I was born with severe dyslexia. I started reading at age 12. Dyslexic people are generally highly creative (probably due to how we organise things in our heads) and often gravitate to playing music or creating art. I’m now a music teacher and I’ve been reading to my boy since before he grew ears to make sure he learns to read well.
I don't think i agree with you on the last part. Of the 3 dislexic people i know, they all gravitate to STEM subgects like chemistry. But maybe that's just too small of a sample?
As a teacher myself I have noticed that here in Italy a lot of youngsters have this problem. I wondered why. Then I met their parents. They don't talk to their children, and are constantly at the cell phone. To keep small kids quiet it's normal here to give them the smartphone where they can watch a movie or other amenities. If parents don't have time to interact with their children no wonder that this problem is spreading so much among the new generations...
Well, it is inherited... it does not come about by any other way. So, as a teacher, I suggest you get off your lazy ass and start learning how to communicate with real dyslexics and help them through a difficult time. Einstein and Edison were both dyslexics... and they didn't have a smartphone to play with. Dyslexics are incredibly imaginative and innovative.
Actually, dyslexia is a genetic condition that has always been a problem. If a parent has it, the child is 4 times more likely to inherit it. If both parents have it, the child is 10 times more likely to have it. Cell phones are a problem but they don’t cause genuine dyslexia.
This video brought me some memories. I remember back in primary school, there were 3 students who had a hard time reading and the class would laugh about it. We did not know. I always wondered how its possible not to be able to read because for me it was easy. Now i think back at those days and i realize what trauma we caused. Great content.
my English teacher has dyslexia and sometimes needed our help with spelling word with double letters (eg. parallel) but her analysis and interpretations were more advanced than any other teacher I've been taught by. Also her dyslexia only made her better at teaching spelling to kids who have dyslexia or just struggle with spelling to some extent because she found ways to make reading and writing easier. Mad respect to her, she's definitely one of my favorite teachers.
I truly see it as a blessing of our time that the internet provides us with so much knowledge. Sometimes it can be hard to discern reliable sources, but overall it's a gift for humanity!
I remember when I was at kindergarten I would make my E's 10 or 15 lines instead of 3 took me awhile and there two teachers who saw my potential I can't thanked them enough for I am today
Man, some of this video made me cry. I learned to read a little later thought a spec ed class and summer school one year. I had teachers who would punish me when I made mistakes, one kept me in detention for a month (in grade 2), one made me read with a ruler even though i didn't need it anymore in grade 5, it always felt like a put down. I had a teacher in grade 7 that had a scary reputation and he ended up being a life changer. He challenged me, was artistic himself, and he got my parents to test me to see if I was gifted. When the results came in, I opened them up on my own and saw the word special and started to cry. I thought I was finally going to be put into a remedial class and it was confirmed I was stupid (more than half my art teachers hated me, or got frustrated with me because i struggled to follow their sequencing). I had a sister that that was reading at a younger age so I just thought I was stupid and a number of teachers thought the same. In the end dyslexia is a huge gift in the design field I work in. Dyslexic minds are at the same time detailed and big picture and suffer when there isn't enough detail and they don't know what the product is to look like. With regular kids they are better off with being given a blind sequence, with a dyslexic it is very stressful because they don't know where they are going, and Dyslexics get to be really good at inventing their own ways to get the answer or outcome, they don't need the sequence the way regular kids do. When I'm working on a complex design, I can balance everything with relative ease where regular people need to follow sequences to make sure that everything is maintained and no solutions that get created cause future problems. But I didn't realize my gift until my undergrad. there is a high percentage of creatives and entrepreneurs who are dyslexic. Its not overcoming weaknesses that make them what they are, its a divergent wholistic thinking pattern that helps them see things differently, to question things and to see things blatantly that others don't even think is there (when its the center of the problem). Whats really wonderful is today one of the things I love to do the most with my 13month daughter is to read with her. I needed to learn how to read in a different way, but I was never stupid or broken, I wouldn't be able to design buildings the ways I do today if I wasn't dyslexic and I'm thankful I think differently... but man there are a lot of wounds you need to work through and heal from as a kid.
a Finnish dyslexic here :D I have been helped with reading and writing from a young age by school. I also get more time with test to really understand what I'm reading. But my biggest motivation comes from my online friends, It's always fun to chat with them and they also kindly help me when I do typos. I'm now studying in Lukio (finnish highschool) and I'm doing actually quite well, get mostly 8 and 9 from courses. I think it's important to cheer and keep dyslexic people motivated in reading and writing.
Thanks for this video, I gotta be honest though, people with dyslexia are not some kind of Percy Jackson, as one of my friends thought throughout high-school. For me (I have severe dyslexia) I have trouble with reading, writing, talking, and pretty much learning in general, no matter the subject. I would say I struggle most with math, and my memory. I have always hated math, because I could never really understand it, I still don't fully understand and I didn't want to ask stupid questions so I kept them to myself. Being in college now, I can see how important it could have been to ask thoughs questions, because I'm struggling with the most basic math (and don't get me started on electrical theory). My memory has been pretty bad lately and I'm not sure if it's fully the dyslexia or something else, but I do know that people with dyslexia might have memory problems when they get older (Now when I saw older, I thought maybe late 20ies or even 30ies, I'm 18 and I feel like I have alzheimer's disease). Now being dyslexic is not all bad, the only problem is I really do think differently, and when it comes to school, it really depends on the teacher and their way of teacher. I had a great science teacher for two grades in high-school who could teacher the same subject 5 different ways, and it really helped me and I am glad to of had him. Anyways that's enough of me and my little paragraphs.
I'm 59 years old with dyslexia... and I have a college degree. I speak for a living and write out my messages. I had to learn on my own... back when I was young... there was no kind of help. I see words as pictures. I can't do phonics for anything. But if someone would tell me how to pronounce that word. Give it to me about ten times as I pronounced it back. I'd have it. I'm not having any memory problems... at least not yet. You hang in there!! One thing about dyslexics is they have a great capacity for innovation and imagination. You go find your niche in this world and hang on to it!
Back in the days when I was a middleschooler I remember children getting beaten up or laughed at by educators on struggling with this issue. Today I see the deeper cause to it. Its important we treat people specially children with kindness. Making people feel different is seeding low self esteem for later. Lets raise up our children with Love and purpose.
@sprouts I think it would be helpful to look deeper into Dyslexic stats and where we end up. I'm completely convinced I wouldn't be able to solve complex problems like I do in Architecture if I didn't have Dyslexia. I often confuse people because I can seamlessly move from detail to complex whole, but that's how a dyslexic mind works... interconnected relationships. There are ways that Dyslexia can really make life hard, and if not helped to read in a way that works for our minds we'll end up thinking we're dumb. As a kid I remember getting so frustrated at other kids when they couldn't do certain things but could read... it didn't make sense to me... they could read so they were smart, I couldn't so I was dumb. But it wasn't true, I was legitimately different with a different strengths and weakness profile than typical kids, but I could learn to work around the reading issue eventually. In my undergrad I could finally type without looking at the keyboard, and near the end of university I could read out loud reasonably well. But more than anything... designing complex systems was seamless and easy for me and I started to really see the advantage of being dyslexic by my 2nd year. I think it would be helpful to correct the narrative from "Dyslexics can succeed if they overcome and try harder" to "Dyslexics are wired differently and have different strength and weakness profiles and society benefits greatly from the unique strengths of Dyslexics" Again there are so many industries and thought leaders who are Dyslexic
My mum was really good at spending time talking/reading to us as kids and we were chatter boxes who all learned to read pretty quickly. I’m seeing now that I’m an adult exactly how fortunate that is and that other kids didn’t have the same support growing up. I don’t understand why, although the onus is on the parents to raise their kids as best they can, we aren’t talked to about HOW to raise kids. Like seriously no one teaches you how to parent properly. Mental
I have severe dyslexia and it has impacted my life profoundly. I'm trying to heal but I really hope things start to change in education, no child deserves to be treated the way we are.
