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Better understanding dyslexia

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Kiera

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Date Posted: 14:49:58 02/07/10 Sun

Hi all,

I am not dyslexic but i have recently started started dating a guy who is.... i don't know much about dyslexia which is sad for me to say cause i'm well educated and intelligent so i feel i should know more. Anyway what i wanted to find out what do all people dyslexia have trouble reading and can they read numbers? i'd love to hear from people with varying degrees of the condition.

thanks

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[> Subject: Re: Better understanding dyslexia
Author: paula [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 12:36:08 02/17/10 Wed yes, we can read just not as well as you and we can use numbers to and in some cases better than yourself i don't know why that is i myself have dyslexic i can read,write,count but it not easy for me to sound out words or spell them but i can read books ,letters and all but taken out and just make them words am lost so i hope this help you a little.

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Re: Better understanding dyslexia

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Carol
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Date Posted: 11:32:09 03/02/10 Tue

Hey there im dyslexic i have dyscalulia which is a form of dyslexia meaning that understanding financial stuff is difficult for me . There are varied levels of dyslexia i also have word dyslexia which means i have difficulty understanding the written word and find it difficult to get people to understand me and also understand people is difficult sometimes also i dont always understand instructions or letters the way a non dyslexic does i simply just think differently i perceive things differently and maybe where you do something quickly i go round the houses to do as its easier for me i myself have extreme problems understanding figures and financial stuff my husband has to explain things to me in a visual sense we are visual learners but incases of extreme stress dyslexia can become worse as your perception changes when stressed and symptoms of confusion and the inability to think straight is made worse. Dyslexia is not just about not being able to read or write it effects so many senses in the brain. A dyslexic needs time to think and respond and patients and support and understanding. I hope this helps you many professionals are dyslexic it doesnt mean your thick or stupid or not educated it just means that you do things differently dont be to hard on yourself two people that think differently isnt a bad thing

[> Subject: Re: Better understanding dyslexia

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Angie
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Date Posted: 16:40:41 03/02/10 Tue

Please don't beat yourself up. What you will soon find out is that people with dyslexia are highly intelligent and have spent most of their lives hiding the fact that they have it. Most people associate dyslexia with low intelligence. Quite the contrary. In my husband's case, he has dyslexia as well as mild dysgraphia. We dated for almost 3 months before he finally told me. For the past 15 years, I've watched him outwit many people into telling him the information rather than him reading it. He's used tape recorders to take phone messages, a screen reader on his laptop (the other woman in his life), and his GPS to help him with directions. There is still so much needed to help dyslexics to function in today's world, but it's definately getting better every day. If you have any questions that you would like to ask about dealing with the emotional side of disability, please email me. They can be high maintenance people; but only because they've been mistreated and misunderstood for so many years.

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Author: Ann [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 10:36:08 06/01/10 Tue Angie I am extreemly interested in understanding the emotional side of dyslexia. I am married, only 2 yrs, to a man with dyslexia and we are having a terrible time working things out. I would really like to email you, can you send me your email. address. amustoe@hotmail.com

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Charmaine
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Date Posted: 07:09:42 03/05/10 Fri

As a girl who is still on the dating scene I find the hardest thing when dating a new guy is the fact that I shy away from some activities because I'm dyslexic. I HATE board games. There is nothing more intimidating then having to read in front of a group of people when you had no time to review the words. Forget Trivial Pursuit. And I could never be the "banker" in Monopoly.
Just know that if he doesn't want to do something it could be because he doesn't want to be embarressed. Couples night with boad games could sound like a ton of fun for you but it's extreemly stressfuul for someone like me.
I'm sure it's a relief to him that you know. It took me 3 years to tell my last b-friend. He was mad I didn't tell him ealier because it made sense. Although he always made fun of me. Some of it was kinda funny but most of the time it was embarressing.