How Does Dyslexia Affect My Life

My struggles grew or are growing into strengths, but before I could take on such a feat, I had to overcome dyslexia. Every day, I was reminded of my dyslexic mind when I read. Even when I was little I would cry because I didn’t want anyone to force me to read. I was not properly diagnosed with dyslexia until the fourth grade. I used to add or remove letters to the words I read. Instead of strawberry I may see it as stray merry. When I was eventually tested, I could see a large group of dots near the end of the slope. This meant I was above average in this area. However, there were two dots much further up on the slope, and these two dots were reading and spelling. My struggles began to show in third grade when we started reading independant novels. When I read, I had an extremely difficult time. When everyone started reading faster and more fluently than I did, I felt stupid. I truly believed their brains thought the same way mine did. I ended up doing twice the work just to maintain a good grade. I would come home from school exhausted. When I was in fourth grade, I really began to notice something else was going on in my brain. I was falling behind, reading ½ the words per minute than my friends. When we found out I had dyslexia, I was sent to the Key School. Here, I became slightly above average in fifth grade, then I became closer to where I should be in sixth grade, then this year, my reading has really taken off. I am able to read 165 words per minute, and my scores in reading vocabulary have skyrocketed. I am now scoring in the 12th grade level in reading vocabulary. From being below average, to being way above average, my reading skills have evolved immensely. Something else I struggled with has a similar story. This is my ability to

The teacher walked to the front of the room with her book in hand and as she got closer to the front, Paul got lower in his seat. He knew what was coming next; it was time for the class to read the next chapter. The teacher would start reading and then call on different students to read as they moved through the chapter. This scared Paul right down to his toes. He had read in front of the class before, but it was what followed after class that worried him the most. The taunts from the other students like “retard” or “are you stupid or what?” This type of relentless teasing would continue until gym class where he could hold his own ground again. He did not have any problems in gym; class he was good at sports

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

A.About five to six percent of American public school children have been diagnosed with a learning disability; eighty percent of the diagnoses are dyslexia-related. But some studies indicate that up to twenty percent of the population may have some degree of dyslexia.

Dyslexia is a term regularly bandied about the educational community and is a word that is likely to have been heard by most of the general public. For all its popularity, dyslexia is a term that is shrouded in confusion and ambiguity. This confusion was experienced first hand during SE1 and has been observed as something trainee teachers and teachers alike encounter regularly (PLL, 5/11/11], Appendix 1, pg2).

Writing is one of important activities on language learning. It is needed to transfer the information which they have seen or heard to be documented. In addition, writing is a complex activity on language learning since it needs the other abilities to write letters, numbers, symbols, words, phrases, and even sentences such as ability to read well, ability to understand the sequence of letter in a word, ability in using symbols, correct punctuation, and capital letters, ability to combine words into a correct sentence, and also ability to use correct grammar in a sentence. Yet, dyslexics have them in low quality. Since dyslexics have problem in writing, there are several mistakes which are commonly made by dyslexics. Dyslexics usually have illegible handwriting

However, I refuse to let it hold me back. English homework that takes classmates thirty minutes to do takes me twice as long. When teachers ask students to read out loud, I never raise my hand because of fear I’ll mess up. I slump down in my chair praying the teacher doesn’t call on me. Instead, I participate in other ways like answering questions teachers pose to the class. When people ask what it’s like to have dyslexia, I try to explain, but there’s nothing I can say that will allow them to truly understand. Often, I share one of my earliest memories. In preschool, we were learning the difference between right and left. The teacher kept saying your left hand is the one that makes an “L.” I stood there staring at my hands in confusion. I didn’t know which way “L” faced. It’s hard for those who haven’t experienced this to fully comprehend the obstacles I’ve had to overcome to get where I am.

According to the article “A New Perspective Dyslexia” the author informs us about information that teachers and parents, who be stuck in the myths of dyslexia. This article will give you information that will might save our world’s next great inventor, engineer, or scientist. It starts by explaining on how this article will surprise you by learning that you, or someone you might know is dealing with this disorder and also to inform us news that we can share with others about it. It informs us that dyslexia is not news because we know what is, what to look for it in a person, and how we can help people with this disorder. it make us guess what this disorder this is by telling us some hints like how it is not rare, and how it affects about five

If you ever talk to an adult with dyslexia, they would most likely have plenty of stories of the difficulties they faced in school related to having dyslexia. For instance, they may have been diagnosed late, bullied because of their symptoms or excused of being dumb and lazy by teachers and parents alike. Elementary school is the beginning of a student’s formal education and the foundation for their future education and professional life. Therefore, skill such as reading comprehension is essential for the betterment of the child, unfortunately many children are diagnosed with intellectual disabilities such as Dyslexia that hinders their reading comprehension skills. However, there are strategies that educators can use to facilitate

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

Dyslexia is a lifelong struggle with constant challenges with reading and speaking. About five to ten percent of the United States population deals with the learning disorder dyslexia (Van den Honert, n.d.). It is a neurological condition that is mainly caused by genetics but there are some rare cases in which it is acquired. Dyslexia interrupts the normal processes of reading and speaking (Van den Honert, n.d.). All of which are used in daily life and this makes life and school so much harder for dyslexics. They must learn to live with the condition for their entire life and there is not really a treatment for it. With the constant struggle and reminder of their

Upon visiting Eastern Carolina, the campus and student environment is terrific. I felt at home and had a warm feeling deep inside. The STEPP program would really help me show what I’m capable of. The professors would be the only people who really know what I go through and how to adapt with my learning disabilities. By all means, I have found out that dyslexia has transformed me into a wonderful young man.

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)

Growing, developing and learning are the facts of life for all children. Each day children are faced with many new concepts and various challenges. Can you imagine how it feels for a child to face not only new challenges life has, but to face these challenges while living with a learning disability? These challenges are met not just when they begin school either. Students suffer from learning disabilities from the moment they begin learning, not when they start school. Learning disabilities are real and they affect millions of people. “One such disability that affects over approximately 15 percent of the total American population is dyslexia” ( Nosek 5).

One of my primary focuses was to find out how different literatures dealt with Dyslexia and how best to support the child. Dyslexia can be described from a number of different perspectives as we see in Ball et al (2007) who explain that it can be “how one learns (Cognition), what parts of the brain are involved (neurology), what genes are involved (genetics) and behaviour (p14). Their book entitled ‘Dyslexia: An Irish perspective’ is very relevant to my research as it gives a great insight into the history of the special education sector in Ireland. It also looks into some of the key debates that are facing the educational sector today.