Dealing with dyslexia as an adult?

[Anonymous]

I'm 31 years old woman. I have severe learning disabilities. One is dyslexia. Reading is very hard for me. I got professionally tested and my reading level is equivalent to a grade 3 or 4 Level. It's very embarrassing. I practice reading but it will not improve much. Sometimes I go to thrift stores and buy a kids chapter book.. like the bfg by Roald Dahl. junie b jones books or books like pony pals and try to read them myself. If anyone asks i say its for my neice or nephew. I feel very ashamed and incredibly stupid. Am I the only one who does this?

[MrHopper]

I would say you should be happy to own it, as adults we are mature enough to know everyone is different, i am Autistic and i tell people, it helps them understand why i might have difficulty in some situations and same might apply to you if there is a menu with lots of fancy annoying long words on or something, they can help you out :) People like to help, dont be afraid to be you!

[Asker]

Awe thank you so much for taking the time to write that. Much appreciated 🙏

[NavyblueTacos]

I a teacher, who is specializing in how to properly teach, in my case children, with dyslexia. Firstly, there's nothing to feel embarrassed of, knowing something is difficult and working on it, is something most people could be better at. I dont know where you live, but we have programs where im from, that support learning when struggling with dyslexia, also, there's programs to help you, do you have acces to any ressources?

[EmmaMary]

Well at least your writing skills is nothing to be ashamed of. 👍

[Asker]

Well thank you. That's where speach to text comes in handy and spell check or my writing will be full of mistakes. Thank God for computers

[EmmaMary]

Thank you for the MHGirl.

[exitseven]

I worked at a college that had a pretty famous program for students with learning disabilities. I had several of them as interns and they were all outstanding workers.

Maybe you can find someplace that can help you with this.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[baserunner611]

The read and written in are Baptist church and others church and community will help. God of Abraham bliss

[NYCQuestions1976]

You seem pretty articulate to me.

[Asker]

I can speak fine. That's why I use speach to text

[NYCQuestions1976]

Oh okay. Have you looked into taking an adult class that specializes in dyslexia and other reading issues?

[Asker]

My aunt is a tutor for kids with learning disabilities. She's helped me all through elementary school. Highschool. And hairschool.

[NYCQuestions1976]

It's always good to have the support of trusted family and friends. If you ever decide to look into any further help, there are definitely confidential adult classes available at learning centers and community colleges. Good luck. 👍

[BeMuse]

Sure...

[BeMuse]

Such a phony story. People that struggle with reading, but have an above average to high IQ which contradicts the reading difficulties are diagnosed with dyslexia. You can't be stupid and have dyslexia. It doesn't work that way. Dyslexics also tend to have problems with very small words, but find larger words very easily to remember and pronounce. It's the simple shit that gets messed up, not the complex.

[Asker]

Actually it's not a phoney story at all. I have the papers to prove it. I have been tested 2ce as an adult. I have dyscalculia and Dyslexia and comprehension disability. Also you are very wrong. I have struggled my whole life with this. And for someone to say that actually hurts. It may not seem like it because I do use speach to text and spell check. I even have an app on my phone that reads things to me. I got a reader for all my tests in school. I have had 2 blocks of learning assistants in highschool. And 1 block in elementary school. I have felt very stupid all my life. I have a reading level of a grade 3/4. When I read paragraphs. I have to sound out most of the words. When I write I get letters and numbers mixed up all the bloody time. I am very embarrassed when I have to read a menu at a restaurant or have to read somthing to someone Outloud. There are differnt levels of learning disabilities.

[Asker]

Also I don't have an above average iq when did I ever say that?

[BeMuse]

You were obviously misdiagnosed then. If you have a low IQ then reading difficulties are expected. You have some other form of mental disability. Dyslexia is a specific learning disability focused on reading ability which presents itself due to a visual processing disorder. This is generally caused by children having a gifted to high IQ, which results in early visual spacial thinking before exposure to reading education. The mind of a dyslexic develops more rapidly than average, and thus written language becomes a second language to visual thinking. Dyslexia is only diagnosed after the child has been tested for IQ and there are no intellectual disabilities, vision or hearing disabilities, neurological conditions, etc. that would explained the reading disability. Dyslexics tend to be above average to high when tested for IQ and perform well in all other areas of school except their early language/reading courses. I’d know, I’m a dyslexic and I have an IQ of 158. I went through all the struggles, mean teachers, psychological tests, vision therapy, etc. like a lab rat when I was a kid. Been there, done that...

[Asker]

You obviously have no idea what your talking about.

[Asker]

I am a very visual thinker. I am an artist. I have had natural drawing abilities since I was young. I have been tested since grade 1

[BeMuse]

Uh huh sure... Keep pushing bullshit about dyslexics. You're claiming to be 30-35 years old stuck at 3-4th grade level. Your problem is that dyslexics continue to grow intellectually throughout life. We are never stunted intellectually. The reason dyslexics struggle with written language is because we think in 3D animated pictures. We can rotate shapes and pictures in our mind very rapidly and analyze them. Thus as an example b, p, d are all the exact same shape just rotated differently in three dimensional space which can be very confusing as a child when we first start to read. Written language doesn't make since when when we pair the wrong rotation of a symbol to a phonetic sound. You can't sound out a word when you are combining the wrong sounds. When you're translating your ideas out into symbols sometimes you will write them backwards or if the symbol grouping is remembered together sometimes you spell the world backwards and sometimes the symbols are even mirrored.

[Asker]

My READING level according to 2 professionals who have evaluated me. That the category I fall under is equivalent to a grade 4. You can think what you want but that's what's on my report. I have a reader come in for every test I have ever taken. I use an an app to read text for me. I have an app to speak into and read back what I'm writing. I have had 2 blocks of learning assistance in school. I had a reader in collage. I have had tutoring by a tutor who deals with people with major learning disabilities. Who are you to tell me my story is bs? I have more learning disabilities than dyslexia I was diagnosed with. You obviously don't know how severe learning difficulties can be.

[BeMuse]

Like I've said all along, that is not what dyslexia is. You can have all the metal retardation you want, but you don't have dyslexia. I'm not questioning your mental handicap. I just making a factual statement that you don't have dyslexia.

[Asker]

Actually yes I do that's one of the many learning disabilities I do have you don't know what your talking about at all

[BeMuse]

I'm the one with an IQ of 158 and you're the one with a 3-4th grade reading level. I'm pretty sure I've read into the topic a little more than you. Not too many scientific journals at the 3-4th grade level.