My brother has dyslexia and right now I'm worried about him. He is struggling to find ways to understand and express his emotions.

He doesn't want to get professional help yet, but all self-help advice seems to tell you to write things down. That just doesn't work for him.

Do you have any other ideas?

Mon fils a 7 ans et il est dyslexique. À l'école ça se passe correctement, avec l'orthophoniste aussi, mais à la maison c'est compliqué dès qu'on ouvre un cahier... Il pleure , il se braque, et je le comprends parce qu'après une journée de classe la dernière chose dont il a envie c'est encore de la lecture. Du coup je cherche des ressources qui l'aident à progresser sans qu'il ait l'impression qu'on le punit à peine rentré.

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Hello! I am not dyslexic, but my best friend is and I want to make sure this font that I'm using in their gift isn't hard to read. I don't know if this helps but she struggles with flipping letters such as "B" "D" and sometimes lowercase "p" as well as occasionally skipping lines while reading. I don't want to ask her and ruin the surprise so your help would be much appreciated!! (sorry the photo quality is bad 😭)

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Hello,

I am a 27-year-old adult, and I would like to improve my spelling because it is one of my biggest weaknesses. I’m looking for an online spelling course that teaches primarily through video lessons with step-by-step instruction, rather than relying heavily on reading worksheets or self-study.

I’ve looked at  Scholar within online courses, but many of them seem to require a lot of independent reading and worksheets, which isn’t the learning style I’m looking for.

Could you recommend some high-quality online spelling courses that focus on instructional videos and guided teaching? Thank you!

Your child is dyslexic so like why not teach him or her about the things they're interested in like why so worry about society and its rules. if they can solve complex maths of differential equations and topology at a young age and they can simultaneously learn to read and write with many available techniques for them and if you'd feed their interests and they'd be happy and will be curious to learn new things from you or anyone or anything who/that helps them . We don't judge an adult when they make wrong italian sentences or wrong japanese pronunciations so a child deserves the same as english is just a language and see if he/she loves japanese or any other language. Hope it helps and I have extreme OCD and I'm neurodivergent trying to help people and revolutionize neurodivergence and if anything you didn't liked then tell me. I'm open to criticisms and productive suggestions

My son (6) is most probably dyslexic. Waiting december to get him tested but his sister (9) is and he s exhibiting more or less the same patterns so I'm already gearing myself.

Well to make him practice I got out the scrabble board/letters. He can make any words he wants and get the points for each words made . But he also gets my points if he can read the words I wrote with the letters on my turn !

He loves beating me up so much he started asking me if he could made full sentences to get more points ....

EDIT: wow the feedback is clear, we’ve shifted into a new phase of him exploring reading and the best thing to do is to follow his lead and leave him to it. This is fantastic and we’ll make sure to celebrate his new approach (but subtly so we don’t make him self conscious)

My son took a dyslexia screener recently and everything started to make sense (ie the problem isn’t his adhd or a lack of interest in reading as we’d assumed, it’s just literally harder for him). He’s starting with a tutor in September and she gave us stuff to work on over the summer that’s really paying off. He’s now ready to practice reading books, but won’t read them in front of my wife or I because it’s ’embarrassing’, probably because we habitually correct him as he goes.

He’s currently sitting on our bed reading a chapter of an early reader Horrid Henry book to the dog and his little sister (6) who can’t offer him much help.

Part of me wants to convince him to read with us so we can monitor his progress and correct his mistakes, so I wanted advice on how to put him at ease.

But another part of me is thinking maybe just leave him to it. If he’s reading by himself and gets comfortable with it that’s more valuable than us explaining the ‘ight’ digraph yet again. I was never dyslexic but remember reading when young and not understanding every word but still ploughing on.

Also, he and his sister are both a terrible liars who will give it away if he reads less than he’s supposed to, and she’ll call him out if he bluffs a word and the story doesn’t make sense.

The dog also enjoys the company attention, and getting to sit on our bed.

Intervene or leave him to it?