I have dyslexia but I have the diagnosis 2 years ago, 1 month before my bachelor degree. Schools was so difficult for me, but now I know why and I know how I can do for help myself. At the moment I study for a master's degree and I hope to make a career at work in future 🤞🏻💪🏻
I'm 59 and have it. I have my degree as well. Dyslexics are known for imagination and innovation. Take full advantage of it... Congratulations and you hang in there!
This was great watch -- dyslexia is something we're keen to raise awareness of and improve support for. We've worked with thousands of families of dyslexic children to ensure that schools here in the UK are following the law and following an EHCP. We've got a webinar planned on the 13th of June and would definitely encourage folks to book on, or join our academy to access some fantastic expert resources. 💛
Being dyslexic I often struggle writing emails, letters, and would often forget to add some of the important words that would give the meaning and complete the sentence. So, many times I have to keep checking what I have written is a complete sentence without missing any word. But that's not all, I often used to pronounce words wrong and later realize what I said was wrong totally meaningless I remember how one day I mispronounced `Shipaaii` with `Shimpii` for which the teacher scolded me. I may pronounce `1932` with something else like (9132) but would write it all as-it-is. Proving: Visualization >> Hearing🙌 I overcome these difficulties by trying to improve my keyboard typing speed. despite these all no one believes me that I find difficulties in reading properly, writing on a keyboard because in maths I used to score top in the class(after I turned 15yrs which before 15 I was the student with one of the lowest grades in the class). but sometimes I wonder🤔, How everyone(society) would have treated me If I couldn't have scored well... Grow up! All dyslexics.....Find your own power....Let us all unite.
Great comment. I’m also dyslexic and can relate to your issues with missing important words or organizing numbers. I think it made me want to write well. And now I wrote this video :)
Missing words.... and using the wrong word.... like one or won. I'm very thankful for the computer age and internets spell checkers for that very reason. I also wil use Dragon Speaking. I see words as pictures... had to learn that on my own... I'm 59 and didn't have any help back then. You hang in there!
Imagine my surprise when finding out that my surgeon is dyslexic...! After breaking my neck, an emergency operation was needed with at least two more expected in the future. The surgeon that saved my life I discovered (before my second surgery) is dyslexic...OK... I told myself. Do I put my life in this man's hands knowing that he is dyslexic, or get a different surgeon...? Absolutely am going to keep this surgeon. Not only did he save my life, but he is one of the most brilliant persons I've ever met. I get emotional when thinking of him. He will forever be in my heart. So...don't sell dyslexic folks short. Live and learn, and open our minds.
@@jonlanier_ Amen! Different strengths and weaknesses profile, but there are a number of Dyslexic strengths that overshadow typical strength. Its not just overcoming adversity that makes so many designers and entrepreneurs so successful, its a different structure of the minds that sees the whole system and its detail at the same time, that is bent towards seeing interconnected relationships. A mind that needs to see interconnected relationships struggles with sequences because its like being blind or handicapped when a dyslexic mind wants and needed to see the whole picture. For a regular mind its overwhelming.
@@sprouts Dyslexics often find complex systems much easier to navigate than regular people. He likely didn't have to work as hard to be a great surgeon, it likely was more natural and easy to work around the complex structure around the spine/nervous system. He would have had to work harder on the reading aspect, but connecting the dots and seeing the whole detailed complex structure and its interrelationships is something a lot of dyslexics have as a massive strength. I would argue that if this surgeon had the same IQ but no dyslexia he wouldn't be as capable as he is.
Due my Dyslexia i was promoted to go to basic education and started to do some work with my hands. So i never got a higher education. It started me to work in my mid teens in my career, Luckly my hobby and interests was with computers, so i started to fix, sell computers in computer stores moved up as sys admin , later software tester product owner and now i manage a large software engineering department at a large company. came here via working experience rather then education by the traditional sense. thanks due to the disability and the schools not facilitating these limitations i had.
As a woman whit dislexia I became to have functional illiteracy I really hard to comprehend text and to spell. I grow up as a single child my Mother did not know how to rase me and also school. I am gald that my boyfriend teaches me how to right. As a 18 old I have to say I fell society but is not my fault I have a job of a Baker in my hands.
I'm 59 years old, and I have dyslexia. Had no help back in the day... had to figure it all out for myself. I am a college graduate, so it can be done. My son also has it... but he got a lot of help when he was young and I think did better than I... he too is a college graduate. What I do is see words as pictures. Like you see a corvette and know it is a corvette... I see words the same way. I can't do phonics. So, when I come across a word I've never seen/heard.... someone had to pronounce the word for me... and I'd say it after them... about ten times... I'd have the world down. Now, when I don't know a word... I can go to the internet on how to pronounce a word. My son's form of dyslexia is different than mine... I think we all are different to some degree. Some people are IBM computers and some are Apple computers. YOu have to put in the right program to the right computer. And it'll work just fine.
the thing with dyslexia is its not a special need that can be seen. when I was 6, I was called a stupid ass child by my teacher for writing backwards and was sent out of the classroom, well I ran home. My Mother was so mad because I left school and crossed roads alone to get home. She had the school test me and she helped me learn to read and right properly. At the same school I was sent to a special reading class and the teacher took me and the other kids and locked us in a supplt closed while he took a break. I got to witness ADHD kids climb shelves and destroy the closet and laugh, several times, I never told my Mom because I did not know it was wrong at the time. Its still frowed upon and teachers still label kids in a negative way and it needs to stop.
As a child i failed at school. I believed i was thick, i was given hearing tests, i was tested by a psychologist and a psychiatrist, Our family doctor and my teachers recognised that my problems were medical. My father said it was attitude and attention seeking. It turns out that the issue was XXY klinefelters, not diagnosed til age 26 and not understood til age 54. I grew up with a supernumerary X chromosome, weak testosterone and high GNDRs. My father was violent and my mother was hands off. Im a great designer -this video has greatly inspired me. Thanks
I have dyslexia. witch stopped me from reading until i came up with my own way of doing things. My teachers called me stupid. They sabotaged my efforts to over come my dyslexia by lowering my grades in math and science and stopping me from doing things they knew I would be good at. They push and push until I started calling myself stupid, as was the plan to them. They told my mother and father that I just did not want to learn. Gas lighting the fact I clearly was trying. Trying to do as they told me and follow the rules had trapped me in a hell I never want to be in again. Rage was the thing that set me free. My IEP told them they had to read things to me. So I started forcing teachers to read things to me. Saying I'll be taking what I need to learn but force if needed. I was on a list and once a month they would pull me in to the office to poke at me to see if I was planning a mass shooting or any thing. I told them that they may have tried every trick in the book to destroy me and true me in to a bad guy, but I plan on living life and being happy weather they wanted me to or not. I graduated high school and learned a way of reading by force of will and a ton of rage.
I have a mild dyslexia. I can read well and fast, but my writing is bad. When I was a kid, my small motor skills were not good as well. At school I have met abuse from my teatcher - from namecalling, and being "scarecrow" for class, to refusall of study materials. I've worked my butt off, trying to make my writing better... Fruitless, and frustraiting. Did not help that in Ukraine we write in cursive all the time... What helped was a DNA test. Doctor told me, that I will get somewhat better in my twenties, which happend to some degree (motor scills are beter indeed) but I still write in scribbles, and half of it is uninteligeble and letters are missing.
