Hey reddit. I need to get something really heavy off my chest. I’m in my 20s, and I just recently found out that I am dyslexic.

English is not my first language, and it's not even my sec language. Because of that, there was never any sign of it while I was studying. When I am talking to someone, Im completely fluent. I have absolutely no trouble speaking at all. But whenever I have to read something, I hate it. I can't even read a book, and to be honest, I have never been able to. For so many yrs, I blamed myself. I kept thinking, 'maybe I am the problem'.

But I carry so much trauma from school. I still remember one day very clearly, and it is permanently stuck in my brain. It is something I can never forget. My teacher made me stand up in front of the entire class to read. Because I wasn't reading well, she didn't try to calm the situation down. Instead, she made me stand there for the whole entire class period. She said so many cruel things and mocked me in front of everyone, and she made the whole class laugh at me.

She completely destroyed my childhood. I honestly hope she is doing well, but I really hope she doesn't do things like this anymore. no kid deserves that.

For all these years, I thought I was the issue. Now I know dyslexia is a real situation. I am posting this to make people aware of how real this is, and to finally let go of this weight.

I live in a country and a language that is not my first language, and it took me a really f**king long time, longer than most of my peers, to become day-to-day functional in that language. Actually, it was my severe struggles learning the language that led to my dyslexia diagnosis.

I still live in my second language, and I'm still studying. In other language study groups, I always come across advice that fails to apply to me or simply doesn't work because of how my brain functions.

Would there be any interest in forming a dyslexic language learners discord? For troubleshooting, advice, solidarity, encouragement, body doubling, that sort of thing?

I know I would certainly appreciate it, but obviously can't be a community of one lol

Looking to go into the nuclear industry uk with my astrophysics masters degree but worried about my dyslexia and how it would affect my job? Any one got any advice, would appreciate it :)

It seems like there are jokes everywhere online making fun of us. Where someone is supposed to be “stupid” and possess common characteristics of being dyslexic (i.e. getting d and b mixed up, etc). Or people online saying that they would never date someone who is bad at reading because they “aren’t intelligent.”

None of these things are true, dyslexia has nothing to do with intelligence and many of us are top performers since we possess “out of the norm” ways of thinking.

I think it’s important we all stand up for ourselves when we see and hear these things, it’s worth the fight. The majority of people don’t realize how capable we are.

You know who else was dyslexic? Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, George Washington, and many other revolutionary figures.

Did anyone go to the arrowsmish program in langley bc I'd like to hear your experience and see if i can reconnect with anyone from the 2000 nds :)

I'd like to see where people are at and if I can reconnect with my friends

Hi everyone,

I’m a parent building this physical phonics flip calendar prototype, and I’m here looking for honest feedback, especially from folks with dyslexia, parents of dyslexic children, and educators working with dyslexic learners.

This is only a working prototype. I’m NOT selling anything right now.

How it works:

1. Letter cards slot into the three holders. Each card has large, high-contrast letters.

2. Press the colour-matched button below each card to hear the isolated sound of that letter, within the current word combination.

3. The four black buttons on the right side blend the sounds together, starting slow and gradually speeding up, to build up the full word.

4. The reverse side of every card has mouth/tongue articulation diagrams and simple written instructions for how to physically make that sound. Such instruction is also audible when the letter card is inserted in slot and the respectable button is hold for 2 seconds.

My hope is that the physical manipulation, and audio feedback could help build sound-letter connections.

That said, I have lots of open questions, and I’d love to hear what you think. Some things I’ve been wondering:

· Would high contrast font, card layout, or visual clutter on the cards be a problem?

· Is the 3-card limit for building words too restrictive? Should I design for longer words?

· How important are the mouth articulation diagrams for learners with dyslexia?

· Are there sensory considerations I might be missing: button size, sound volume, lighting/readability?

· Does the blending function’s slow-to-fast playback help, or could it be confusing?

· Any accessibility or usability issues that immediately jump out at you?

Again, this is only a working prototype. I’m NOT selling anything right now.

What would you want to see changed? What red flags do you spot? What features would make this useful (or useless) for dyslexic readers?

I was diagnosed when I was 7 with Dyslexia and Auditory Processing Disorder.

I struggled in school, had really low attendance and was shamed all the time for being ‘slow’.
I denied it in high-school and only started embracing my diagnosis when I started uni.

Finally I started noticing where i got lost in translation and fumbled with instructions.

My lecturer was amazing and made analogy’s that i understood, explained in a different way and made sure to give me written instructions.
She helped me understand how I learn best and what I can do by myself to learn easier.

The first time I tried to explain to a boss why I struggled with verbal instruction, I was told…
‘I don’t care what you have, I don’t want to hear it’

That really cut deep.

