Being Dyslexic - 10 Most Recent Open Discussion Posts

New Special Needs Budgets

Tue, 15 May 2012 10:23:44 +0000

Hi everyone,

So just wondering about the new budgets for Special Needs controlled by parents: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18061348

What will that mean to us and our children? How will it effect those on School Action Plus and those with Statements? Just wondered if anyone knows?

KC

Adult Student Math Question

Sun, 13 May 2012 02:10:44 +0000

Hello. I am wondering if there are any users on here who have successfully passed advanced math classes despite transposition errors. Having been diagnosed less than a year ago, I am beginning to identify number flipping as one of my main hurdles even in simple pre-pre-algebra. I am going to look around the forums when I have a little more time; just wanted to see if there is any quick advice out there... does the brain ever loosen up, or am I doomed to triple check every formula I encounter through Calculus I?

Hello

Sun, 13 May 2012 02:03:27 +0000

Hello. New user; recently diagnosed adult: profound dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia. I'll lurk around some, and try to post in the appropriate areas. Thanks.

Learning to write using different alphabets

Sat, 12 May 2012 17:40:30 +0000

I was a simple task, I was in a restaurant in Japan and I had to match two letters in hiragana on a metal rectangle to the two large hiragana letters on the locker with my shoes in. My boyfriend and friend did this easily. I stepped up to give this a try and found a problem, the letters were all identical in the area where I remembered my locker being. This was rather confusing, so I put the card in a locker that seemed about the right height based on my recollections. It didn't open, so I pulled it out and put it back in again. It still did not open. I put the rectangle in the locker next to it...this also did not open. My friend and boyfriend were now staring at me, along with one of the waiting staff, as I started to scowl, and tried to put it in yet another locker. Eventually, my friend took pity on me and opened the correct locker, clearly unable to understand what the problem I was having was. She pointed out the letters were clearly different, in that the main part of each letter was a different way around, or the flicked out bit that was on the other side...only when she pointed this out could I actually see this.

I was pretty disappointed. I'd always hoped that if I tried to learn to write or read in an eastern script I'd find it easier, my friend claimed she knew some dyslexics who found hiragana came quickly to them while she struggled with it. I'm not sure how, I mean look at the alphabet, many of the letters look so alike: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiragana

How about other people, how have you found learning using different alphabets? Anyone tried? I thought maybe Kanji might be easier for me as the letters don't look so similar, however my friend said Kanji was found to be difficult in general as it relied so much on context, not just of the symbols around it, but the context you were writing it in, so hirigana was considered easier...sequencing isn't my strong point either, so maybe I should just accept all written languages will be hard for me, just for different reasons. I just can't help but wonder what the simplest written language for me to learn would be.

My daughter is bight but struggling

Wed, 09 May 2012 22:18:01 +0000

My 5 year old is very bright but she is struggling in some areas. For example number recognition, I spent 20 mins every day trying to teach her numbers up to 10 and I sill didn't succeed. She wrote all the numbers up to 10 the other day correctly but if I covered them all up apart from one of them and asked her what number it is, the only way she could say was to count up to it. However, she can do maths in her head really quickly.

She has a major problem with direction, top, bottom, forward, before, etc I cannot get her to understand.

Some days her reading is better than others. It's not at all bad but progress is slow. The problem is that she continues to sound out all words it doesn't appear to be able to remember them although she has been reading some of these words nearly daily for about two years.

She also struggles with room names and can never remember which is the hall, lounge or dinning room at home.

I was told at school that I am dyslexic although it was never tesed I know I have lots of symptoms. I know it can run in families and I'm worried about my daughter. Her school says it doen't sound like dyslexia but I still think it could be. Do you think it could be?

