Being Dyslexic

This blog is dedicated to people who have dyslexia. You can always message me whenever you want. I would love to help you out with any of your questions. - - - ● I'm not a professional ● I speak from my own experience ● English is not my first language

[beingdyslexic]

Hi I'm not sure whether you are able to answer this easily but I'm gonna try. I definately dyslexia, which seemed pretty obvious as my dad and both my sisters have it. However, despite extra time, I still can't finish my work, I can never concentrate, I can never finish anything and forget everything and even when i WANT to listen, my brain switches off :( this is becoming a real problem as I just got my As results back and they weren't great-is this dyslexia symptoms or something else?

Hi!

I am sorry it took so long to answer you message! The things you described sound very familiar to test anxiety (that’s how many schools call it). People who struggle with stress anxiety usually have a fear of failing. Could it be that you’re struggling with anxiety when you make a test? You can read a bit more about how to reduce and/or cope with test anxiety here. 

You’re definitely not alone, I actually used to struggle with stress anxiety a lot. So if you want to talk a bit more about it feel free to message me again :)

Dyslexia is often a cause of stress anxiety. But, I don’t know you well enough to say if it could be anxiety or not. Also I am not a professional so I can’t diagnose with anything. I strongly recommend you to talk to a counselor or a teacher at your school! They will be able to help you out a bit more :)

[beingdyslexic]

Hey where are you from? I Find your blog really helpfull / swedish kid

Heya I'm from the Netherlands! And thank you for sending this super nice message. I'm glad I could help somehow

[thegraphicdivine-deactivated201]

BeeLine Reader

This extension really does seem to help with reading long pieces of text on a laptop or mobile device screen; apparently I read 27% faster with it! It’s a pretty interesting, yet simple, concept. Give it a try, might help ya.

Get it here

[ravenzoe]

this post is for anyone who feels a little lost right now. maybe you don’t know what your path in life is yet. maybe you hate your job. maybe you’re still in school and you’ve changed your major three times. maybe you’re confused about what it is that you want. maybe you know exactly what you want but have no idea how to get it. 

you will figure it out. you are not dead yet. you are going to figure your shit out. i believe in you. 

[beingdyslexic]

How does written text look to a dyslexic person?  I am writing and drawing a webcomic in which the main character is dyslexic, and I need to be able to show how he sees text.  But when I tried to do research on this, I found good, reliable sources that disagreed with each other.  Some people said that dyslexia doesn’t really affect how people see text, and others said it does.  So, I was hoping you might be willing to help me out.  

I submitted as an anon because I didn’t want to try to promote my comic through an ask on your blog (it seemed kinda rude). Well, that, and because a lot of the main character’s backstory, including the fact that he has dyslexia, has not come up yet, so it’s a spoiler.  But if you’re interested, I can send you a link.

-- I'm so sad I only read this message now! I would love to help you out if my help is still needed. The thing is with dyslexia, everyone is different. Every person with dyslexia struggles with something else. For me it's more like not seeing the difference between some letters when I read. For example: birds can become birbs or paper will become baber. For other people its hard to focus on the words they're reading. It's like the words are not standing still but moving around, changing, out of focus. For many dyslexics its hard to focus on text with a small font because for them it seems as if the words become one and they have to really concentrate to be able to read it. I would love to read your comic and help you out if you have any other questions :)

[beingdyslexic]

I thought this might be something your followers or yourself might like to read! 

“The following is a paper I wrote for one of my university’s classes freshman year. The prompt was to write a personal narrative on our origin story, and I wrote about having dyslexia.”

— Awesome! I absolutely loved reading it. The first view paragraphs were very recognizable. You have a great writing style that’s super easy to read yet the story is still super interesting. I hope you keep on writing

[dyslexic-kids]

nOverlay is a Google Chrome extension that adds a colored overlay to webpages you view, reducing the black-text-white-background glare that severely hinders the ability of people with dyslexia to read. http://www.noverlay.com/

[beingdyslexic]

hiya! firstly your blog is so cool!! 🙈 okay.. so my teacher's have started to think I'm Dyslexic and referred me to the Special Ed teacher at my school who diagnosed me:( so now I have to go to a formal test for Dyslexia! 😭 I'm so scared!! What will I have to do? What will It be like? How can I do well so I'm not diagnosed? 🙏😘

Hi hi!I totally understand you're scared. When I was in your shoes I was scared too.First of all I just want you to know that getting diagnosed with dyslexia is not a bad thing. I know it may feel like a bad thing at this moment, but I promise it's not. A diagnosis won't change you as a person, you will still be the wonderful you. At this moment you have a problem, maybe with writing, reading, memorizing etc and that problem has to be solved. You are getting tested so teachers and yourself will know how to solve the problem. If you're dyslexic you'll get different kind of help then if you're not. And there's nothing wrong with that. Getting diagnosed with dyslexia does not change you as a person!Reading your message made me wonder if you actually know what dyslexia is? Maybe you should look a bit more into that. When I got diagnosed I got really upset because I didn't know what dyslexia exactly is. Here is a short explanation: someone without dyslexia thinks with their left brain (the logical,numbers,letters,systematic thinking) and somebody who has dyslexia thinks with their right brain (imagination, creativity, seeing connection). Somebody who is dyslexic simply thinks in a different way than non-dyslexics. And we just need to learn how to learn things in our own way. Imagine a friend getting diagnosed with dyslexia, would you make a big deal out of it?At the test you will have to memorize words, read, write, I remember one exercise where the lady that took my test said a view numbers and I had to say them backwards (for example 112 - 211.. it was hard!) I made the test when I around 12 and I remember that I had to play games with colors (memorizing) and making puzzles. I also had to read non existing words. It may sound really scary at this moment but I promise you, it's going to be okay. Tell me how it went :)(Wow this was a long reply and I'm on my phone so I hope I didn't make too many mistakes haha)

