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And if they have not been taught phonics, they can’t “sound out” a nonsense jumble of letters. Schools need to leave medical diagnoses to physicians. 40 years ago a teacher decided my so was autistic. The real problem, according to the other teachers who intervened and then contacted me was, “she doesn’t like little boys. This woman had already arranged for my son to go to school district doctors and be medicated without our knowledge. He was removed from her classes that day. His next testing at the school was for Mensa.

Dyslexic discriminated and I don’t think people realise how bad I feel a lot of people that don’t a very privileged and I don’t realise it .I did learn basic English through a private tutor if I hadn’t had that I would never have been able to read. Now with AI to .struggle and I struggle with reading writing tasks and everything. I try to bring a bit of awareness about it and a few people who couldn’t really see how I would be if you couldn’t read it at all and especially you couldn’t at all and I know people like that. I asked them to close your eyes and imagine waking up tomorrow in the exact same world here, but you can’t read alright a single word so you look signs well well there’s picturesthere’s just pictures and squiggly line pictures. They realise that they would be able to go get a job sign the lease or anything like that especially these days. There’s just really not enough awareness about it on the plus side 50% of NASA workers dyslexic. I hope this does make sense because I did voice to text and I don’t wanna read over it again. I know I should proofread but it takes a long time sometimes.

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free education for all. Not from the darkest corners of hell please

Sadly most done get an official diagnosis or any hell

Amen to the to you and all the other fitting for the rights of.childern .I'm 60 years old and have Dyslexia and the ptsd the I have because the government. New of it and did not care and I just learned both my child have Dyslexia and the emotional trauma they go through all I can say is thank thank thank you may God bless your work 🙏 😢😢😢😢😢😢

Wanna give some context?

I’m so glad someone is talking about this. USA educational system sucks and needs to be thrown away

Yrs it is democrat amd republican

Thank you Dr. Weaver!!! "The soft bigotry of low expectations!!" Thank you, thank you thank you!!!! Hearing you speak is so validating! I am a part of a collective teachers calling out this civil rights issue! I am not sure if you remember me, but I heard you and Dirk on bay area public radio--KQED way back in 2019. I called up Dirk, and he put me in touch with you. It was the FIRST time I heard ANYONE else calling out the fact that our kids are not reading! You and I had one precious conversation about how to mitigate the lack of veteran teachers in our first and second grade classrooms in regards to delivering high quality phonics and phonemic awareness instruction. At that time, I had yet to embark on my leadership journey--but instead of going into K-12 leadership after completing my training, I decided to start a podcast--The Teacher Shortage Crisis Podcast (teachershortagecrisis.com). We tackle many big themes in this series, including the reading instruction issues in the US. We are all current veteran teachers across the country who are forcefully inserting teachers voices into the conversations about the K-12 educational crisis in the US which is detoriating our democracy. We also recorded a reaction to "The Right to Read," and would be very, very grateful if you were willing to come on and speak!

Completely agree! Yes. Educational trauma is real. Dyslexia vortex is real. Matthew effect is happening.

Parents know their kids and especially if they know they have a learning challenge and you have papers but the teachers may not always know if especially if they never had students like them. Brena

Even though I did not have dyslexia and I know a few teachers did not help me only one actually did that was my last year I went to that school and my mother wanted to help me after that so for 2 years I homeschooled and mother knew I was falling way behind since I was so slow my 2 brothers who homeschooled they pretty much did whole booklet before breakfast and had rest of the day to themselves. One found other things to help him succeed by exploring physical items. I did not start on schoolwork until after breakfast my siblings went to public school came home we had snack brake together and we all got to school work so I continue and took a break at dinner and my requirements for most homeschoolers was too much for me. My mother had to change the requirements me for me so I could have the same amount of break as the rest of the students got from public schools. And other homeschoolers too

Hey this is me Muhammad Zubair from Pakistan. I’m 20 and a university student. Actually I had dyslexia in my childhood but unfortunately my parents, teachers and I were unaware of it. I didn’t have any idea of this learning disability. I couldn’t read and write the dictation until 10 grade. But I did my self counselling and I little bit recover myself by own. Now I’m a university student and psychology is my major. We study Mental disorders. We mostly study a book DSM(diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders.) I read the neurodevelopmental disorders chapter And it’s having a lot of mental disorders regard learning. So actually you have taken a great step for the justice of reading. I appreciate it. Here Pakistan just 1% or 2% people will know about this disorders but the rest 98% people including teachers, educational instructors and educators don’t know about or have no idea about this dyslexia disorder.

Hated school always felt stupid was called lazy need to try harder. My mother tought me how to read with phonics. If she had not I still might not have gotten to where I am now.

I remember when Open Court started. It was when my son was starting to read. He is dyslexic. The poor kid had such a hard time and I fought tooth and nail to get him help, finally getting him reading help in third grade. He was already getting in trouble. It was awful.I wasn’t successful until he was in 11th grade that he was finally diagnosed. It was great that he got help, but already too late for him. He’d fallen through the cracks no matter how hard I’d fought. And I fought hard for him. The schools saw a nice but troubled kid and a pain in the a$$ mother, so they literally didn’t listen to me. I only got help for him in 11th grade because a teacher on the Child Crisis Team (that I’d demanded meet for him) hung back (after yet another denial) to tell me under her breath to speak certain words that would get immediate attention. I can’t recall what they were, but I think it had something to do with the law in the state I lived in at the time. If it wasn’t for her, he wouldn’t have gotten the evaluation he did. Afterwards, my son said to me that he finally realized, with complete shock, that he’s just as smart as the other kids in his class -for the very first time. In 11th grade. The things that happened in between made him believe he’s a bad person. So that is the person he’s decided to be. It breaks my heart every time I think about it. The schools in the state I now live in have this new, revolutionary reading technology they are introducing. Its phonics based. (Thrilled as I am for the kids who will learn to read now) I want to §#$&% scream.

