and dyslexic I struggle to pay attention sometimes I take time to read the whole sentences slower the must be a way to learn.
balance training helps with cooccurring ADHD, right?
I’m an adult dyslexic. If y’all need a research subject I’m open to conversation about helping y’all’s study’s
Heh...thats me heh..😥 and NO were not dumb and just because we get more time on things doesn't mean its not fair trust me its hard having it
me: *reading wattpad*
mom: WHAT DOES THAT HELP YOU? delete that and help me with the housework
me: O-oh ok..
I've been reading stuff like I'll make my own sentences and re read it and it's not what it said but it's a mix of the words and it's confusing cause I just read a full sentence visually then the words rearrange really quick and I'm not being stupid.
I am good at Reading and also read very difficult word but it hard to remember spelling and write long word like name by my own but I can read the and my spelling is wrong what to be perfect in spelling
1:10 well, no wonder when you speak a language (like english) that doesn't pronnounce any word in the way it is written.
Both myself and son have dyslexia. You can't change it. Even with numbers. I see them backwards and words. How do you change that???!? I've struggled my whole life with it.
Another common trait that people with dyslexia have is higher emotional intelligence.
I was in the second grade, I wrote swapping hands , the teacher got mad and took that pencil and slapped it in my right hand and told the rest of the pupils how stupid I was , how in the hell will I ever know which am I !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you offer any courses for teachers to be certified in Dyslexia?
Hello, thank you for reaching out. Unfortunately we don’t offer any courses, but we do have a few resources on Dyslexia that we think you might find helpful and invite you to check out. You can find the links below!
www.understood.org/articles/dyslexia-in-children
www.understood.org/articles/at-a-glance-classroom-accommodations-for-dyslexia
www.understood.org/articles/tutoring-kids-with-dyslexia-what-you-need-to-know
www.understood.org/articles/video-how-a-great-teacher-helped-a-student-with-dyslexia-find-her-path
Based on what I understood from dyslexia, is that dyslexic brains are wired differently hence the difficulty in reading/writing but that also gives them other skills/advantages non-dyslexics do not have. So if a dyslexic child/adult undergoes training to help improve their reading/writing/ comprehension and their brains actually change to resemble the non-dyslexics will they lose their creative skills produced from being dyslexics ?
Hi Hayat Al-Munajjed,
Thanks for your question. We have shared your question with one of our in-house experts for feedback. Once we hear back from them, we will connect back with you.
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Hi again, Hayat Al-Munajjed. Thanks for your patience here. We’ve heard back from our expert, neuropsychologist Ellen B. Braaten, PhD and here’s what they had to share:
This is a very insightful question and one that I have never been asked until now! You are correct in saying that the brains of people with dyslexia are "wired differently," at least as it relates to reading written language. Readers with dyslexia actively use more of the frontal lobes of their brains when reading as compared to readers without dyslexia. In addition, they use less of the parietal lobe (the part of the brain associated with word analysis and decoding) and the occipital lobe (the part of the brain associated with the visual skills needed to automatically access whole words and to read fluently). Their brains don't naturally make the brain networks needed to be fluent readers. Brain imaging studies have demonstrated that when individuals with dyslexia are exposed to appropriate reading interventions, these networks become more like those of readers without dyslexia.
In terms of the creativity shown by individuals with dyslexia, there isn't any evidence as of yet that this is the case. However, anecdotally, there are many stories of very successful CEO's, visual artists, actors, and musicians with dyslexia. It's unlikely that these successes are due directly to how their brain processes information. Rather, it's more likely the result of a variety of factors, quite possibly the resilience that comes when we have mastered something that is difficult (in this case reading) or that comes from the necessity of thinking outside of the box.
I don't have evidence to back this up, but my hunch based on what we know this far and on my own clinical experiences with children and adults with dyslexia is that learning to read and "rewiring" their brains to be better readers won't negatively impact their creative potential. In fact, mastering reading and finding new ways to think about problems might be the key ingredient that we observe in the successful, creative adults with dyslexia. Thus, I would at this time, say "no" I wouldn't expect it to have a negative effect and it might actually someday prove to be positive.
@@UnderstoodOrg Thank you. I truly appreciate your response.
Can anyone tell me if I have dyslexia or not? I have no problem in reading or writing, I also write spellings correctly. I had learned to read and write a little before going to school, I used to read poems and stories easily But now I have a lot of problems in maths and I cant remember anything just by reading it once , I have to read again and again to remember it, and i have no intrest and talent in art im not creative and my grades are also decreasing . please tell me if I have dyslexia or I am just overthinking about It about It .
Children and adults !
Why are we just talking about reading! It’s the whole thought process I understand the benefit of reading skills but how about using what we have been gifted with and enhancing that skill! See I’m one of those Dyslexics who’s learned to read! But it’s not fun it’s not enjoyable it a task I need information in a format out here that allows me to process it as fast and with the mental fluency of the person that doesn’t have Dylexia!
It took way to long to write this and edit and re-edit and I still missed some mistakes I’m shore!
Hi harry brerwster, thanks for taking the time to share this with us.
I am a dylexic
Aghh i have a idom quiz next week
Even if i remember the meaning
But i could not spell the words correctly
Any tips for revision?
Why is it that when people speak about the challenges of dyslexia they only refer to children? As if it magically goes away as an adult.
See if you have dyslexia don't be ashamed because your gods creation...
If you can't read or write and do something that you can do because trust me I know it feels to get hurt by the words people call me😔😔😔😔I over come it and i dont care what they say.....so my advice to you just be your self and keep smiling
What are the treatment options exist for dyslexia?
Currently, no medications treat dyslexia. Instead, educational interventions can teach effective new ways to learn and read.
