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What are the differences between people who have dyslexia, and people who have a hard time writing papers?

Do you think this is dyslexia?

  • I read really slow and I always mix up words and letters while read. Sometimes I get really confused by a sentence and have to re-read and re-read it again to get the meaning. My reading speed is anywhere between 110wpm and 160wpm (I'm a sophomore in highschool, by the way). When I'm writing I often skip letters in a word, or add letters to a word, skip words, add words, and switch letters and words a lot. Sometimes I have really bizarre spellings. Example, today I was writing a paragraph and spelled exercises "excersisez" without meaning to. I have been attempting to spell words like "definitely" correctly for a few years now, but still spell it like "definately" on accident. I hate when I know how to spell word but then when I write them, they don't come out write. I'll write "people" as "beople" and stuff like that. When I'm talking I often mix up sounds and say stuff like, "the roy ban" instead of "the boy ran." When we took the writing practice OGT (Ohio graduation test) I was the last in the class to turn mine in and I didn't even have time to finish it. I wrote one page for my essay and everyone else wrote double or triple that, even the dumb people... I was also the last to finish the reading, math, biology, and social studies OGTs as well. I spend hours on my homework each night, usually AT LEAST three. And the thing is that I know I'm smart too. I grasp concepts so easily. I'm just so slow when it comes to anything with reading and writing. The only that makes me think that I'm not dyslexic is that I have good grades. I went to the guidance counselor at my school for this and she doesn't believe I have any problems because I have good grades. But she doesn't understand how hard I word for them. She did give me some color slides to put over my reading materials to see if it they helped. They seem to have helped. I normally find word searches very difficult, frustrating, and irritating, but when I used the colored cover, I could actually do the word search without all of the irritation I normally get from them. Dyslexia or no?

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    I would recommend being assessed with an accurate science based assessment. You can go to https://www.dynaread.com/pmp/ and take a free 15 min assessment. When the test is completed you will get a full report as well as a follow-up phone call by one of the programs Dyslexia experts. All the best!

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you can look up the symptoms for this. you have named some, such as mixing up your letters and words. Iv got a cousin that has had this, and she would have the same exact symptoms and it has only been with her reading, reading a bit slower, getting words or sentences backwards and maybe your b's and d's might get mixed up in your words? BUT there IS programs that help this. My cousins mother put her in a program and homeschooled her and within weeks she was reading and spelling much much better. For starters, I would look up the exact symptoms it sounds like it is a case of it from what I have known and seen. You can look into programs that can help you or maybe somebody at your school can help you. There is always help for this if it is the case and can be fixed =)

Although I'm nowhere near to being a doctor, I think it might be Dyslexia. Even if its not, the important thing is to practice words and letters you often mix up. If you can master these problem words and letters, you won't have to worry about it really.

If it is it must be psychosomatic, Nick Ellis. Bangor University Gwynnedd might tell you. But try and cure yourself.

Nez LeGrue

why dont you go and talk to the learning supprot department within your school. Tell them your concerns and if they feel it nessisary they may refer you for further testing. Just because you have the good grades, it doesnt automatically mean there isnt a problem. Dyslexia is an unexpected difficulty with written language where a person's literacy skills do not match their overall reasoning ability. Dyslexic students often have particular strengths and with support and encouragement they can achieve realistic goals. Being dyslexic often allows a person to create new and imaginative ways of thinking and problem solving.

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