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festerbeavis (Dissappointed)
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Date Posted: 14:22:01 03/03/08 Mon
I'm dyslexic and have been diagnosed since I was in the first grade..I'm now 33. Here's how I've been classified:Auditory Processing-difficulty in remembering oral information. Example:when given multi-step verbal directions person has difficulty recalling details of the directions and/or sequence in which the directions were presented.
To compensate: directions should be given one step at a time and be stated in a simple direct manner.
Visual Cloze - difficulty in completing sentences in which words or phrases are missing. For example: Complete these sentences-When I was -------- years old, I was in the second grade. The ----------- president of all was-----------.
So here's my concern. My dyslexia has always been a problem source for me. In school (I had to transfer out of a state university after extensive discussions with professors regarding the inability to stop transpossing numbers...it was always the same, she's a nice girl and trying very hard. She understands the concepts but when it comes to the application, she makes a mistake and therefore get the answer wrong,we are going to have to fail her). So I graduated with a BA in Business Management from a well known college for dyslexia. Next, the job market. It's been a struggle. I've mastered the resources that are given to dyslexia and excel in a structured, organized and open communication environment (if it is not organized I will create structure and organization, I just love to create standard operating procedures of course in easy to read format) I've just been let go at two jobs (both within a 90 day period - that's how long you can "hold on" to an employee before you have to provide some sort of counciling, accomodations, etc) because I was informed they don't want to put the time and energy into training me and dealing with my dyslexia however you are very nice person and we wish you well.
I'm frustrated.
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