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Dyslexic? Yes or No.

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Emetib (Puzzled)

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Date Posted: 04:23:34 06/09/10 Wed

I am a 44 year old female. I have been told since Junior High that I am Dyslexic. I have been able to compensate for my type, form, whatever you wish to call it by Typing most everything. I can read and understand at a 4th year college level. I have taught myself to memorize most things I read after the 4th or 5th time. It has been very difficult. My mother taught me Phonics(<-- Unsure of this word) when I was 12 years old. She then taught me to speed read when I was 15 year old. Her teaching me all this had and has put a strain on our relationship. Her teaching method was NOT gentle. But it worked for me. I still have problems, But not with reading.
They are..
1) My hand eye co-ordination is terrible. I cant walk across a room without tripping on my own feet. Or pick up a coffee cup without dropping it or spilling it.
2) I cant write. I can not get the shapes of the letters from my head to my hand. And no I can not draw or paint.
3) I cant spell words with more then 10 to 12 letters. And sometimes simple words are very hard to spell correctly.
4) I am photophobic. Light hurts my eyes. It also gives me Migrains.
5) Hyper Auditory. I hear high pitched sounds. Neon lights have a high pitched hum, but to my ears its a dull deep hum that is very distracting. But I also have a problem sometimes, mostly when tired, at understanding when someone talks to me. Normal speech and tones are not understood. I have found myself reading their lips to understand some of what their saying and then guessing the rest. Phone conversations(Took 5 tries to get this spelled correctly) are a bit of a trial.
6) I have a lack in my sense of direction. North, south, east and west are just words. Left, right (hand with watch), forwards or backwards are what I and my family use with me. I get turned around in a Walmart. Been going to that store for 7 years and I still get mixed up.
7) I invert numbers and letters when typing, dialing a phone number or repeating a memorized number to someone. And I dont mean 6's turn into 9's. I mean 47 becomes 74. Like becomes Liek. I have had my phone number changed so the last 2 numbers are the same. They seem to be the only ones I invert on phone numbers.
8) I can add, subtract basic numbers. I can divide and multiply to a point. But not at the level you would expect from an adult with 3 years High school(Flunked out of 9th grade algebra after only 3 weeks).
All of these problems I have been managed to work around for the most part. Since I can read and understand 99% of what I read I have been told I am NOT Dyslexic. But they cant tell me what Is the problem.
So here it is... Am I or Am I not Dyslexic? If I am, is it a sub category? If not then what is wrong?

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[> Subject: Re: Dyslexic? Yes or No.
Author: Roy Masters (very happy) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 02:37:44 06/23/10 Wed It sounds to me that you have some dyslexia but you should have a hearing test, I went sixty years without knowing that I could not hear. Now I have gaggets in my ears and life is wonderful!

[> [> Subject: Re: Dyslexic? Yes or No.
Author: mark kane [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 10:03:52 06/30/10 Wed answer is YES YOU ARE! But it is not your falt, You were born with it, And it is a legal disability,you can get a 504 or and an IEP. That is for anyone who is in school! And IEP stays with you until after collage. It is a law in every state! As for your hearing go get them tested,everyone hears a high pitch every now & than (normal)

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Author: Gary [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 17:16:23 07/21/10 Wed What is a 504 and IEP?

[> Subject: Re: Dyslexic? Yes or No.
Author: mark kane [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 10:08:59 06/30/10 Wed Look for my name in some of the past post. You may want to read it.

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Author: Emetibs (Annoyed lol) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 23:52:55 10/29/10 Fri Well saying this is like telling me to look the word up to be able to spell it. lol sorry but for us people who are clueless on how to use this sight. Could you try and give us an idea of the name or the post or the gatagory (God I can't spell this)?