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by Mama maria
Mar 5, 2011
hey je im here but for some reason i can not post on the thread you started, what questions can i try to answer about dyslexia?
Just wanted to ask you what techniques and strategies you've used over the years to help with the dyslexia. What helped, what didn't. That sort of thing.
by mama maria
Mar 5, 2011
I can honestly say that what helped me the most was learning to speed read, I know that sounds strange, you would think that someone who is dyslexic, who struggles reading at a normal speed would struggle even more with speed reading, however, it isnt the case for me, letters and words only start to move around if i look at them to long. learning t...See MoreI can honestly say that what helped me the most was learning to speed read, I know that sounds strange, you would think that someone who is dyslexic, who struggles reading at a normal speed would struggle even more with speed reading, however, it isnt the case for me, letters and words only start to move around if i look at them to long. learning to speed read ment i didnt have to look at the words for too long, I look at a paragraph, for example and speed read through it, then I look away while I think about the meaning of what i just read, then i can go on to the next paragraph.
of course i started learning to speed read first with individual words, then sentances, then paragraphs (which i am most comfortable with) however i can speed read an entire page, and then look away and think about its meaning. of course by doing this i also built up an unusually high capacity for memorization (both short and long term) I dont think a person who was both dyslexic and had poor memory skills would benifit much from speed reading.
I also use a franklyn speaking dictionary, since i can sound words out phontically, I have 3 seperate vocabularies, one i can speak and understand when i hear it spoken, one I can recognize in print (and define)but can not pronounce, and then my weakest, which is what i can spell. the franklyn speaking dictionary helps me move my sight vocabulary into my spoken vocabulary.
dyslexia isnt all ways the same from day to day or even hour to hour, on days when it is really bad, i use blank pieces of paper, to block out the page above and below what i am trying to read, on really bad days i use one piece of paper with a window cut out of it to see a limited amount of print at a time (thank god not many of those days)
most of the time I use highlighters in books, my old college text books for example have just about every paragraph highlighted in a different color, somehow this helps my brain to refrain from mixing the letters words or sentances from the color of one paragraph in with those highlighted in a different color, i dont know why this works only that it works for me most of the time.
i had no succsess however with colored overlays, i think its because a colored overlay colors the entire page, maybe if they made a rainbow like one that had like three inches of blue, then 3 in of yellow, then 3 of another color? of no help to me, but of great help to my dyslexic son, was books on tape, he used those the way i use the franklyn dictionary, but his dyslexia isnt as severe as mine is, he used the books on tape from the reading for the blind and dyslexic association and would read along in the book to get the pronunciation of new words (since he can not read phonetically eigther)
I also have dyscalcula, this means i see numbers in reverse as well, their is little that helps that other then resting and trying again another day and common sence, clearly if i see a speed sign that says 53 miles per hour, i know logically it is 35mph and im seeing it backwards, however their are no logical clues when balanceing a check book where an item could be $23.00 or $32.00, so i do my subtraction at the register when i still remember what i paid for something. when i pay bills, I go over the check book 3 times, if it all works out the same every time i figure im good, if i get anything but the same answer three times in row, i dont mail anything untill the next day when i go over it again, or i have to have a third party check it for me (this really stinks) i also bury 500.00 in my checking account, so when my bank statements come in if i did make any mistakes they dont result in checks bounceing.
I dont know what else i can tell you, some days i have no problems with my dyslexia, other days its so bad nothing i do works and i have no choise but to put it away and try again later or the next day, i can tell you i all ways work ahead, study ahead, pay bills ahead, and plan ahead because I know their will be days where i cant do any of those things (its basically giving myself several days of extended time, but in advance, not after the due dates)
oh i can tell you my dyslexia shows up on cat scans (as a grey area) and on mri's, not everyones dyslexia shows up physically like mine does, i dont think anyone knows why, perhaps its the severity or perhaps their are several kinds of dyslexia and science is just now seeing physical differences between them? in my case, my right and left hemispheres are connected by tissue in places that "normal brains" have no connective tissue.
if you have any spicific questions, please feel free to ask.
That information is definitely helpful. I've read that when people with dyslexia are tired or stressed, it can really have an impact on how well they can do with things.
Have you heard of Bookshare? It's another source of books and magazines and newspapers for people with learning disabilities, and it's free.
by mama maria
Mar 5, 2011
thanks for the link je, and i wanted to mention one more thing
dont for one minute think dyslexia is all bad, it really isnt, while it interfears with learning in traditional ways, there are some very serious benifits to being dyslexic.
there is a book called "the gift of dyslexia" I highly reccomend that anyone who wants to under...See Morethanks for the link je, and i wanted to mention one more thing
dont for one minute think dyslexia is all bad, it really isnt, while it interfears with learning in traditional ways, there are some very serious benifits to being dyslexic.
there is a book called "the gift of dyslexia" I highly reccomend that anyone who wants to understand the gifts and the problems associated with dyslexia read this book.
I also reccommend that it be read to students who have dyslexia who maybe can not read but who can comprehend it.
i laughed and cried when i read it, i wish it had been avalable when i was a child and someone read it to me. one part talks about how someone thought letters were alive, because they they moved, and I too as a child thought the letters were alive, I was positive that my first grade teacher was mad at me and because she was mad she gave me the books with the "bad" letters that wouldnt stay still and i thought she told everyone else how to make the letters behave themselves but she didnt tell me =(
like the person in the books, my letters will "leave" the page, they will crawl (actually march) behind the page and leave me stareing at a blank page ;/
however, my memory is better then most, I tend to think in pictures rather then words, (in fact i find it hard to think in words and when i force myself too it seems very slow and labor intensive) It seems to be easier for me to see several sides of an issue or idea then it seems for others, and if your looking for 'thinking outside the box" or problem solveing creatively well im pretty good with both of those =) I hope when your time allows you will read the book 'the gift of dyslexia" i think the authors last name is 'davis" but im not positive
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