Dyslexia

Mike

Mike

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What causes it?

Genetics, I am fairly well-educated, yet my
son suffers from it.

Inattention at school and not listening to teachers?

Peer pressure or bullying, ridicule again at school?

Terror, nightmares, belief in horror stories?

Medical, something that went wrong in the fetus stage?

This has always got my attention, many actors and actresses
suffer from it too and they have a hard time learning the
script of the next play/film.

It was reported on the BBC News yesterday, that 1 in 4 people,
I didn't catch the ages quoted, cannot read or write, in the UK.

That is a huge number, even in our little islands, population at
around 65 to 70 Million.

So, is this a medical or educational, or a how to handle life, problem?

Mike.
 

My sister is dyslexic, it wasn't diagnosed until she was an adult. She's left handed and although that's not a symptom, it was always thought so, by her teachers. They assumed that she lacked basic numeracy and literacy skills. Their reasoning came from my sister's writing difficulties. She would write the letter "b" as "d" and so on, so "p" was "q" and sometimes a letter would appear back to front.
Help is at hand if you contact The Dyslexia Association:
The British Dyslexia Association: Main number – 0333 405 4555. Helpline – 0333 405 4567. Training – 0333 405 4565.
https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/advice
 

My son has it. He was labeled as "learning disabled" in school and was in a special ed class all through school. I noticed as I got older that I might have had it myself, except that I read and wrote so much that it didn't hinder me. I was reading before I even started school so I don't think I had it then. My son is now 51 and he cannot read and if he is forced to read something he cannot tell you what it said.

I do not know what causes it, I thought it was something you were born with. I did have some issues with his birth and always thought one of those might have caused his disability.
 
My mother told me that my father wrote from right to left,,perhaps mild form of Dyslexia?
She taught him to write correctly.

I misplace my letters when spelling,, ex. teh.
My folks tried to teach how to count change,,, has taken me years to master that .
Oldest son admits that he would do the same with numbers
 
When I am typing fast I will type a whole word backwards. If I was doing that on purpose, I'd have to stop and think about it. I have always thought it was Dyslexia in some form.
 
My Grandson, son of my dyslexic son when he started
school, he wrote his name "Mirror Fashion".

Mike.
 
I have dyslexia. It affects more males than females. It's not just a cute thing where I misspell cat as "tac". I read excruciatingly slow. And I have to read things several times to understand what is written. It is not that I have a low IQ, but that I have a learning/sensory malfunction. For instance, if I wrote," the boy is hhappy". I could reread that sentence a thousands time and, to me, it would look like " the boy is happy". But, tomorrow I would be able to see the typo. Dyslexia not only affects sight, but also hearing, in kind of the same way. Also memorization is extremely difficult for me, and inability to remember names is quite common. Dyslexia is a condition with a host of varied symptoms that most sufferers don't realize they have. But basically it is a learning disorder, which needs specialized treatment early on to overcome the symptoms. I have it, my brother has it, and his son has it. There is some genetic component.??????
 
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I’m more like fuzzybuddy. Numbers and words get misplaced. It’s mild compared to many and I cope.
 
I was surprised when my oldest son told me about his putting numbers backwards.
He's does very well in the business he's in.
His class mates remark about how 'smart' he was in high school.

Our youngest grand daughter has problems with her spelling.. same as mine.
And like I was at 18, apparently has No idea what she wants to do with her life.
 
My husband and one of our sons are dyslexic. Reading, spelling, grammar and certain rote memorization come as naturally as breathing to our other two children and me, but not to them. When it comes to reading for pleasure, they opt for shorter articles rather than books.

To compensate, both of them are extraordinarily diligent, a trait that the rest of the family have in shorter supply.
 
Definitely a medical, not a behavioral, problem. Early childhood trauma such as illness or head injury can be possible sources. I had a highly traumatic childhood which caused my condition which I suffer from to this day.

In my childhood teachers did not know what were dyslexia and learning disability or that I suffered from these conditions. Because of them, I would repeat certain mistakes such as writing 54 rather than 45. Teachers thought that by repeatedly calling me STUPID in front the class that somehow this would cure the problem. Of course, it never did. Over the years I learned to adopt self teaching methods to deal with the problem and became a grade A student. In fact, I ultimately became an honor student in law school and routinely exchange correspondence with academicians and political figures to this day. However, these adaptations never actually cured the problem and they persist to some degree.
 
I had undiagnosed dyslexia as a child. I simply could not figure out how to put those letters together. Nothing made sense, so I compensated by memorizing everything. I was a marvel at memorizing. I made it all the way to the third grade without effectively being able to read. Early in the third grade, something SNAPPED! in my brain. I will remember to my dying day what it felt like to look down at a book and all of a sudden those letters started making sense.

By 4th grade, I was tested reading at a 9th grade level in speed and comprehension. By 5th grade, I was reading and comprehending at college level.

Maybe a synapse closed or a circuit finally started working, but whatever it was, it worked fast.

I just remember being told that I needed to try harder. All the trying in the world isn't going to make a dyslexic able to read. I'm so glad that dyslexia is understood so much better now and that kids can get the help they NEED.....

The only problem is that when I finally learned how to read, my fantastic memorization skills went down the drain. Now I suffer from CRS (Can't Remember Sh!t).
 
And of course there is the old joke about the dyslexic agnostic that didn't believe in dog....

Sorry - it's early in the morning
 
Jules said:
I’m more like fuzzybuddy. Numbers and words get misplaced. It’s mild compared to many and I cope.
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Mike reminded me-numbers and passwords. I screw up telephone numbers, and I have to retype passwords because of errors. By the way, that sentence was edited, a few times. below is an un edited sentence-
mike remindedme-numb ers and passwords.m I screw up telephpone numbers, and i have to retype passwords because of errorsa.
 

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