I didn’t figure out I had dyslexia until on the job. I hit all the boxes at the beginning of this video however it was not known when I was in grade school. I also have a very difficult time hearing or knowing the sound differences of vowels. Individuals giving numbers or letters quickly one at a time I can not follow, but if give two at a time or 3 at a time I can remember them. I also have another type that is not even identified here. When I’m extremely tired I will use opposing words. Think of it as q and g recognition. Also Open Dyslexi font type has helped me tremendously.
Some scientists say it could be up to 20% of the population. Especially in countries with very very « difficult » language to learn like French and English. Finland and Italy have the « easiest » languages, maybe it help them find better solutions. And for information 30% of the 300 richest persons have dyslexia. Our brains is very cool, we just have to work with it and not against it. For me Dyslexia is not a problem, it is a difference, we can learn anything, we just have to do it in a way that works with our brains. The school system doesn’t work very well for us, because it is one way, and the only way, and everyone have to follow, sadly it’s the opposite of what our brains do.
@@voxtur__7 it is about the number of different sound you can have with letters, and about the rules of the language. In French for exemple their are some words that have letters at the end of the word, but you don’t actually say the letter : like Paris (we don’t say the S), Voldemort (we don’t say the T) it is most likely that a French word is not spell the same as pronounced, it’s also about exception, grammar, orthography… And I say that because a study came out, where scientists compare « dyslexia » from different countries. Dyslexia have the same roots, but it doesn’t impact you the same depending on the « language » you try to use so the % of people are going to be different depending on the country. I do not say Finnish is easy, I say it is easier, but yes dyslexia exist in Finnish as well. Sign language is also « easier » to learn for people with dyslexia.
My sister in india started school at 3 but she had mild level problem of dyslexia but as my mother gave her lot of importance in reading and she used lot of kinesthetic methods, the important note is my mother studied only upto 12th grade and before 15 years phone was also not much popular, but now every parents are educated but not giving much time to their kids.
I think it is a bad ideas to group children by age. Maybe on average it is good to wait until 6 or 7 for reading but in my case, I was copying letters at the age of 4 and trying to suss out their meaning with the help of no one. Then I was put in one of the idiot factories and made to fret over issues like being left or right handed. It is probably long past time recognize mass education as the failure it is.
I just have minor problems spelling but I cannot say the letters in a word out loud. It takes me ages even for simple words. When people asks how things are written I just have to write it down first. Any idea why? Is that common?
Having Dyslexia, school was troublesome. I get the concepts, but gaded poorly due to spelling, grammar and presentation. Teachers basically said I was just a lazy student. Who wouldn't make it or past middle school, highschool, college... I have a Master's Degree. Words are still my enemy, but I have learned to deal with them, but still I will avoid heavy writing activities (Hence why I didn't try for a PHD, as doing an other thesis isn't worth it). And built my career around more abstract concepts.
I have always struggles with my spelling and it always takes me longer to read and write stuff down and understand instructions given to me. When I was in primary school I was sent out of the classroom and told off because I asked how to spell 2 words in a row and apparently I wasn't allowed to do that. In highschool I made so many spelling mistakes bit they still didn't get me tested for dislexia. The closest thing I got to that was my assessment for extra time in exams because it takes me longer to process instructions. I am nearly 20 and I am only getting an assessment for dislexia now. I had a screening at my current college (UK) just last year where they said I ha e dislexic tentensies but codunt say more than that because it was only a basic test for exam arrangements and not a full assessment. I am getting tested for it now because I am going to University and am applying for a DSA but I need a diagnosis for it to be able to claim it on there. I am also on the ait list for an autism assessment, but I can claim that on the DSA because I got my doctor to fill out a form saying it is a working diagnosis. Also, when I am writing I press on my pen REALLY hard and I get cramps in my hand because of it. Does anyone else have problems with holding lens properly when writing?
I have my dyslexia since I was a kid I didn't know how to read, when my parents brought me to Spain I learned how to read at the age of 10. And I have ADHD too.
As a British student, I was screamed at everyday by teachers and parents for all the problems mentioned within the video. In later years people online would happily lambast my work as grammatically incorrect and/or drivel. In my job I am constantly audited by overzealous brown-nosed managers. Yet not one of them diagnosed me with my condition. The "form of help" I got was, harsh criticism. It shaped and defined me. But I can't help but wonder how much smarter I'd be, if people in society gave a damn about their fellow man.
One thing to recognize when comparing Finnish and English children is the nature of their mother tongues. The Finnish language is perfectly phonetic, that is, it is written exactly as it is pronounced and there is a one-to-one correspondence between a sound and a letter. Without exceptions. Therefore, it would be useless to have spelling bees in Finland because all the natives would get every word right. This is why learning to read and write has been very easy until now, although in today's visual world with texting and video games, it seems to be getting more and more difficult to teach spelling and grammar, even to Finnish children.
The other thing to remember is that not all types of dyslexia is the same for example I have directional dyslexia witch means I have great difficulty in understanding directions knowing left from right and my mind swapping the names and places of locations I can't understand punctuation or spelling but read very well dyslexia is as different as people.
Exactly. I see words as pictures. Can't do phonics and can't break words down into syllables. My son has it... and he too is different than I am. You hang in there... remember Einstein and Edison were both dyslexics.
When I was in elementary school from 3rd grade they started giving me special help. During fourth grade we had these trailers where I spent a few hours a day there. I was getting ready for first day of fifth grade and walked into the dining room and there was man there I didn't know. He then took me to a special school, just a group of trailers Next to an elementary school. The the year they mainstreamed me back into 6th grade, but by seventh grade I was back into the trailers in Jr high school. 9th grade and after I was done with all the special Ed. Not once did they tell why I was there or. What for. Did I catch up, yes and know, but I rather know where my weaknesses are so I can work with them.
I have have a minor case of dyslexia, all it does is make my writing a little bigger, and make me read slower, its not much, but I am homeschooling because of it, which I am okay with, but if anybody with any simular situation in public school, I hope it's not severe, if it is, I hope you are able get your work done,.
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I would have loved to watch more advices towards helping dyslexic children. The IKEA story was interesting, but barely supported what a dyslexic person can do to overcome his/her problems. Still, nice video ^^
I have it... and my son inherited it. My wife just went to school on the subject... learned everything she could and really helped my son... and became his advocate at school with his teachers. He too, like myself is a college graduate. You hang in there!
So, I have a mild dyslexia? I can't count from 1 to 100 straight without mixing the numbers or repeating them, same with reading, also, I can't read continuously without unconciously switching some syllables whenever I read them.
I don't have written dyslexia, but I do have oral or auditory dyslexia, I can transpose words, letters, and numbers around, at one time, I saw a street sign that said 19 street, but instead, I said 91 street, but quickly corrected myself, but at times, what I mean and what I say, can be different. I am wondering how many people have oral or auditory dyslexia?
I had a major problem with a cursive capital "J" growing up, which is the first letter of my first name. No matter how hard I tried, I would always do the loops backwards. I developed a great disdain for it and eventually in my teens stopped using it altogether. With that and MANY other issues I faced in reading/writing, I am surprised it took until I was 17 to be diagnosed with dyslexia.
dyslexic here... nice video! Yeah coming up with different references than memorizing numbers usually helps. It sucked when I had to memorize poems or formulas. It was really unfair to fail a test because you messed up a formula due to dyslexia. Teachers didn't give a shit.