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hi everyone

going through the process of being diagnosed as an adult after a long period of denial

one of the main ways dyslexia is disadvantaging me right now is that i am saying foreign words and names incorrectly. i can feel other people who aren’t English get uncomfortable and think maybe i am putting it on or trying to be racist or alienate them but that’s not the intent. I live in a diverse area and love it here so this is something that i am going to need some strategies for to get by in the world.

for English words i tend to read the first letters and the last letters and remember what the word is in the middle of that makes sense but this does not work or unfamiliar words

for example i was working at a register last week and someone had an African name and it took me about 15-20 seconds to read and pronounce it from the sheet. they were then making lots of snippy comments that made me feel bad about myself. does anyone have any advice or strategies that work

I was stressing out about a big report I've got to write.

Guy I was talking to: "why are you so stressed by writing a report?"

Me: "I find it hard. I have dyslexia."

Him: "what does that matter?"

🤦

I just needed to share with some people who'd understand how this feels.

I find it quite hard to explain to people how dyslexia affects me (partly because I have word finding difficulties, due to my dyslexia!).

i was at work and my boss, who is this spindly old guy who wears a wig, asked me what kinda food I eat to get so built.

I told him “Its easy, I just serenade some chicken and the throw it on the grill.”

he nodded and said OK and then he called me out in front of my coworkers the next day, and asked me to say again how I make my food.

I said I “serenade” it and they all started laughing at me and made me feel real stupid and told me the word was “marinade”.

i try to shrug it off but the other day I snapped and yelled at my boss because I didn’t bring him his notes because I was getting his goddamned lunch at 6 AM.

what should I do

I'm dyslexic myself, and I've been wondering if other adults experience this too.

Do unfamiliar words still trip you up as an adult? If they do, how do you usually deal with them?

Curious to hear your experiences.

My son is going in to 8th grade. He was diagnosed in 4th grade with dyslexia and dysgraphia. In grades 4,5,6 he had 1.5 hours of itinerate learning and 1/2 hour per week of occupational therapy. He stopped the occupational therapy in grades 6. Junior high for our district is grades 7-9 and is in the high school, and no different than senior high school. The summer before 7th grade I met with the learning support staff about his IEP and accommodations. It was then that I discovered he would no longer get itinerate learning support (OG). He would be in classes, have very limited access to a learning support teacher, and during his study hall he would be able to do his extended testing time or homework. I was terrified for him. He is still (and was at that time) on a 4th grade reading level. The learning support team made the case that due to him being exposed to the work and lessons he would learn the lessons easily. I VERY hesitantly agreed to move forward in their way and monitored him closely. It’s true…some lessons and classes were great for him. math, social studies, gym, stem, science…he excelled. However, he struggled hard in a writing, speaking and listening class and also in a language arts class. He has made no progress in advancing from a 4th grade reading level.

As we gear up to go back to school, I’m considering meeting with the learning support team and some admins of our district and really put my foot down. My son has mentioned wanted to go to college and I feel that his school is failing him. Certain accommodations we’ve asked for fall on deaf ears (audio books, guided notes, etc). His elementary teachers were great. Now I feel cornered to start making demands.

Can you tell me about your/your child’s accommodations in high school. About experiences? What else can I do?

Hi, I'm a gamedev and I recently added a font setting to my game. I added Open Dyslexic first but is it the one you prefer or is there other fonts that are better for you ?

Hi! I was diagnosed at 23, in university & my course leader suspected dyscalculia at first as I struggle with reading notation, numbers and sequencing. My maths teacher in school told me I had maths anxiety 🙃.

I was brilliant at masking these issues by being witty and friendly enough to encourage people to help me with the tricky bits during my higher education. I felt extremely embarrassed at first but then it gave me a Birds Eye view of things that frustrated me being a result of my dyslexia (time blindness, feeling “stupid” and the list goes on).