[beingdyslexic]

someone claimed that she's dyslexic by using "this like" instead of "dislike" i bet she's making stories for people's empathy

It can be really annoying when people pretend to struggle with something while they actually don't. I don't know the girl so I can't judge. Maybe she does struggle with dyslexia? Maybe you should ask her if she got diagnosed.. I hope it doesn't bother you a lot. It is really annoying, I understand but don't let that kind of negativity bring you down.

[beingdyslexic]

Hey there, firstly thanks for your blog and secondly, I am doing my a levels. I we have always known I was dyslexic but I hadn't taken the test. I hope to become a doctor and apparently extra time will help, I managed good exam results before without extra time (even in English happily). I don't know if being labelled dyslexic will ever hinder me or not. Any thoughts? Thanks 😊

Hi! That's a great question. I think it's important that you still try to get all the extra needs you can get. An official diagnosis should not hinder you in any way in your school life. For me the idea that I get extra time at an exam always helped me to stay calm and not rush through the exam. I don't always need the extra time but it's always nice to know that if I won't be able to finish I still will have enough extra time. You're definitely able to become a doctor if you work hard! Good luck. :)

[oriongnomeo]

There are no learning disabilities, only teaching disabilities. Any child can learn, its just a matter of knowing how to teach them. Trying to teach every child the same way is like trying to bake cake with a pie recipe.

My Dad’s Old College Professor (via ravenangelofdarkness)

[beingdyslexic]

Thanks so much for the advice you just gave me, really helps 😊😊😊

Aw yeah! I'm glad it helped :)

[ghanaiansoul-deactivated2016022]

The dyslexia awareness campaign…

[cayennepeper]

chrome extensions for disabilities masterpost

I have seen a lot of posts on here talking about individual extensions for chrome to help people, but I haven’t seen a place where they’re compiled together. So here you are! font/text

no caps - Makes everything lower case

Open Dyslexic: changes the font to Open Dyslexic and makes it larger. Personal favourite.

Dyslexie: changes the font to dyslexie and allows change to font size and colour (blue). Can be turned off. (Doesn’t seem to work on facebook)

Font Changer: Allows you to change the font on specific website or on everything using a Google Font. I believe you can also upload your own, if there’s a specific font you need.

BeeLine Reader: Uses a gradient so your eye follows along one line to the next

overlays/colour change

Color Overlay - Irlen Filter for Chromebook: Puts a coloured overlay over the screen. can choose colour and opacity. 

Sunglasses: Tints the screen grey to reduce contrast

Desaturate: Removes all colour and makes everything a greyscale

High Contrast: Change contrast or invert colour scheme

Deluminate: Similar to High Contrast, but tries to keep photos in tact

G.lux: Makes the colour of the display change depending on the time of day (also cuts down on blue light so it’s easier to fall asleep)

reduce visual distraction

Readability: Can change things such as margins, colours, etc… as well as reduce visual business

Ad Block Plus: blocks ads. What more needs to be said?

FlashControl: Stops flash animations running by themselves

Hide GIFS: Allows you to keep GIFS from displaying

Text Mode: Loads pages in black/white, covers images, with text only.

audio

SpeakIt!: Reads small section of highlighted text aloud

Chrome Speak: Reads small section of highlighted text aloud

Announcify: Reads full web pages. Warning: may stop in the middle of text or not read for the full thing.

[beingdyslexic]

Hi, I am dyslexic and have just done my test and got quite strong results. Some of my friends don't get how that can be since I got an A* in gcse English. How do I explain to them how it really is, that you can be dyslexic and good at English?

Hi! First of all congrats on getting the great results. Gooood job! It's great you want to explain dyslexia to your friends. Remember that they are saying these kinds of things because they don't know a lot about dyslexia, not because they want to be mean. They just need to get the right information :)You can try to explain that dyslexia comes in different forms. For example, some people only struggle with writing others with memorizing things. Maybe you can also tell your friends that somebody with dyslexia can learn how to study with dyslexia. Dyslexia doesn't mean somebody can't learn/study.. It means they need to find a different way to study and learn because they have a different way of thinking then non-dyslexics.Also tell your friend that somebody with dyslexia can work their ass of and get amazing grades. Somebody with dyslexia can learn how to live with it.This might be a really vague reply to your message but I hope it helped a bit. You did great! Celebrate :)

[beingdyslexic]

Hi guys! Sorry for not being online the last couple months. I have gotten a lot of messages and right now I'm trying to reply to most of them on my phone. I'm so sorry it took so long to reply. From now on I will reply to all the new messages as fast as I can!

[beingdyslexic]

is this a type of dyslexia "freindship"

Hi! I can't say if you're dyslexic or not just by one mistake. Remember that people who aren't dyslexic still can make some of these kind of mistakes without being dyslexic. If you keep on making the same mistakes and/or don't see that you made those mistake I would definitely try to seek out help.