The Finnish language is, AFAIK, phonetically spelled, while English is not. It has convoluted spelling rules and myriads of exceptions. This causes most of the 4% vs. 10% difference in the dyslexia rates. It is the tragedy of mankind that English has become the dominant language on this planet: most anglophones cannot learn any foreign language (which leads to narrow-mindedness), and most others are too lazy to learn foreign languages beyond English. Unless we stop this trend, dyslexia will spread like COVID.
Yes written English is such a mess compared to other languages when it comes to spelling. People don't seems to bother when I pronunce things strange but spelling seems to be a larger issue for native English speakers.
I have dyslexia I overcame it but we would get out of class early and get into another to help with dyslexia but I still read slow (just because it’s easier to understand) and I still spell some words slow
As much as I love the story that is told about Finland's school system and structure, I am personally unsure of how much that has to do with the schooling itself. I am sure that it makes a positive impact and there are things to learn from Finland, BUT I honestly think the thing that makes the biggest difference is **Air Quality, CO2 Emissions, and overall Oxygen levels** rather than the education itself. Finland has the cleanest air and lowest CO2 levels among post-industrial countries last I checked. Studies have shown time and time again that higher CO2 concentrations significantly decrease cognitive ability and can permanently cause damage, even in what we would consider far from lethal levels. This is particularly important in human growth and development, so I would personally love to see how much this confounding variable actually impacts the results Finland has. Again, I am not docking Finland and do think it has a fantastic education system, but I think the air quality is actually the more important factor.
@@sprouts I apologize for referencing a video not on your channel, but if you find the air debate interesting, you might like a video called "This Is Your Brain on Stale Air" on Tom Scott's channel. I think there should be FAR more research done on this subject and how it affects cognitive development, especially as someone who is Dyslexic myself!
@@sprouts One thing to recognize when comparing Finnish and English children is the nature of their mother tongues. The Finnish language is perfectly phonetic, that is, it is written exactly as it is pronounced and there is a one-to-one correspondence between a sound and a letter. Without exceptions. Therefore, it would be useless to have spelling bees in Finland because all the natives would get every word right. This is why learning to read and write has been very easy until now, although in today's visual world with texting and video games, it seems to be getting more and more difficult to teach spelling and grammar, even to Finnish children.
A kernel of truth. A font of misinformation. Please, at the very least fact check with the International Dyslexia Association and research the Orton-Gillingham method (the source of many multi-sensory programs that successfully remediate dyslexia). You may want to check with the Children’s Dyslexia Centers to see how they train clinicians and successfully work with children with dyslexia. That said, I just discovered your videos and love them. Keep up the great work.
I had only one teacher try to help me. She did as my mom said. I toke a test make a 57. Cool I failed again. The next day the teacher sent me to the area outside her room. Then she came out and did the test orally. I made a 97. After that she graded me on how I did in clas not so much testing. Another teach yelled and called me many names. Lazy. Your not trying. My mother raised Cain at school and the switched me. Most teachers just Ed pass me because I was very good in sports. I was one of the best at school. All state football and 2nd place in shot put 2 years in state won like 17 metals. So I was pasted
Although I enjoyed your video the wording wasn't very sensitive 'problem' 'over coming this problem' its not a problem to have dyslexia its a neurological condition that can't be 'cured' i have dyslexia and this reinforces the negitive feeling that I experienced and I'm sure others have at school
I am glad that you enjoyed the video! I see your point and agree that it is a very sensitive matter. However, the word used in the video is "weakness" rather than "problem". Sprouts will continue to try its best to take into account the sensitivity of the discussed topics.
My children were taught differently at different schools ... one learned reading & spelling using "phonics", the other was encouraged to use "invented spelling" -- I believe that "invented spelling" is a structure being used to reduce stress and other negative factors on children, to somehow "mainstream" those who have learning disabilities like dyslexia ... but my child, through use of "invented spelling," is less capable of spelling words correctly than my other child who learned through phonics ... perhaps my concept of why "invented spelling" is used might be wrong, but I do not believe that it is effective, whatever the reasoning behind it ... in my opinion, "invented spelling" could probably cause MORE issues for children with dyslexia and other learning issues, and I will NEVER be a proponent of "invented spelling" ...
I'm dyslexic and 59 years old. I can't do phonics for anything and I can't break down words into syllables. What I learned to do growing up was to see words as pictures. When I would hear how that word is supposed to sound... I'd just remember the picture and when I can't pronounce a new word now... I just have someone say it about ten times... and I repeat it right after them. And then I'll have that word as a picture in my memory. It's like different cars. You know a corvette when you see one compared to a Mustang. That is how I see that word.
nowone know what is it and never helped me. i hated language subjects because i get below avrage marks in it but i was good in sci and social studies. still have problems but noone cares. i have ADHD too but doctors refues to even check me becuse i am an adult now
There’s no such thing as Dyslexia. I’ve been an English teacher for six years. Dyslexia is when someone is not taught how to use phonics: 1) basic letter sounds, 2) common spelling rules. All students with dyslexia can learn to read in less than a year if they learn phonics.
I would agree that teaching strong phonological awareness would help mitigate the effects of dyslexia, but to say that there is no such thing as dyslexia would be an oversimplification of the neurological differences between dyslexics and non-dyslexics.
@@SpencerHennigan There might be some very rare cases where there’s something physical actually going on, but I’ve taught many students to read who many thought had mental problems. It’s primarily a bad teacher problem, however some teachers have classes too big or undisciplined to focus on troubled students.
No it's really bad bro I was doing math I'm 21 now and I still don't know how to read but I wouldn't somehow miss about 20 of the numbers and it's like'I got wet through each line apparently I missed a couple every time
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I was born with severe dyslexia. I started reading at age 12. Dyslexic people are generally highly creative (probably due to how we organise things in our heads) and often gravitate to playing music or creating art. I’m now a music teacher and I’ve been reading to my boy since before he grew ears to make sure he learns to read well.
Wonderful ❤️
Same here but has an ability to remember patterns. So I succeeded to =)
I'm trying to help my nephew out who I believe has dyslexia, can I ask how and when you found out and what steps your caretakers took to help you?
You're making me cry.
You strived well ❤
I don't think i agree with you on the last part. Of the 3 dislexic people i know, they all gravitate to STEM subgects like chemistry. But maybe that's just too small of a sample?
As a teacher myself I have noticed that here in Italy a lot of youngsters have this problem. I wondered why. Then I met their parents. They don't talk to their children, and are constantly at the cell phone. To keep small kids quiet it's normal here to give them the smartphone where they can watch a movie or other amenities. If parents don't have time to interact with their children no wonder that this problem is spreading so much among the new generations...
This development is so sad.
Same thing everyehere. It is common to give 2 year olds a screen to look at instead of interacting with them here in Sweden also.
Well, it is inherited... it does not come about by any other way. So, as a teacher, I suggest you get off your lazy ass and start learning how to communicate with real dyslexics and help them through a difficult time. Einstein and Edison were both dyslexics... and they didn't have a smartphone to play with. Dyslexics are incredibly imaginative and innovative.
Actually, dyslexia is a genetic condition that has always been a problem. If a parent has it, the child is 4 times more likely to inherit it. If both parents have it, the child is 10 times more likely to have it. Cell phones are a problem but they don’t cause genuine dyslexia.
This video brought me some memories. I remember back in primary school, there were 3 students who had a hard time reading and the class would laugh about it. We did not know. I always wondered how its possible not to be able to read because for me it was easy. Now i think back at those days and i realize what trauma we caused.
Great content.
Thanks for sharing this!