Interpreting a dyslexia report

Wed, 09 May 2012 15:36:34 +0000

Was wondering if anyone would mind helping me to interprete my dyslexia report. I am 29 now, but was diagnosed with dyspraxia age 11. Compared to maths and things that required visual spacial awareness, English was a relative strength of mine (It still is, I am a foreign language teacher), however, Ive always had problems translating thoughts to paper and my spelling is very variable- I guess it was just assumed that this was down to dyspraxia.
However, I was finally tested and diagnosed as dyslexic aswell as dyspraxic at University, what what I can tell from my report my dyslexia is quite apparent. However I've never really understood what any of the scores or percentiles mean- what is down to dyslexia, what is dyspraxia and what is just me?....

My scores from the Weschler intelligence for adults (I think!) and they look like this.

Full scale IQ 99
verbal 1Q 107
Performance IQ 87

Verbal comprehencion Index 120 (91 percentile)
Perceptual Organisation Index 91 (27 percentile)
Processing speed 79 (8 percentile)
Working memory 75 (5 percentile)

Im guessing that this translates that I have a poor short term memory, but am good verbally?? Is this a typical dyslexic profile? The report also states that the difference between my verbal and performance IQ's are relevant to dyslexia, but doesnt really tell me why....

Sorry for all the questions. I'm asking because I am starting an MA in Education in October and I may need to get retested for the DSA. If I did get retested is there likely to be any change in the scores?
Also I will be doing a big module on dyslexia and specific learning disabilities, (I'm hoping to qualify as a specialist teacher with the BDA eventually) and so it seems that understanding my own report would be a good start lol

Many thanks in advance.

Need legal representation for tribunal

Tue, 08 May 2012 23:18:51 +0000

Hello

Statutory request refused, no surprises there!. Is there anyone who can suggest a law firm that represents parents at tribunal, in specific dyslexia of course.

I would appreciate it enormously....

Hello - confused mum here

Tue, 08 May 2012 20:54:30 +0000

Evening everyone,

Just a bit of background - I have as 13yr old son with dyslexia and autism and a 7 year old daughter who has just gone thro assessment for autism, have just been told she does not fit criteria for a dx of autism and am left with many unanswered questions!

Given a family link to dyslexia (her brother, her dad and her cousin on her dad's side) I am considering whether some of her issues may be due to dyslexia, although she is performing age appropriate at school.

Will post further elsewhere on forum as am aware this bit is really just for intro!

Any advice where best to post? Am really just wanting to get peoples initial thoughts on some of her issues really.....

Thanks for reading!

Does dyslexia entitle a child to an IEP?

Tue, 08 May 2012 16:33:50 +0000

Hi new here, we have had our daughter privately diagnosed with dylexia, after a couple of years of concerns, (which the school brushed under the carpet). Although she does not have major problems at the moment (she is nearly 8), more could pop up as she becomes invloved in more complex learning. Im am very concerned as the school says as she is meeting her levels accademically, she would not be entitled to an IEP. Im not sure if this is fact or again i am being brushed off. In my oppinion she has enough dylexic problems and i feel these need to be addresses, obviously if she is put on an IEP, it will cost the school money as she would be entitled to some 1 to 1 help everyday. What is everyone elses experiences with this???

Hi everyone

Tue, 08 May 2012 15:15:37 +0000

Hi everyone. This is my first post (kinda!)and I just wanted to say hi. I'm 29 and like many people on here have dyslexia and dyspraxia. I actually used to post here a very long time ago (I recently found a post I'd written on here from 2005) but have lost all my old log-in details. Anyway, it's wonderful to see what a great job Sam has done with the site since then, it has also made me realise what I've been missing.

I've been teaching English(!)for the last 7 years abroad and I'm currently in Portugal. I'm moving back to England in the summer and I'm due to start an Open University Masters in Eduation- I'm hoping to do an in depth study in dyslexia as part of my studies. I'm really looking forward to it, there are lots things I want to find out about out!

Anyway, that's enough from me for now.

Sorry this is a rushed post, but I'm looking forward to posting more and getting to know everyone.
xxx