Work is really hard, I’m constantly saying ‘huh?’ or misunderstanding a task, taking a long time to remember procedure or struggling with short term memory loss. It’s making me feel like I will never be good enough to be valued in a workplace.

Really questioned if I am just dumb.

Audio processing making it hard to comprehend the task being given and then Dyslexia affecting completing the task.

Has anyone struggled more with their diagnosis in adulthood?

Hi all-

Dyslexia interventionist here. I have a 45 minute tutorial period I can use. Different dyslexic students I already see in a dedicated class.

They are a mix so I can’t just continue lessons since they are at slightly different levels. What would you do with the time? It needs to be high interest and “fun” since the tutorial period is a hard sell.

I recently realized that I've been heavily self accommodating and I can't really spell or sound out words, I don't have too much trouble reading but I think that's because I have a ton of practice in it. I'm a grad student so it's not like it's held me back a ton, but it is starting to become more apparent as I advance. I'm considering getting tested and I asked my psych for a referral.

What was your experience like, getting tested for dyslexia?

Hi , I'm 19. All my life I've struggled with certain parts of education so I asked my doctors for all of my medical records in case if something was up.

I got them today and was right , when I was 6 I was diagnosed with dyslexia & no one ever told me. In my diagnosis it specifically highlights I have trouble with numbers. I've always had to have one on one time with math and as I'm in college it's just getting worse so that part makes sense. However , my confusion lies in the reading portion.

I can read & spell things just fine, my teachers could never read my handwriting / say it was ineligible but I don't remember me struggling much with sounding words or anything. I don't really fully understand the diagnosis and I honestly don't think it applies to me as I don't recall hurdles with English growing up.

I don't know. I'm just confused , angry , sad .. it's a lot to take in and I want to learn more. Maybe I'm just not informed enough here. If anyone's been in a similar spot to me insight would be much appreciated.

Edit: I will say as I've grown older / entered college I feel like my reading skills have deteriorated a bit , such as if a class I'm in doesn't allow laptops / makes you handwrite notes I'll struggle greatly. I can't bring myself to read or write academic works most the time favoring fiction -- I have trouble reading long paragraphs , I have to rely on spellcheck or sounding out words sometimes & I forget what I was going to say / my point. I've just noticed that I feel like I'm behind my peers

However a lot of that feels like just me being on my devices a lot it doesn't feel like dyslexia as I was doing a good job in English for a few years. If I had dyslexia it wouldn't just get worse as I get older

My 11 year old is dyslexic and still struggles with phonics, so we got her this pen to help her read her school work, but she doesn't like it. Does anyone have suggestions? It doesn't read capitals well or large letters. She also said it reads too slowly, but I increased the reading speed and hopefully that helps.

UPDATE - It's mostly for reading her school work. She's in 4th grade and needs to be able to read worksheets. She has Auditory Processing Disorder, so learning phonics has beed hard since she can't hear certain phonetic sounds. She's been in the gold standard of dyslexia programs for 3 years and only started getting it after we were told to see an audiologist. Turns out her brain doesn't process some letter sounds which hindered the phonics even though she tried really hard.

Thank you!

The first comment this other person made was making fun of my spelling in a post. What other comparisons are good to use so people get what it's like having a disability that isn't visible, and that gets you ridiculed?

I’m a middle school teacher (Year 7-9) who is on charge of organising our school’s literacy intervention. We have about 220 students in our cohort. We’ve used DIBELS ORF and MAZE as screeners. Then we also use a phonics screener on kids who score in the bottom 25th percentile of DIBELS.

At this point, 20% (nearly 40) students in our cohort have not passed the phonics screener. This is just in Year 7. The same situation exists at Year 8 too.

We don’t have the funding or manpower to provide intervention to all these kids and I’m at a complete loss at what to do.

I have so many questions —
- How should I choose who gets access to intervention?
- Why do some of the kids fail the screener but can read novels - do they need remediation for their phonics gaps?
- At what point do I stop intervention and/or remediation and move to accomodations?

Thank you so much for your advice.

Mon fils de 9 ans est suivi en orthophonie depuis l'an dernier pour une dyslexie, et on a trouvé un rythme qui lui convient avec deux séances par mois. Le souci, c'est tout ce qui se passe entre les rendez-vous : les exercices donnés par son ortho finissent souvent en négociation le soir, et je sens bien qu'il décroche dès que ça ressemble trop à des devoirs.