Thit wis me u was mackin fun of,
great taught you got, and ty for understanding how series this can be.
my English teacher has dyslexia and sometimes needed our help with spelling word with double letters (eg. parallel) but her analysis and interpretations were more advanced than any other teacher I've been taught by. Also her dyslexia only made her better at teaching spelling to kids who have dyslexia or just struggle with spelling to some extent because she found ways to make reading and writing easier. Mad respect to her, she's definitely one of my favorite teachers.
I truly see it as a blessing of our time that the internet provides us with so much knowledge. Sometimes it can be hard to discern reliable sources, but overall it's a gift for humanity!
Yes younhave to use the internet to educate your other than just social media
I remember when I was at kindergarten I would make my E's 10 or 15 lines instead of 3 took me awhile and there two teachers who saw my potential I can't thanked them enough for I am today
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@@sprouts thanks for sharing nice information
Man, some of this video made me cry. I learned to read a little later thought a spec ed class and summer school one year. I had teachers who would punish me when I made mistakes, one kept me in detention for a month (in grade 2), one made me read with a ruler even though i didn't need it anymore in grade 5, it always felt like a put down. I had a teacher in grade 7 that had a scary reputation and he ended up being a life changer. He challenged me, was artistic himself, and he got my parents to test me to see if I was gifted. When the results came in, I opened them up on my own and saw the word special and started to cry. I thought I was finally going to be put into a remedial class and it was confirmed I was stupid (more than half my art teachers hated me, or got frustrated with me because i struggled to follow their sequencing).
I had a sister that that was reading at a younger age so I just thought I was stupid and a number of teachers thought the same. In the end dyslexia is a huge gift in the design field I work in. Dyslexic minds are at the same time detailed and big picture and suffer when there isn't enough detail and they don't know what the product is to look like. With regular kids they are better off with being given a blind sequence, with a dyslexic it is very stressful because they don't know where they are going, and Dyslexics get to be really good at inventing their own ways to get the answer or outcome, they don't need the sequence the way regular kids do. When I'm working on a complex design, I can balance everything with relative ease where regular people need to follow sequences to make sure that everything is maintained and no solutions that get created cause future problems. But I didn't realize my gift until my undergrad.
there is a high percentage of creatives and entrepreneurs who are dyslexic. Its not overcoming weaknesses that make them what they are, its a divergent wholistic thinking pattern that helps them see things differently, to question things and to see things blatantly that others don't even think is there (when its the center of the problem).
Whats really wonderful is today one of the things I love to do the most with my 13month daughter is to read with her. I needed to learn how to read in a different way, but I was never stupid or broken, I wouldn't be able to design buildings the ways I do today if I wasn't dyslexic and I'm thankful I think differently... but man there are a lot of wounds you need to work through and heal from as a kid.
a Finnish dyslexic here :D
I have been helped with reading and writing from a young age by school. I also get more time with test to really understand what I'm reading. But my biggest motivation comes from my online friends, It's always fun to chat with them and they also kindly help me when I do typos. I'm now studying in Lukio (finnish highschool) and I'm doing actually quite well, get mostly 8 and 9 from courses.
I think it's important to cheer and keep dyslexic people motivated in reading and writing.
Thanks for this video, I gotta be honest though, people with dyslexia are not some kind of Percy Jackson, as one of my friends thought throughout high-school. For me (I have severe dyslexia) I have trouble with reading, writing, talking, and pretty much learning in general, no matter the subject. I would say I struggle most with math, and my memory. I have always hated math, because I could never really understand it, I still don't fully understand and I didn't want to ask stupid questions so I kept them to myself. Being in college now, I can see how important it could have been to ask thoughs questions, because I'm struggling with the most basic math (and don't get me started on electrical theory). My memory has been pretty bad lately and I'm not sure if it's fully the dyslexia or something else, but I do know that people with dyslexia might have memory problems when they get older (Now when I saw older, I thought maybe late 20ies or even 30ies, I'm 18 and I feel like I have alzheimer's disease). Now being dyslexic is not all bad, the only problem is I really do think differently, and when it comes to school, it really depends on the teacher and their way of teacher. I had a great science teacher for two grades in high-school who could teacher the same subject 5 different ways, and it really helped me and I am glad to of had him. Anyways that's enough of me and my little paragraphs.
Good point! Thanks for your thoughtful paragraphs
I'm 59 years old with dyslexia... and I have a college degree. I speak for a living and write out my messages. I had to learn on my own... back when I was young... there was no kind of help. I see words as pictures. I can't do phonics for anything. But if someone would tell me how to pronounce that word. Give it to me about ten times as I pronounced it back. I'd have it. I'm not having any memory problems... at least not yet. You hang in there!! One thing about dyslexics is they have a great capacity for innovation and imagination. You go find your niche in this world and hang on to it!
@@tsquared334 Good to know, I'll have a listen when I can.
Back in the days when I was a middleschooler I remember children getting beaten up or laughed at by educators on struggling with this issue. Today I see the deeper cause to it.
Its important we treat people specially children with kindness. Making people feel different is seeding low self esteem for later.
Lets raise up our children with Love and purpose.
Yes 🙌
@sprouts I think it would be helpful to look deeper into Dyslexic stats and where we end up. I'm completely convinced I wouldn't be able to solve complex problems like I do in Architecture if I didn't have Dyslexia. I often confuse people because I can seamlessly move from detail to complex whole, but that's how a dyslexic mind works... interconnected relationships. There are ways that Dyslexia can really make life hard, and if not helped to read in a way that works for our minds we'll end up thinking we're dumb. As a kid I remember getting so frustrated at other kids when they couldn't do certain things but could read... it didn't make sense to me... they could read so they were smart, I couldn't so I was dumb. But it wasn't true, I was legitimately different with a different strengths and weakness profile than typical kids, but I could learn to work around the reading issue eventually. In my undergrad I could finally type without looking at the keyboard, and near the end of university I could read out loud reasonably well. But more than anything... designing complex systems was seamless and easy for me and I started to really see the advantage of being dyslexic by my 2nd year. I think it would be helpful to correct the narrative from "Dyslexics can succeed if they overcome and try harder" to "Dyslexics are wired differently and have different strength and weakness profiles and society benefits greatly from the unique strengths of Dyslexics" Again there are so many industries and thought leaders who are Dyslexic
My mum was really good at spending time talking/reading to us as kids and we were chatter boxes who all learned to read pretty quickly. I’m seeing now that I’m an adult exactly how fortunate that is and that other kids didn’t have the same support growing up. I don’t understand why, although the onus is on the parents to raise their kids as best they can, we aren’t talked to about HOW to raise kids. Like seriously no one teaches you how to parent properly. Mental
I have severe dyslexia and it has impacted my life profoundly. I'm trying to heal but I really hope things start to change in education, no child deserves to be treated the way we are.
I have dyslexia but I have the diagnosis 2 years ago, 1 month before my bachelor degree.
Schools was so difficult for me, but now I know why and I know how I can do for help myself.
At the moment I study for a master's degree and I hope to make a career at work in future 🤞🏻💪🏻
I'm 59 and have it. I have my degree as well. Dyslexics are known for imagination and innovation. Take full advantage of it... Congratulations and you hang in there!
@@jonlanier_ thank you so much, have a good day Jon!
This was great watch -- dyslexia is something we're keen to raise awareness of and improve support for. We've worked with thousands of families of dyslexic children to ensure that schools here in the UK are following the law and following an EHCP. We've got a webinar planned on the 13th of June and would definitely encourage folks to book on, or join our academy to access some fantastic expert resources. 💛
Being dyslexic I often struggle writing emails, letters, and would often forget to add some of the important words that would give the meaning and complete the sentence.
So, many times I have to keep checking what I have written is a complete sentence without missing any word.