What was that area of the brain originally designed to do? I would very much like to know that. Ohhhh...Not sure I fully like this trade off. Interesting. Explicit. The roots up., Reasoning, vs blind acceptance.
Why is it that reading skills are given so much importance?
If there is problem with basic reading skills then it's a concern. Not all need 'great' reading skills. If someone has 'ok ok' reading skills it's fine. There are infinite other skills that don't require 'great' reading skills.
Only that the education system is biased towards reading skills. Children should not be assessed or judged on reading skills alone. As they become adults they will do fine.
I agree we shouldn’t be tested and graded on our reading skills but reading is suck a huge part of the world how would you get anywhere how would you lurn about the past . You ever play telephone how often does the full sentence actually get released on the other end .... very rarely we would have no history look at Native American tribes without a written language some tribes are down to 0 people who actually know the language and the story’s of the people how would you find your way somwhers If you cannot read street signs
Back in the '60s and '70s they taught dyslexia children with shame. Very degrading
The written word is an invention, dyslexics are explorers, we see the connections between different things, we analyse the physical world, we visualise objects and can manipulate them inside our minds eye. We should stop making it out the slow reading is a issue, now with tech the world is turning back to be the visual again.
I struggle with getting the words I need when writing or even talking. I can see all the letters in my head, but not the correct order. To close friends I will sometimes give them the letters and they help me find the word with the context. 😅
When tired I often can't write words correctly. I didn't realize this until I was in my 20's and had a job were sometimes people would be over my shoulder while I was writing.
Sometimes I write the letters all out of order and its spelled incorrectly. Other times I spell the word correctly, but write the letters out of sequence. For example, the word "their". I might start with the h then the r then the e then the t and then the e and i. Does thia happen to anyone else?
Me to.
I'm dyslexic from primary school of knowing and as adult bipolar disorders came to a head. I can't find any information knowledge of what the traits of being bipolar and dyslexic ppl attribute ?? What dose this mean ? what brain function have I got, with the mixture of both integration as nobody understands me ! Can find common ground but others don't know how to integrate with me on my level . I'm not normal I know this much 🤣 is there anyone that's bipolar and dyslexic???? Anyone , no info on the internet like what ?!?!?
Dyslexic and ADHD are close related.Life long struggle.
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Yes, but how do you look at the brain while it's still in someone's head? I mean *really* look at it. And how do we get it out of there? Preferably the brain leaves the head of it's own volition.
Thanks for your comment ashwater skydust. You may find this article helpful: How Reading Changes the Brain u.org/30yaThC
We hope this helps.
I'm 12 and my hand weighting looks like a preschool, er wrote it my kindergarden sister wrights better than me ether dyslexya or my ADHD
i would put a b intead of p in words then notice it later it on but i’m not dyslexic
OMG I have tried to listen to this video 3 times for a course, but this lady puts me to sleep! UGH. I wish she would speed it up a little. She talks soooooooooo sloooooooow.
You know you can increase the video speed right?? 😕
Tammy Prell does she even have Dylexia! She’s to left brained
Sounds like you might have adhd lol (I do and talk extremely fast and listen to most youtube on 1.25X the speed)
Interesting
What kind of intervention did you do to see improvement of the brain?
Thanks for your question Esther. We have shared it with our in-house experts for their feedback. Once we hear back from them, we will connect back with you.
Thanks for your patience here Esther. We’ve heard back from our in-house expert, Trynia Kaufman and here’s what they had to share:
Thanks for your question. Effective reading interventions teach reading in an explicit and structured way. They help kids break down the connections between sounds and letters. This is often called phonics instruction or structured literacy. There are many different programs that are designed to do this. You might be interested in this video that shows the different parts of a reading intervention and how it's done: ua-cam.com/video/ex3X3IoPqXg/v-deo.html
I hope this helps!
Trynia
I have dyslexia
Same
Same
read the theory of instruction (free pdf) that is in my opinion the solution to this problem.
How does dyslexia work with non alphabetical scripts?
Thanks for your question MacZajSci. Can you explain some more about what you mean when you say "non alphabetical scripts"?
We look forward to hearing back from you.
Understood Languages like Chinese use a logography to encode words not phonemes in their writing system. Or even how Japanese has syllabaries which could potentially work differently among kanji characters. How does this work with dyslexia?
Hello im rani from indonesia.. im a moslem and as a moslem i have to read quran which is in arabic. I begin learn arabic letters when i was in elementary school. and i have dyslexia.. it took years until i can read in arabic ( i can read it when i was In college )
Sorry about my english
I am sick of seeing information solely about children when it comes to dyslexia. More than children have dyslexia
Thanks for reaching out, Ripper Blades. Since 2014, Understood has served millions of families of children who learn and think differently, as a free online resource. While Understood’s videos and content were originally designed for families in mind, we hope our content could be helpful to anyone looking for support with learning and thinking differences like ADHD and dyslexia. In 2020, we expanded our mission to help educators, young adults and workplaces that need support, help foster conversations and drive action in their daily lives. Our resources will continue to remain free to individuals and easily accessible, so we reach as many people as possible.
You can find some of these expanded resources below:
Video: How a diagnosis in adulthood changed one woman’s perspective u.org/3WXm1kG
How dyslexia is diagnosed after high school u.org/2J3ayi9
Types of college accommodations and services
u.org/3TD40Ft
Are Employers Required to Provide Accommodations?
u.org/3XgC4ue
Video: Succeeding in the workplace with dyslexia
u.org/3X68mrt
A day in the life of an employee with dyslexia
u.org/3TFNNzx
We hope this helps!
Best,
The Understood team
I didn’t know one dude had dislexia and I thought he was young and then he was like 🙃