Comments on: How I cope with my Dyslexia

By: Martyn

Martyn — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:21:41 +0000

i have got dyslexia am 14 and you are rite that is wot it is xactle peple mite undasund a bit mur abut it

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:45:08 +0000

Michelle,
I’m extremely happy that you found this post helpful as it means that it did it’s job. It’s sad that although Dyslexia is fairly widespread most people just don’t seem to understand what it is and how differently the condition affects each person. It sounds like you are coping well with it though.

I would have loved to meet with you, unfortunately I live in the United Kingdom and I won’t be anywhere in the US for at least a few months. Despite this, you can contact me via other means if you wish and I can only hope that your project turns out as a success.

Thank you.

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:34:26 +0000

John Hayes,
I couldn’t agree with you more. Too many people are unaware of what Dyslexia is or how to describe it – causing people who haven’t either heard of it or have been given bad information to be prejudice. I’ve had too many people being surprised to see that I am dyslexic due to the fact I am literate and intelligent.

I was researching other dyslexics for this post, trying to figure out some of the methods they use to help their problems. I remember when I was first diagnosed, http://www.iamdyslexic.com helped me find other people with the condition who had opinions and told how they coped. However, most only described their problems instead of telling others how they dealt with it.

As you said, it would have helped me and others a lot more if we only found out how each individual dyslexic coped with their problems. Thanks for your comment – you’ve really made me think.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:52:01 +0000

Yes! I’m glad you posted this blog. It rings true for me as well as many other coping with this learning disability. The common stereotype of Dyslexics is that we see words backwards, when in actuality there are different variations of Dyslexia as well as different variations of the common symptoms (i.e. bad sense of directions, poor short term memory, auditory comprehension problems, so forth and so on)

I am working on a project about Dyslexia. If you live in the NYC area I would like to meet with you.

Thanks for this post!

By: John Hayes

John Hayes — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:37:26 +0000

Good post. It is nice to read a dyslexic writing about his dyslexia problems and what he has found has helped him and may help others with similar problems without saying ” This is what dyslexia is for everyone”.

There is no ” This is what dyslexia is for everyone” and when I read “dyslexics see in pictures” or other equally misleading ideas as a description of what dyslexia is limited to it bothers me that those type posts make up over 80% of what I see on the web as information about dyslexia.

It is also refreshing to see you basically say that you are functioning fine but that you attained that by working around your problems not by eliminating the problems. In my opinion That is a powerful concept as it leads to a fact that others often overlook. Many dyslexics need to identify exactly what the specifics are of their dyslexia problems. Then each specific problem can be dealt with individually. Your identification of personally having short time memory problems leading to the need to write information down that you know you will need later is an excellent example.

To conclude, if other dyslexics would describe their specific problems and techniques that helped them with those specific problems ,then dyslexics and nondyslexics both might arrive a better understanding of dyslexia.