Posted: Dec 12, 2010 3:49 am
I was first diagnosed with dyslexia in school then later in college, doesn't sound like mine is as bad as yours, but I can relate to many of the points you raise.
I find it very easy to lose track of where I am when reading and will start the same paragraph three or so times in a row, also very easily distracted and will lose my place again.
Pretty much agree but think it's not so much that words aren't spelt phonetically but it's that written english seems to use multiply phonetic systems on top of each other, so when you try to sound out a word you have no idea which system to use.
I've never tried to prove it but I'm fairly confident that every rule in written english will have at least one exception to it.
I was ok with maths, did alright in school with it but subtraction does not come naturally to me and I could never learn the times tables by heart.
I think bad memory goes with the territory of dyslexia and as for if a word has a double letter in it or not I'm hopeless, there's a few words where I can see a use for it but most of the time it seems unnecessary. Which reminds me 'necessary' gah I hate this word, every time, it's does the c or s go at the front, are they both double letters or not and why the hell is there a need for two different letters in one word that both make the same sound when spoken.
I believe the dictaphone is so you don't have to take notes, never really got into using one myself so no idea how useful they are.
When it comes to essay writing or a dissertation, the spell check can be a good learning aid but only if you do the spell check once you've finished writing, as this highlights words you'll be using often and getting 'wrong' but doing the check at the end means you get to see the correction in repetition and at least in my case it helped me to remember the accepted spelling for next time. If you do it as your going along though I find I don't remember it as well if at all.
Also assuming you can't already, I'd suggest finding a program to teach you to touch type, again I can only speak from my own experience but it's really useful, as it lets you spill all the ideas out of your head onto the page where you can sort them out later.
Spelling wise in addition to the double letter thing, b, d, p get mixed up.
I don't automatically know left from right and then when I look at my hands to see which one makes the L shape with finger and thumb I'll forget which way round the L goes.
Whilst I now like reading I'm still quite slow at it.
Also I don't know if it's just that I can't hear the difference but to me 'fink' and 'think' sound no different when spoken, but I remember a teacher trying to convince me that they do sound different.
It was more of a problem in school as my spelling age was about three or four years below my actual age but now I'm in my mid 30's that's less of an issue, it does still stress me out though when I have to fill in forms by hand as no matter what I'll spell something wrong or put lower case where they want capitals.
HAJiME wrote:my eyes jump around the page confusedly, I find it difficult to find the next line of text in a block of text,
I find it very easy to lose track of where I am when reading and will start the same paragraph three or so times in a row, also very easily distracted and will lose my place again.
HAJiME wrote:I have trouble with the relationship of spoken and written words. For example, I'm pretty sure that where I live people pronounce chimney "chimley" and so for years and years I thought it was indeed chimley and when I saw chimney written down I was like, wtf is this word...?
It frustrates me that words are not spelt how they sound to no end. I get angry about it. I'd be fine if everything was phonetic and everyone spoke properly.
Pretty much agree but think it's not so much that words aren't spelt phonetically but it's that written english seems to use multiply phonetic systems on top of each other, so when you try to sound out a word you have no idea which system to use.
HAJiME wrote:Why is atheist ei when the rule says "i before e except after c"?
I've never tried to prove it but I'm fairly confident that every rule in written english will have at least one exception to it.
HAJiME wrote:I struggle with maths ridiculously.
HAJiME wrote:When I need to subtract, I take the lower number and count up to the higher number. I cannot understand how subtracting can possibly be easier than this, but everyone thinks I'm mad.
I was ok with maths, did alright in school with it but subtraction does not come naturally to me and I could never learn the times tables by heart.
HAJiME wrote:My memory is appalling. (Appalling is one of those words I just can't remember how to spell, despite using it all the time. It should be "appauling" given how people pronounce it and even when I do remember the u, I forget it has 2 l's. Sigh.) I think poor memory is why everything else is so hard. I forget everything. It's frustrating for me and those around me.
I think bad memory goes with the territory of dyslexia and as for if a word has a double letter in it or not I'm hopeless, there's a few words where I can see a use for it but most of the time it seems unnecessary. Which reminds me 'necessary' gah I hate this word, every time, it's does the c or s go at the front, are they both double letters or not and why the hell is there a need for two different letters in one word that both make the same sound when spoken.
HAJiME wrote:I've been diagnosed 3 times and always received support. Recently, I received a Macbook Pro, printer, scanner, dictaphone, software and some other stuff for free. (Don't see how any of it helps with my dyslexia on my uni course since dyslexia doesn't effect my ability to illustrate in the slightest, but I shan't say no.)
I believe the dictaphone is so you don't have to take notes, never really got into using one myself so no idea how useful they are.
When it comes to essay writing or a dissertation, the spell check can be a good learning aid but only if you do the spell check once you've finished writing, as this highlights words you'll be using often and getting 'wrong' but doing the check at the end means you get to see the correction in repetition and at least in my case it helped me to remember the accepted spelling for next time. If you do it as your going along though I find I don't remember it as well if at all.
Also assuming you can't already, I'd suggest finding a program to teach you to touch type, again I can only speak from my own experience but it's really useful, as it lets you spill all the ideas out of your head onto the page where you can sort them out later.
HAJiME wrote:How does dyslexia affect you?
Spelling wise in addition to the double letter thing, b, d, p get mixed up.
I don't automatically know left from right and then when I look at my hands to see which one makes the L shape with finger and thumb I'll forget which way round the L goes.
Whilst I now like reading I'm still quite slow at it.
Also I don't know if it's just that I can't hear the difference but to me 'fink' and 'think' sound no different when spoken, but I remember a teacher trying to convince me that they do sound different.
It was more of a problem in school as my spelling age was about three or four years below my actual age but now I'm in my mid 30's that's less of an issue, it does still stress me out though when I have to fill in forms by hand as no matter what I'll spell something wrong or put lower case where they want capitals.