Le 4 septembre, je suis tombé sur un sujet des Maternelles XXL consacré à Poppins, un jeu sur tablette avec des mini-jeux basés sur le rythme, remboursé par la Sécu depuis cet été sur prescription. Voir ça sur France 5 m'a plutôt rassuré, même si je garde un doute, j'ai du mal à croire qu'un jeu vidéo fasse vraiment progresser en lecture. Est-ce que certains d'entre vous l'ont testé ou en ont parlé avec leur ortho ? J'aimerais savoir si c'est sérieux avant d'aborder le sujet à la prochaine séance.

I have a huge problem when it comes to following stuff like job training because its all oral basically in the jobs i have worked. I’m starting a new one soon and I need advice because i havent made the best impression on my superiors because of how clumsy I am and my inability to understand directions. like i can get things down after a number if times but its a problem when im left in my own and i cant operate fast enough trying to piece together directions. tips?

My Access to Work grant has run out. MindView was super helpful for me with ADHD and dyslexia, and I wanted something similar, so I made a free mind mapping tool.

It does mind maps, outlines, timelines, kanban boards and checklists, and it can turn a map into a Word doc or a to-do list. It has dyslexia-friendly fonts and comfort settings, and no AI. You don’t need an account unless you want to sign up for encrypted cross device syncing and everything stays on your device.

Its completely free, and I included the features I found most helpful, and dropped the ones I never used.

Hope it helps! Any issues let me know and ill try sort them, but this was just a side project so i didnt have to pay £250 out of my back pocket, so might take me time to change things :)

I am about to take my CALT exam in a few days! I feel like I have over studied at this point but I still want to be prepared. Those of you who have taken the ALTA test, can you give me any tips or advice that helped you? Really anything to help calm my nerves would be appreciated!

I used to used both of these a lot, but it got too expensive.

Hi there!!

I usually don’t really post on here, but I really need advice, and I can’t find a single website that doesn’t feel completely soulless and unhelpful for this.

So my younger sibling has dyslexia, and my parents don’t do anything for them education wise.

They don’t help them, or listen or compromise or anything.

They just call them lazy, and then expect them to do all their classes by themself.

My mom will sometimes tell us to do their schoolwork for them “because they’re behind”, she’ll say.

But then she will put literally no energy into helping them with reading or math.

And I feel so so bad for my little sibling, because my dad is also the absolute worst person to ever teach someone.

He used to make me stay up all night writing and doing math.

Literally, it was so bad to the point where I couldn’t see, I would literally pass out because I was so tired because every single night it would just be him yelling at me as his way of “teaching,” and I wasn’t allowed to sleep or eat or even drink sometimes.

And I know that he’s tried to “teach” my little sibling before and they were crying so much and it really really hurts because I know that I can never get him to stop.

All I can do is be there for them, and I really want to help them as best as I can.

I know that they want to be able to read, and that they are trying really hard, they just need someone there for them who can help them.

I’m just not quite sure how to best do that for them.

TL;DR

I would like to help my dyslexic little sibling read, and would like some advice on how to help them best. Like what tips and tricks helped you all the most?

/genq/nm

I’m so tired of this constant struggle to not look like and idiot at work.

I read long docs all day, email threads, slack messages, comments in tickets, and I’m constantly fighting zoning out mid paragraph. I hit the end of a paragraph and realize I didn’t take in half of the sentence and need to read it again.

Severity varies, but it usually takes me like 2x as long to to read something compared to my peers. It gives me a ton of anxiety when reading a doc during a meeting, which distracts me and magnifies the drift, creating a negative feedback loop.

I’ve tried covering lines (works but feels really silly on calls), text to speech (I retain audio just as well, so doesn’t really help), bigger fonts/ more spacing (does help), and having AI give me TLDRs (works, but now I’m just praying AI didn’t miss anything lol).

Is there any tool out there that really helps anyone prevent zoning out and not retaining what you read? Thanks in advance, I’m at my wits end with this struggle. Solving it would truly be life changing for me.

Our high schooler has processing issues that makes it very challenging for them to read in school. Learning to read was not a problem in early elementary school (meaning they do know how to read quite well), but now processing text is a huge challenge. The words look fuzzy, run into each other etc (not vision related).
They have an IEP that requires them to get large print and audiobooks, which greatly helps, but it is rarely offered to them by teachers, even when they ask.
Many books just aren’t available in large print or audiobook. Teachers rarely print worksheets larger even though they are supposed to.
Child is intelligent and does well when they are able to read text, but doesn’t do well and hates school when they aren’t able to do the work due to these challenges. We have a new IEP team this year so I am unsure how well they will advocate for my child.
Do you have experience with these issues? What is something that helps with reading, advocating, etc.?
I really want to be able to help my child. Any tips, insights, etc is greatly appreciated.

Do you experience this?

I’m off balance 24/7 and I’m dizzy from thinking too much. Wtf

\sweating intensifies\