But that's not all, I often used to pronounce words wrong and later realize what I said was wrong totally meaningless
I remember how one day I mispronounced `Shipaaii` with `Shimpii` for which the teacher scolded me.
I may pronounce `1932` with something else like (9132) but would write it all as-it-is.
Proving: Visualization >> Hearing🙌
I overcome these difficulties by trying to improve my keyboard typing speed.
despite these all no one believes me that I find difficulties in reading properly, writing on a keyboard because in maths I used to score top in the class(after I turned 15yrs which before 15 I was the student with one of the lowest grades in the class).
but sometimes I wonder🤔, How everyone(society) would have treated me If I couldn't have scored well...
Grow up! All dyslexics.....Find your own power....Let us all unite.
Great comment. I’m also dyslexic and can relate to your issues with missing important words or organizing numbers. I think it made me want to write well. And now I wrote this video :)
Missing words.... and using the wrong word.... like one or won. I'm very thankful for the computer age and internets spell checkers for that very reason. I also wil use Dragon Speaking. I see words as pictures... had to learn that on my own... I'm 59 and didn't have any help back then. You hang in there!
As a teacher-in-training this is my favourite channel on UA-cam 🎉thank you so much for your efforts!
That’s such a great comment
On spot!
Imagine my surprise when finding out that my surgeon is dyslexic...!
After breaking my neck, an emergency operation was needed with at least two more expected in the future.
The surgeon that saved my life I discovered (before my second surgery) is dyslexic...OK... I told myself. Do I put my life in this man's hands knowing that he is dyslexic, or get a different surgeon...?
Absolutely am going to keep this surgeon. Not only did he save my life, but he is one of the most brilliant persons I've ever met.
I get emotional when thinking of him. He will forever be in my heart.
So...don't sell dyslexic folks short.
Live and learn, and open our minds.
And he had to work twice as hard!
Einstien and Edison were also dyslexic. We are just as smart as anyone else.... we just think differently.
@@jonlanier_ Amen! Different strengths and weaknesses profile, but there are a number of Dyslexic strengths that overshadow typical strength. Its not just overcoming adversity that makes so many designers and entrepreneurs so successful, its a different structure of the minds that sees the whole system and its detail at the same time, that is bent towards seeing interconnected relationships. A mind that needs to see interconnected relationships struggles with sequences because its like being blind or handicapped when a dyslexic mind wants and needed to see the whole picture. For a regular mind its overwhelming.
@@sprouts Dyslexics often find complex systems much easier to navigate than regular people. He likely didn't have to work as hard to be a great surgeon, it likely was more natural and easy to work around the complex structure around the spine/nervous system. He would have had to work harder on the reading aspect, but connecting the dots and seeing the whole detailed complex structure and its interrelationships is something a lot of dyslexics have as a massive strength. I would argue that if this surgeon had the same IQ but no dyslexia he wouldn't be as capable as he is.
Due my Dyslexia i was promoted to go to basic education and started to do some work with my hands. So i never got a higher education. It started me to work in my mid teens in my career, Luckly my hobby and interests was with computers, so i started to fix, sell computers in computer stores moved up as sys admin , later software tester product owner and now i manage a large software engineering department at a large company. came here via working experience rather then education by the traditional sense. thanks due to the disability and the schools not facilitating these limitations i had.
As a woman whit dislexia I became to have functional illiteracy I really hard to comprehend text and to spell.
I grow up as a single child my Mother did not know how to rase me and also school. I am gald that my boyfriend teaches me how to right. As a 18 old I have to say I fell society but is not my fault I have a job of a Baker in my hands.
Thanks for sharing this
I'm 59 years old, and I have dyslexia. Had no help back in the day... had to figure it all out for myself. I am a college graduate, so it can be done. My son also has it... but he got a lot of help when he was young and I think did better than I... he too is a college graduate. What I do is see words as pictures. Like you see a corvette and know it is a corvette... I see words the same way. I can't do phonics. So, when I come across a word I've never seen/heard.... someone had to pronounce the word for me... and I'd say it after them... about ten times... I'd have the world down. Now, when I don't know a word... I can go to the internet on how to pronounce a word.
My son's form of dyslexia is different than mine... I think we all are different to some degree. Some people are IBM computers and some are Apple computers. YOu have to put in the right program to the right computer. And it'll work just fine.
the thing with dyslexia is its not a special need that can be seen. when I was 6, I was called a stupid ass child by my teacher for writing backwards and was sent out of the classroom, well I ran home. My Mother was so mad because I left school and crossed roads alone to get home. She had the school test me and she helped me learn to read and right properly. At the same school I was sent to a special reading class and the teacher took me and the other kids and locked us in a supplt closed while he took a break. I got to witness ADHD kids climb shelves and destroy the closet and laugh, several times, I never told my Mom because I did not know it was wrong at the time. Its still frowed upon and teachers still label kids in a negative way and it needs to stop.
As a child i failed at school. I believed i was thick, i was given hearing tests, i was tested by a psychologist and a psychiatrist, Our family doctor and my teachers recognised that my problems were medical. My father said it was attitude and attention seeking.
It turns out that the issue was XXY klinefelters, not diagnosed til age 26 and not understood til age 54. I grew up with a supernumerary X chromosome, weak testosterone and high GNDRs. My father was violent and my mother was hands off. Im a great designer -this video has greatly inspired me. Thanks
Thank you for your comment!
I love reading but i
Am sooooo slow. Still reading but often get ridiculed by family for it. 35 but reading like a 10 year old
I have dyslexia. witch stopped me from reading until i came up with my own way of doing things. My teachers called me stupid. They sabotaged my efforts to over come my dyslexia by lowering my grades in math and science and stopping me from doing things they knew I would be good at. They push and push until I started calling myself stupid, as was the plan to them. They told my mother and father that I just did not want to learn. Gas lighting the fact I clearly was trying. Trying to do as they told me and follow the rules had trapped me in a hell I never want to be in again. Rage was the thing that set me free. My IEP told them they had to read things to me. So I started forcing teachers to read things to me. Saying I'll be taking what I need to learn but force if needed. I was on a list and once a month they would pull me in to the office to poke at me to see if I was planning a mass shooting or any thing. I told them that they may have tried every trick in the book to destroy me and true me in to a bad guy, but I plan on living life and being happy weather they wanted me to or not. I graduated high school and learned a way of reading by force of will and a ton of rage.
I have a mild dyslexia. I can read well and fast, but my writing is bad. When I was a kid, my small motor skills were not good as well. At school I have met abuse from my teatcher - from namecalling, and being "scarecrow" for class, to refusall of study materials. I've worked my butt off, trying to make my writing better... Fruitless, and frustraiting. Did not help that in Ukraine we write in cursive all the time... What helped was a DNA test. Doctor told me, that I will get somewhat better in my twenties, which happend to some degree (motor scills are beter indeed) but I still write in scribbles, and half of it is uninteligeble and letters are missing.
Thanks for sharing this
This is one reason not to bully others. Remember, everyone is different. Let's respect each other.
thanks
Seeing all the issues that someone has with dyslexia I'm pretty sure I have had it all my life and somehow got through life
I didn’t figure out I had dyslexia until on the job. I hit all the boxes at the beginning of this video however it was not known when I was in grade school. I also have a very difficult time hearing or knowing the sound differences of vowels. Individuals giving numbers or letters quickly one at a time I can not follow, but if give two at a time or 3 at a time I can remember them. I also have another type that is not even identified here. When I’m extremely tired I will use opposing words. Think of it as q and g recognition.
Also Open Dyslexi font type has helped me tremendously.
