Dyslexia Narrative

I’m a senior at the University of South Carolina Upstate and have been diagnosed with dyslexia since childhood. This label could have caused for a disastrous college experience, but there has always been something in myself pushing beyond the stigma.

I am a student that has had to work hard for as long as I can remember in achieving my goals, dreams, both personal as well as academically. After many years of testing, I was diagnosed with dyslexia in my sophomore year of high school. Dyslexia is a congenital language process disorder. It can hinder reading, writing, spelling and sometimes speaking. Dyslexia is not a sign of poor intelligence

Books like chicka chicka boom boom By: Bill Martin Jr This is a great book for beginner readers who are learning to read. It show’s the letters of the Alphabet in a way that is fun for kids. My daughter truly loved this book. We read this book all the time. There is also a little cartoon that goes along with this book. Which is pretty cute to watch.

As a musician/performer I would say that I dealt with a few struggles throughout the semester. One major struggle would be trying my hardest not to get frustrated when I wasn’t able to play properly because allowing that to affect me would prevent me from getting better at my instrument. The second struggle was that I allowed myself to get distracted which also at times prevented me from doing my best. As far as my strengths I feel as though once I got through those struggles I was able to play my best and work harder to get those high notes out. Overall I believe that after the performances I was able to see how I have progressed and that allowed my determination to grow.

At a very young age I had a hard time learning how to read and write. We didn't find out why till kindergarten when I took a test and scored positive for having dyslexia. Ever since that day teachers have worked with me to learn and understand english.

It wasn’t until my bright seventh grade teacher, Mrs. Garver saw the signs of a dyslexic kid in me before the first quarter ended that I found out what dyslexia was. She told my mother what she thought I was dealing with and how we should go about learning if I even had dyslexia. After a week load of tests and my annoyance level raising, they told me I had dyslexia. I tried to ignore what they said, the help they tried to give me, and I decided I wasn’t going to believe them. I thought they were just making dyslexia up, that they were trying to make me look stupid. After long talks with my mother and my teachers where I told them I had no intention of going to special classes, they decide to instead give me extra time to finish assignments. The extra time to do assignments really did help, I would have to re-read any assignments given to me multiple times to understand them, and I would have my mother check any writing I did to make sure it made sense and wasn’t backwards.

I was always the type of kid who would rather study and do homework rather than go out with my friends. All of my friends told me that I took school too seriously and middle school didn’t matter but it did to me. Like a machine, once I started there was no stopping me. My work ethic is strong because I had dyslexia. Dyslexia is a learning disability that affects people with reading, writing and, spelling. My mom has always pushed me to be my best in school. She always told me that my grades do not matter as long as I am giving one hundred percent of my effort. Although to me, the grade did matter. Even though I had extremely excellent grades throughout middle school, I did not think there was any reward for working that hard in middle school.

Learning about dyslexia could help improve students performance in school. Encourage them when the student improves and that tells them to keep up the good work. When that is done, it makes that students feel proud and not put down since they may be slow learners in the classroom. Support the sense of confidence and self worth that individuals with dyslexia develop (Publisher house inc. 2016). Giving the student a sense of confidence in themselves will encourage them to do well. It sets them up for success. Getting a compliment or a pat on the back makes anybody feel good and praising all that they have overcome and or accomplished in school. A Helton self conception can be fostered through the right combination of internal and external supports (Publisher house inc. 216).

The client has problems with a learning disability: dyslexia. Also the client lacks the ability to speak English, his first language is Spanish. Lastly, the client presents a severe case of shyness resulting in bullying form his peers at school. This school counselor will help the client to identify problems, create new skills to tackle the problems, and will help the client become aware of negative behaviors he has to transform the current negative situation into a positive one. First, this counselor will assess strategies, goals, and implementation of plans for working with this client’s special needs issues (ACA, 2014). It is imperative that counselors understand, assess, and raise awareness to their clients on present behaviors. Second,

According to the Dyslexia & Learning Disability Centre in Las Vegas, Dyslexia is an ability within the sensory mechanism of the nervous system to perceive the world with a multidimensional view. However it comes with poor word reading, word decoding, oral reading fluency and spelling. Though with appropriate teaching methods, dyslexic individuals can learn successfully throughout their lives. Also, when properly trained and informed, a dyslexic can use their

To address this problem, I attended the Masonic Learning Center in Evansville, Indiana twice a week for over three years. This facility taught me different ways to read and write which helped me overcome my disorder. Today, the dyslexia hardly affects me because I put in the work necessary to meet my personal standards. I have not or do not plan to ever use my disability as an excuse not to succeed because I have overcome

Research in the field of Dyslexia has grown twenty-five percent throughout the last few years. From recent studies, we have discovered new and improved ways to help people who are hindered by Dyslexia, even though we are still learning more about Dyslexia every day. Dyslexia is a learning difficulty that hinders the academic progress of over 40 million American students who struggle daily, and can be helped with accommodations. In order to help these 40 million students, we must acknowledge what is Dyslexia, recognize what it is like to be Dyslexic, and explore what accommodations should be given to those who need it.

No matter who you are, or where you came from you are going to have road blocks. You can either sit around and let those blocks take over your life, becoming a slave to them, or you can pick yourself up and fight even harder than you were before. When I was diagnosed with dyslexia I choose the latter, using the tools that I had to become stronger and to eventually become the person I wanted to.

The most significant challenge I have faced was that I confused letters and because of that I can not read well and it is really hard for me. I really like to read and sometimes I can not because of my condition well I do not believe I have Dyslexia but it is not normal for people to confused letters. The steps that I have taken to help this problem is my family helps me a lot and they help me by always telling me to read and one of my sister is their with me when I read to correct me and help if I need someone to help with a word that I can not say right. Also in order for me to like spell the word right I have to sound it out in my head first in order for me to spell it correctly. This challenge has affected

Some of us in the world may have problems with reading, spelling, and other academics. You might not know why they cannot read or spell as well as you can because they have a disorder. This disorder is called dyslexia. People with dyslexia struggle with: listening, reading, writing, spelling, and even handwriting. However, having dyslexia doesn’t mean that they are not intelligent. Some of the greatest minds in the world have or had dyslexia. One of the most fascinating reasons for dyslexia is the dominate ear. Even though they may be different doesn’t mean that they are stupid. (Hotz, Sollier)