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Subject: Re: As we age - does it get worse Author: William [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 10:04:47 12/02/07 Sun In reply to: Geraldine 's message, "Re: As we age - does it get worse" on 18:05:38 10/18/07 Thu Over the years I have experienced my dyslexia is more prominent when I am under pressure or nervous. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: Re: As we age - does it get worse Author: Jeff [Edit] Date Posted: 11:36:52 12/02/07 Sun Speaking from my own personal experiences, I’m not sure that the problems “return”. I think that the problems we have and share stay with us throughout our lives. The difference is that we learn how to mold our problems for the specific task at hand and when the task changes; we find ourselves starting all over again. For example, when I started college, I found my dyslexia becoming a real problem again. However, I think that was because the techniques I learned to cope with dyslexia in high school weren’t working as well in college. So I had to revaluate my techniques in order to figure out a way to achieve success in college. Basically what I am saying is when you feel the dyslexia demon creeping up on you and not in a good way; take it slow and map it out. I found that dry erase boards are great for this. To help myself get out of these ruts and get back to the tasks at hand, I write out what I am having difficulty with on one board in different colors. Sometimes they are complete words and sentences and sometimes they are just pictures or symbols that I associate with. Then on another board I write or draw possible solutions. This might not work for everyone but it has helped me a lot because I found the more I wrote down frustrations, whether they were logical or only understood by me, it helped me find solutions. Geraldine, have you ever tried expressing your thoughts through poetry? Writing poetry has helped me a lot. Sometimes I don’t know what it is I’m writing but then I look it at on a later date and I’ll know what it was I was trying to say. Monica, one thing that I have learned is that professors are willing to go out of their way to help if you just ask and express interest. For example I don’t take exams anymore. I explained my situation to professors and we have worked out alternative ways for evaluating my understanding of material. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: As we age - does it get worse Author: Sharman [Edit] Date Posted: 03:44:59 12/04/07 Tue I concur with all that Jeff says, especially that we have to regroup all our strategies for each new task/project we face. My difficulties (mix of ADD, dyslexia and dyspraxia) are also hightened by stress but also in my case by hormone imbalances (I am now 55 and on HRT to steady things). It is possible to succeed though... I have just been awarded my PhD following my research into working memory processing of children with educational related learning problems. Oh yes, I also scribble or type up what I am feeling/thinking (journalling) and poetry has been helpful in expressing difficult emotions. every blessing to all reading this... [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: As we age - does it get worse Author: Graeme Wadlow [Edit] Date Posted: 09:04:43 12/05/07 Wed Hi All I am new to this forum. My dyslexia is cause by my Auditory Processing Disorder (APD), and it is running my APD coping strategies under stress that make my dyslexic symptoms worse. I have problems with reading what they call large chunks of text, no definition as yet of a large chunk, but i take it to be a paragraph or so. I think we all really need find out what the underlying medical causes of our dyslexic symptoms really are, or may be a conflicting learning style. When we can understand the nature of the issues that cause us to be dyslexic, like say Irlen Syndrome, the sensory information processing problems (especially visual and auditory processing processing disorders), the motor information processing issues, that can all combine to create and underlying page of clinical issues which we need to have identified. Each dyslexic has thei own set of underlying causes and this why it is not possible to fit a one size fits all solution or support package, and why some programs help one group of dyslexics and not another set. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]