I have dysgraphia and had a hell of a time learning to read... And I still suck at spelling... But once I figured out how to read I devoured books...
Some scientists say it could be up to 20% of the population. Especially in countries with very very « difficult » language to learn like French and English.
Finland and Italy have the « easiest » languages, maybe it help them find better solutions. And for information 30% of the 300 richest persons have dyslexia. Our brains is very cool, we just have to work with it and not against it.
For me Dyslexia is not a problem, it is a difference, we can learn anything, we just have to do it in a way that works with our brains.
The school system doesn’t work very well for us, because it is one way, and the only way, and everyone have to follow, sadly it’s the opposite of what our brains do.
Excuse me but Finnish is literally about 7 times harder than English and French.
@@voxtur__7 it is about the number of different sound you can have with letters, and about the rules of the language. In French for exemple their are some words that have letters at the end of the word, but you don’t actually say the letter : like Paris (we don’t say the S), Voldemort (we don’t say the T) it is most likely that a French word is not spell the same as pronounced, it’s also about exception, grammar, orthography… And I say that because a study came out, where scientists compare « dyslexia » from different countries. Dyslexia have the same roots, but it doesn’t impact you the same depending on the « language » you try to use so the % of people are going to be different depending on the country. I do not say Finnish is easy, I say it is easier, but yes dyslexia exist in Finnish as well. Sign language is also « easier » to learn for people with dyslexia.
Very interesting! Thank you for sharing AbracadaBE!
My sister in india started school at 3 but she had mild level problem of dyslexia but as my mother gave her lot of importance in reading and she used lot of kinesthetic methods, the important note is my mother studied only upto 12th grade and before 15 years phone was also not much popular, but now every parents are educated but not giving much time to their kids.
I think it is a bad ideas to group children by age. Maybe on average it is good to wait until 6 or 7 for reading but in my case, I was copying letters at the age of 4 and trying to suss out their meaning with the help of no one. Then I was put in one of the idiot factories and made to fret over issues like being left or right handed. It is probably long past time recognize mass education as the failure it is.
Good point!
I just have minor problems spelling but I cannot say the letters in a word out loud. It takes me ages even for simple words. When people asks how things are written I just have to write it down first. Any idea why? Is that common?
Dyslexia, check!
Billionaire, not yet!
Having Dyslexia, school was troublesome. I get the concepts, but gaded poorly due to spelling, grammar and presentation. Teachers basically said I was just a lazy student. Who wouldn't make it or past middle school, highschool, college... I have a Master's Degree. Words are still my enemy, but I have learned to deal with them, but still I will avoid heavy writing activities (Hence why I didn't try for a PHD, as doing an other thesis isn't worth it). And built my career around more abstract concepts.
We can't even imagine being in your shoes. It is inspiring to know how you are dealing with the situation. :)
I have always struggles with my spelling and it always takes me longer to read and write stuff down and understand instructions given to me. When I was in primary school I was sent out of the classroom and told off because I asked how to spell 2 words in a row and apparently I wasn't allowed to do that. In highschool I made so many spelling mistakes bit they still didn't get me tested for dislexia. The closest thing I got to that was my assessment for extra time in exams because it takes me longer to process instructions.
I am nearly 20 and I am only getting an assessment for dislexia now. I had a screening at my current college (UK) just last year where they said I ha e dislexic tentensies but codunt say more than that because it was only a basic test for exam arrangements and not a full assessment. I am getting tested for it now because I am going to University and am applying for a DSA but I need a diagnosis for it to be able to claim it on there. I am also on the ait list for an autism assessment, but I can claim that on the DSA because I got my doctor to fill out a form saying it is a working diagnosis.
Also, when I am writing I press on my pen REALLY hard and I get cramps in my hand because of it. Does anyone else have problems with holding lens properly when writing?
I've got a question:
Do you work together with the sprouts channels from other languages or do they simply translate yours videos?
We work together - all are partners.
I have my dyslexia since I was a kid I didn't know how to read, when my parents brought me to Spain I learned how to read at the age of 10. And I have ADHD too.
I straight up though I was dyslexic reading the the title lol
I just noticed your pace, thank you.
What do you mean?
As a British student, I was screamed at everyday by teachers and parents for all the problems mentioned within the video. In later years people online would happily lambast my work as grammatically incorrect and/or drivel. In my job I am constantly audited by overzealous brown-nosed managers.
Yet not one of them diagnosed me with my condition. The "form of help" I got was, harsh criticism. It shaped and defined me.
But I can't help but wonder how much smarter I'd be, if people in society gave a damn about their fellow man.
A fellow man who didn’t do anything wrong… all the best!
One thing to recognize when comparing Finnish and English children is the nature of their mother tongues. The Finnish language is perfectly phonetic, that is, it is written exactly as it is pronounced and there is a one-to-one correspondence between a sound and a letter. Without exceptions. Therefore, it would be useless to have spelling bees in Finland because all the natives would get every word right. This is why learning to read and write has been very easy until now, although in today's visual world with texting and video games, it seems to be getting more and more difficult to teach spelling and grammar, even to Finnish children.
Interesting point!
The other thing to remember is that not all types of dyslexia is the same for example I have directional dyslexia witch means I have great difficulty in understanding directions knowing left from right and my mind swapping the names and places of locations I can't understand punctuation or spelling but read very well dyslexia is as different as people.
Exactly. I see words as pictures. Can't do phonics and can't break words down into syllables. My son has it... and he too is different than I am. You hang in there... remember Einstein and Edison were both dyslexics.
When I was in elementary school from 3rd grade they started giving me special help. During fourth grade we had these trailers where I spent a few hours a day there. I was getting ready for first day of fifth grade and walked into the dining room and there was man there I didn't know. He then took me to a special school, just a group of trailers Next to an elementary school. The the year they mainstreamed me back into 6th grade, but by seventh grade I was back into the trailers in Jr high school. 9th grade and after I was done with all the special Ed. Not once did they tell why I was there or. What for. Did I catch up, yes and know, but I rather know where my weaknesses are so I can work with them.
I have have a minor case of dyslexia, all it does is make my writing a little bigger, and make me read slower, its not much, but I am homeschooling because of it, which I am okay with, but if anybody with any simular situation in public school, I hope it's not severe, if it is, I hope you are able get your work done,.
Wooooooow ....please what's the name of this application that you use?
1. Brain
2. Google docs to write
3. google slides
4. Pen and paper to scribble
5. iPad to draw
6. iPad to record
7. After effects to edit
8. A software for sound engendering
Takes around 2-6 month
@@sprouts ohhhh that's very nice .....thank you so much.....your channel I the best
windoos,
I would have loved to watch more advices towards helping dyslexic children. The IKEA story was interesting, but barely supported what a dyslexic person can do to overcome his/her problems.
Still, nice video ^^
Good point. Noted
I have it... and my son inherited it. My wife just went to school on the subject... learned everything she could and really helped my son... and became his advocate at school with his teachers. He too, like myself is a college graduate. You hang in there!
So, I have a mild dyslexia? I can't count from 1 to 100 straight without mixing the numbers or repeating them, same with reading, also, I can't read continuously without unconciously switching some syllables whenever I read them.
Dyslexics UNTIE!!!
I don't have written dyslexia, but I do have oral or auditory dyslexia, I can transpose words, letters, and numbers around, at one time, I saw a street sign that said 19 street, but instead, I said 91 street, but quickly corrected myself, but at times, what I mean and what I say, can be different.
I am wondering how many people have oral or auditory dyslexia?
I had to stay in a lot of recesses in 1st grade because when I wrote my name at least one letter was backwards.