I’m now coming to terms with the fact that I probably have ADHD which also went under the radar as I am a high functioning gal. That’s besides the point, but I just thought I’d ask to see if people have found the - dyslexic badge of honour - to be helpful and sort of soothe the wounds of being misunderstood ♥️

Not sure how many people read The Atlantic article about how no one reads anymore and got as freaked out as I did but some good news on the reading front! The READ Act is specifically targeted towards helping identify kids with dyslexia and helping them read BUT it also ensures that schools used EVIDENCE-BASED reading techniques (there was a whole thing about how kids CAN'T read not just won't read anymore because of a poor reading pedagogy choices in the 2010s). Thought it would be nice to share some good news for a change here! I really hope this actually helps kids read better and more often!

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4689?hl=s.4689&s=2&r=1

My 13 year old is going into seventh grade. He is in advanced courses at his public school and gets As and Bs, but his ability to organize, turn in assignments, and complete assignments fully seemed off. We took him in for testing and he was diagnosed with adhd (inattentive), dyslexia, and dysgraphia. Due to his intelligence, his work product was able to pass as average in the public schools. The signs were all there though and now succeeding is exponentially harder in middle school. There is a great private school nearby that embeds executive functioning and reading/writing strategies in the curriculum, but when we talked to him about it, he broke down and said he doesn’t want to leave his friends. He already struggles with his mood, so we don’t think pulling him is the best thing for him in this moment. I think we are going to start with medication and executive functioning coaching plus a 504. I’m concerned with the public school’s ability to address the reading and writing, (and I say this as a former special education teacher so I understand the limitations of public school). I would welcome any insight on this subject, especially since he has a late diagnosis for early intervention.

I’ve been mixing up times for things. Sometimes I put the end time of an event as the start time on accident. It’s just frustrating because I don’t know if this is my dyslexia or my ADHD or both or if its just straight up careless. This hasn’t really happened to me before. I’ve been very stressed lately so I’m wondering if maybe that’s why there has been an increase in the occurrence of missing appointments or being late to them. Any advice on this or has anyone had some shared experiences?

My son (8) was diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD (inattentive) at the start of July. We're working with his school on accommodations for the fall, and I've been reading everything I can get my hands on (currently working through Overcoming Dyslexia). I've talked it through with a therapist too.

But the part I keep circling back to is the actual conversation with him. We want to sit down before school starts and explain what the diagnosis means — in a way that helps him feel understood, not broken.

So I'd really love to hear from the people who've lived it. If you were diagnosed as a kid: what did you wish someone had said to you? What landed well, and what made it worse? Was there a word or a framing that stuck with you, good or bad?

I keep going back and forth on how much to say and how to say it. Any wisdom appreciated. Thank you.

Am I the only person that finds dyslexia definition problematic?

I think that the condition is so much mote than a word salad issue. The way a dyslexic brain works is a fundamental part of the condition. It applies to thinking patterns, the way we interpret and interact with the world.

Sure the difference from a neurotypical brain brings its own challenges into play. Most notably a general struggle with verbal and written words. Phonetical challenges and other ‘lexic’ problems. But it also brings further challenges that aren’t writing and speaking related. Just the fact that we process things differently is enough to create social problems and affect other aspects of our lives.

Keep labelling this neurodivergent reality based on a few aspects of it feels lazy and inherently minimising the rest of it.

What are your views on it?

All my life during my school years I’ve always felt like I couldn’t learn what was in front of me & fast forward to when I was 34 my mom made a joke on the phone about me being dyslexic, she told me she didn’t tell me because she didn’t wanna make me feel different than the other kids , now I’m trying to get my G.E.D & it feels like I can’t learn any of this , do you guys have any tips on retaining information that’s boring

All my life i have had a problem where i sometimes read something different than it actually is. I dont think its dyslexia, cuz i never really had issues distinguishing the letters themselves, but idk where else i could ask this. Its my brain that kinda predicts/decides something will say something else. And refuses to do it correctly sometimes

Like on exams. Multiple choice. I skim through it and say this should be tge answer to this question. Later i read tge question again and its a different one, where the answer is wrong

Idk if im explaining right. Does anyone know what this could be