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By: ashley

ashley — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:04:56 +0000

sorry rong email

ashley

By: ashley

ashley — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:53:20 +0000

hi im ash and im 22 im at uni at the mo and if anything need help . i know that sonds abit over the top but there isnt anything more i can do i am just comeing upto the end of my 1st year at uni and i think its sady going to be my last. the work i am set
i can not do and the tuters cant help me coz the r sick to deth of me always needing help and never handing essasy in on time . im doing my BA in fashion i never new that my byslexia woud be this bad in someting i thort to be arty and lets ace it… safe! but finding ths web sit has only maed me want to fight them more i like the way i am but and im sorry to them that must put up wth me and is there a way that i can show them im not thick ?

thank you

ashley

By: mona samy

mona samy — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:15:54 +0000

My son is 5.He is learning English as a 2nd language.He writes some of letters and numbersbackwards ex;(d)as(b).He began to read three letters words in school but most of the time backward ex;(cat)as(tac).Is he dyslexa? what shall i do?I live in Egypt Africa Where nobody is conserned with dyslexia.

By: Dawn Matthews

Dawn Matthews — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:27:27 +0000

hi,
i have come across countless kids just like him during my career. its very sad and one the reasons i am now setting up dyslexic centre australia in order to run camps and teaching courses etc to help kids right across Australia.

first you must carry out the tick box tests on this site. he certainly has a specific learning difficulty of some sort. if his reading and writing is as you describe, but from what you say he could be either dyslexic or dyspraxic, so download and do the tick box tests for the oldest group on both of these and get back to me.

there are more tests in the book dyslexic – how to win which i am sending you for free as you really need this book. whatever he turns out to be you have to read the last two chapters to him, starting with the last one on the gift of dyslexia. i am also sending you the 101 famous dyslexics.
its about time he realized that dyslexics are the smart people. Sir Richard Branson left school bottom of each class as well but now hes a world famous billionaire who has set up an international committee for wold peace,

oh and he’s not confused as to whether he’s female or male – he’s just confused about the words o labels. i can remember confusing them also when i was younger.
you have to pick up his self esteem before he goes to college.
get back to me on these tests.

if your from the uk. there are dyslexic centres in most areas. try contacting them and getting more info . you don’t necessarily have to have him officially tested except college may ask for a report.

what’s important at this stage is that he knows what the problem is and that he’s not lazy and stupid.

By: sue baker

sue baker — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:54:51 +0000

Hi there, Since leaving school my son has become quite difficult, they said they thought he was dyslexic in his last year of school but not enough to require getting him tested. He is not focused on getting a summer job, has quite bad low self esteem, cant discuss things of difficulty without steaming up and using bad language. He finds it hard to talk to people in shops and has not got very good social skills at all. Then he is getting in trouble with the police, he has lost his licence on his moped after making silly decisions that at them time seems okay. He always says sorry and knows how wrong the decision was as soon as he has done it. I think he may have dyslexia, he acts the goat and has no self discipline, just follows the crowd. he will get picked up for being in a crowd doing the wrong thing at the wrong time. He is smoking cannabis like alot of 16 year olds and i have been putting alot of this down to that. When he ws filling out a form the other day he seriously looked at me and said “am i male or female?” when I asked him why he said this later on in the day he said that he meant it, that it always confuses him and he wasnt jokng. (When ever he writes things which is very rare, he did not do well at school as he couldnt produce a piece of writing more than a word or two) hiswriting is not good, spelling is quite bad. He did very well at sport, top of the year and cooking was another skill of his, what do you think? he cant be bothered to read any forms or fill them in either, lack of confidence and he has got used to not botering. How can I get him tested for dyslexia without if costing me the earth, it would make me feel better and him I am sure. He is going to college in september, would they be able to get him tested??

Kind Regards

Sue Baker

By: Morgan

Morgan — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:27:09 +0000

I am 20 years old and I have always struggled in school. I had no problems reading the top of this page, as I have been mirror writing for years. That’s how I fill out my journals, and jot notes for myself. That is the way writing looks and feels natural to me. The “normal way” things are written is very frustrating because I cannot read a sentence as a whole, I have to concentrate on each individual word to be able to read it, and by the end of the sentence, it doesn’t make sense to me because I couldn’t read it as a whole. Sometimes, I can’t read normally at all. If I’m tired, all the letters seem meaningless, they don’t seem to make words. It’s just letters jumbled together. I wasn’t able to read at all really until grade 8. I don’t read if I’m not forced to because of the difficulty I have in doing so. I dropped out of high school and am now trying to get my upgrading to make something of myself, but I’ve never been diagnosed. I stubled upon dyslexia while researching being left handed for my essay. I couldn’t believe how well I fit into the “symptoms” of dylexia, and why no one has mentioned it to me before, since I’ve had these problems all my life. How do I go about finding out if this is what I really have, and how do I go about leading a normal life. Is that even possible, or am I going to be behind everyone for the rest of my life.

By: Belinda

Belinda — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:59:16 +0000

Hi, I am the mother of an 11 year old dyslexic boy.

He struggled to read and write from an early age and I didn’t know where to turn for help. His teachers responded to his difficulties by setting even more homework (an hours homework a night in Year 1!!!!!) and suggested pschyciatrists and OTs. One school pscyche looked at him, saw his low self-esteem, and suggested “his parents should be more positive in the home environment”! He hated school with a passion and I didn’t know how to help him.

My decision two years ago was to start homescooling him so I could tailor a program to meet his needs. It has taken awhile but he is starting to enjoy learning again and is taking some responsibility for his own learning. Our big problem at the moment is the times tables which is an everyday life skill. Any ideas?

I also like to encourage him and your list of famous dyslexics and the different brain pictures are great. He used to think something was ‘wrong with him’ but now he doesn’t and we’re moving forward at his pace with no stress or pressure to perform.

We live in a remote location and I am glad I found this site which has given me even more ideas to compliment his program. Thankyou for a great site that is very positive about dyslexia and doesn’t treat it like an illness. Thankyou,

By: marymae v condino

marymae v condino — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:54:57 +0000

hi,im a mother of 15 year olad son,i have problem of in terms of his behaviour. he dont want to be teach,like doing household,even his personal responsibility,but he likes to go to school,but he dont learn also. he got learning difficulties also.besides he always wants to be alone.he dont even migle with his classmates or makes friends..,i tried to bring him for counseling.but still the same. what shall i do to solved this problem.

By: Emma

Emma — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:18:32 +0000

Hi I’m the Mother of two dyslexic children,they are 12 and 9 and they are fantastic both of them are very intelligent the only major problems they have are of course,the school system.Why do teachers want all pupils to be the same,to fit into a little box that somebody else has decided is the right way to learn,spell and think?It’s so frustrating every year at the parent teacher meetings I go through the same conversation,they need to concentrate more,they’re not putting in enough effort,writing is sloppy what amazes me is they’re teachers know they’re dyslexic sowhy as adults do they try to knock my kids confidence when I work so hard at home to build it up.As I tell my kids if ye had spelt the words for the dictionary then you’d have no problems,I love the picture of the two brains and the differant way’s you see things really people who aren’t dyslexic are the one,s who are at a disadvantage it’s like we see life in black and white while you see multicoloured.