I had a major problem with a cursive capital "J" growing up, which is the first letter of my first name. No matter how hard I tried, I would always do the loops backwards. I developed a great disdain for it and eventually in my teens stopped using it altogether. With that and MANY other issues I faced in reading/writing, I am surprised it took until I was 17 to be diagnosed with dyslexia.
dyslexic here... nice video! Yeah coming up with different references than memorizing numbers usually helps.
It sucked when I had to memorize poems or formulas. It was really unfair to fail a test because you messed up a formula due to dyslexia. Teachers didn't give a shit.
Sorry you had such teachers. Hey, we are cheering for you :)
I wonder what happens to this phonological awareness in the era of online meetings where video and audio aren't sync.
Right. Or when everyone wears a mask... Not good!
The Finnish language is, AFAIK, phonetically spelled, while English is not. It has convoluted spelling rules and myriads of exceptions. This causes most of the 4% vs. 10% difference in the dyslexia rates. It is the tragedy of mankind that English has become the dominant language on this planet: most anglophones cannot learn any foreign language (which leads to narrow-mindedness), and most others are too lazy to learn foreign languages beyond English. Unless we stop this trend, dyslexia will spread like COVID.
Yes written English is such a mess compared to other languages when it comes to spelling. People don't seems to bother when I pronunce things strange but spelling seems to be a larger issue for native English speakers.
simply amazing,wow
I have dyslexia I overcame it but we would get out of class early and get into another to help with dyslexia but I still read slow (just because it’s easier to understand) and I still spell some words slow
As much as I love the story that is told about Finland's school system and structure, I am personally unsure of how much that has to do with the schooling itself. I am sure that it makes a positive impact and there are things to learn from Finland, BUT I honestly think the thing that makes the biggest difference is **Air Quality, CO2 Emissions, and overall Oxygen levels** rather than the education itself. Finland has the cleanest air and lowest CO2 levels among post-industrial countries last I checked. Studies have shown time and time again that higher CO2 concentrations significantly decrease cognitive ability and can permanently cause damage, even in what we would consider far from lethal levels.
This is particularly important in human growth and development, so I would personally love to see how much this confounding variable actually impacts the results Finland has. Again, I am not docking Finland and do think it has a fantastic education system, but I think the air quality is actually the more important factor.
Interesting point. Its probably a lot of things: schools, peers, parents and possibly even the air.
@@sprouts I apologize for referencing a video not on your channel, but if you find the air debate interesting, you might like a video called "This Is Your Brain on Stale Air" on Tom Scott's channel. I think there should be FAR more research done on this subject and how it affects cognitive development, especially as someone who is Dyslexic myself!
@@sprouts One thing to recognize when comparing Finnish and English children is the nature of their mother tongues. The Finnish language is perfectly phonetic, that is, it is written exactly as it is pronounced and there is a one-to-one correspondence between a sound and a letter. Without exceptions. Therefore, it would be useless to have spelling bees in Finland because all the natives would get every word right. This is why learning to read and write has been very easy until now, although in today's visual world with texting and video games, it seems to be getting more and more difficult to teach spelling and grammar, even to Finnish children.
Love it!
A kernel of truth. A font of misinformation. Please, at the very least fact check with the International Dyslexia Association and research the Orton-Gillingham method (the source of many multi-sensory programs that successfully remediate dyslexia). You may want to check with the Children’s Dyslexia Centers to see how they train clinicians and successfully work with children with dyslexia. That said, I just discovered your videos and love them. Keep up the great work.
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Thanks
Now I see why few today can understand the spoken word.
grammar rules is my problem as a dyslexia
I still sometimes get confused in b and d. 😅😅😅
Dyslexia is not a disability 0:48
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Yes
Isaac Newton had Dyslexia.
-Daily Fact(s)
Not all dyslexia is reading... I'll just leave it at that.
I have this……
Did yo know that the
the sentence i am speaking
Is gramatically incorrect
1:05 the sound effect is a meme
I had only one teacher try to help me. She did as my mom said. I toke a test make a 57. Cool I failed again. The next day the teacher sent me to the area outside her room. Then she came out and did the test orally. I made a 97. After that she graded me on how I did in clas not so much testing. Another teach yelled and called me many names. Lazy. Your not trying. My mother raised Cain at school and the switched me. Most teachers just Ed pass me because I was very good in sports. I was one of the best at school. All state football and 2nd place in shot put 2 years in state won like 17 metals. So I was pasted
Thanks for sharing this
Although I enjoyed your video the wording wasn't very sensitive 'problem' 'over coming this problem' its not a problem to have dyslexia its a neurological condition that can't be 'cured' i have dyslexia and this reinforces the negitive feeling that I experienced and I'm sure others have at school
I am glad that you enjoyed the video! I see your point and agree that it is a very sensitive matter. However, the word used in the video is "weakness" rather than "problem". Sprouts will continue to try its best to take into account the sensitivity of the discussed topics.
What about dyscalclia?
I am dyslexic ..i got help from my school
That’s good to know
@@sprouts yep but i am still struggle with adhd ... currently i am in Highschool senior year
@@yugeswarreddy4008 good luck!!!
I wanna learn more about it
waht u wana no?
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@@kinyacat5919 specific questions will lead you to deeper answers
@@katrina3560 yes
My children were taught differently at different schools ... one learned reading & spelling using "phonics", the other was encouraged to use "invented spelling" -- I believe that "invented spelling" is a structure being used to reduce stress and other negative factors on children, to somehow "mainstream" those who have learning disabilities like dyslexia ... but my child, through use of "invented spelling," is less capable of spelling words correctly than my other child who learned through phonics ... perhaps my concept of why "invented spelling" is used might be wrong, but I do not believe that it is effective, whatever the reasoning behind it ... in my opinion, "invented spelling" could probably cause MORE issues for children with dyslexia and other learning issues, and I will NEVER be a proponent of "invented spelling" ...
Maybe. Maybe not. Dyslexia is mostly genetic ;)
I'm dyslexic and 59 years old. I can't do phonics for anything and I can't break down words into syllables. What I learned to do growing up was to see words as pictures. When I would hear how that word is supposed to sound... I'd just remember the picture and when I can't pronounce a new word now... I just have someone say it about ten times... and I repeat it right after them. And then I'll have that word as a picture in my memory. It's like different cars. You know a corvette when you see one compared to a Mustang. That is how I see that word.
nowone know what is it and never helped me. i hated language subjects because i get below avrage marks in it but i was good in sci and social studies. still have problems but noone cares. i have ADHD too but doctors refues to even check me becuse i am an adult now
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I learn Korean fools, It has mouth movement letters
Dyslexia in English? Ghoti!
Nice video, but it doesn't seem to help with providing techniques of learning/teaching. Thanks though.
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This video bears no relevance to the title!
There’s no such thing as Dyslexia. I’ve been an English teacher for six years. Dyslexia is when someone is not taught how to use phonics: 1) basic letter sounds, 2) common spelling rules. All students with dyslexia can learn to read in less than a year if they learn phonics.
I would agree that teaching strong phonological awareness would help mitigate the effects of dyslexia, but to say that there is no such thing as dyslexia would be an oversimplification of the neurological differences between dyslexics and non-dyslexics.
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@@SpencerHennigan There might be some very rare cases where there’s something physical actually going on, but I’ve taught many students to read who many thought had mental problems. It’s primarily a bad teacher problem, however some teachers have classes too big or undisciplined to focus on troubled students.
No it's really bad bro I was doing math I'm 21 now and I still don't know how to read but I wouldn't somehow miss about 20 of the numbers and it's like'I got wet through each line apparently I missed a couple every time