This got me thinking about the learning process of ELLs in a non English speaking country. Imagine all the extra work they need to do: memorizing vocab, getting pronunciation right and spelling correctly plus a whole new grammar set totally different from your native language. Sometimes I think it is almost magical that someone can speak, read and write fluently in English through books and watching videos. The task sets are just tremendous and you need to invest years of intense studies just to get to the basic.

Oh honey i remember feeling the same way and still kinda do i just wanna reach into the screen and give her a hug

The brain is jumping around all over the place

I am now 60, the way i learnt to read was me and God, i was 18 ,i got the Bible on tapes, i use to read a potion of the bible over and over again every night, till i could remember every word. Then i would pretend to read it to someone. I could not read but they thought i was great at it. I did that for years. At 30 years i could read to some extent. Now i can read well with confidence, what a journey.

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Wow! Thank you so much for your work, I wish it wasn't a familiar story. I've been trying to get my daughter tested for dyslexia by the school district since kindergarten(they told me she would grow out of it), Then tried again in 8th grade when things got harder(told by school psychologist that I should pay an outside evaluator to test her for $3-5K, that my daughter would probably test in the "shady 80's-80th percentile and wouldn't qualify for IEP services). Despite being below average on reading and math for state tests, huh?Pandemic hit and when she got back to school, now in high school, academically crashed and burned(finally forced them to test her and they interpreted the results to say she had a "slow processing speed" but didn't qualify as special ed for an IEP). They delayed until she was a senior in HS to avoid any liabilty for all the services she might have been qualified for. Did squeeze a 504 with accommodations for college.... Keep on fighting and educating about dyslexia! This should be screened for in kindergarten and OG phonics can work for everyone!

How can The University of Ohio still be promoting and profiting from Reading Recovery! There is abundance of scientific research that proves it is harming children and robbing them of the right to learn to read.

Yes, teachers do not Any Idea What Dyslexia is. When I was a graduate student at the University of Michigan, and after that, I went to visit some places (with my son) because some of my friends have asked me to help them understand. I was appalled to observe How Little Teacher Training Prepare Teachers to Help Children with Disability- Why? Because in Schools LD is handled by the school psychologists like dyslexia was an anomaly. In reality is not because a percentage of students per class would experience problems with reading, writing or math. Imagine pediatricians not being trained how to cure some percentage of children common illnesses because are handled by specialists- They have to know to diagnose faster. In school the system is cruel, and designed for children to suffer. The kid needs to Fail before is sent for evaluation with school psychologist. Why? Because is expensive. By that time, the child is sent is crushed emotionally, feel stupid and hate school. … Because I have dyslexia, I knew that my son was dyslexic at 3 years old when he could not put the letter in a wood puzzle/ letters- b, d, p, q, 😮 But I could not find help from the pediatrician either because my son appeared to be bright, until I asked the pediatrician to ask him specific questions (children and I too have problem with out take- slower than intake/ fast and lack specificity with words. The talk “this thing and this other thing and never says the proper name of the word”). After my experience at one of the top schools in the country about education, …I decided to homeschool my son- best decision EVER ❤

What about adults that were ignored they whole lives with no help. We’re need help too.

Help Me please I have no where to turn or where to begin my daughter is 8 and has had an awful time at school 😞 the teacher makes fun of her, and dosent ever give her a chance to catch up I can't afford to move schools 😢 idk what to do

If the school is teaching by phonics style. Transfer the kid to the sight method school in teaching how to read. And if in opposite, transfer him or her to a school of phonics method.

We must use alternate teaching styles for our children who are having substantial difficulties in learning to read

I know that pian as have very high dyslexia it is very hard to even see the wite bored or black writing the words juts jump all over the places it so frustrating for me and have the same with numbers I mix up with them and have a learning disabilities as well at college was really hard for me when I was really up set i juts used the pen to do a big line a crossed the page and rip it up I almost cry about when I can’t do the work and I got tested in college and it came back was really high and I was really shocked but realfed that was got tested in college I wish I was tested in pramy school and my mum and know that I got it and they didn’t tell me so thank you much for sharing this and thes kids are amazing ♥️

So great!!!!!!!! Thank you for all your hard work. It is because of the science of reading I was able to take up the call and teach my daughter how to read. What a blessing. How empowering. YES 🙌🏻 you can teach kids to read. YES 🙌🏻 there are great ways (sometimes very old ways!) and new science affirming the (current) best practices. Thank you thank you thank you 🙏🏻 💜

Skölz can be so f***ing dum(B)! Don't let them tell you it's your kid, it's them. Remember they did this with Edison. Wrong then, and they haven't learned much, for a bunch of "learning experts"

A Dyslexic youth went to Safaricom Golf Tour with is story. to tell the world about Dyslexic #golfer / Nicholas _Dyslexic Advocate TV th-cam.com/video/HH2W6LB_od4/w-d-xo.html

I have dyscalculia but this is very relatable. I just wish schools would care. It just hurts self-esteem and social skills in the end.

I was born in the 70s, at the age of 3 I read a page of the book, I Claudius, upside down to my mother and my paternal Aunt's. I'm could not spell my surname until I was 8 or 9 years old. At the age of 5 or 6 I was taken to a educational psycloglist. I'm in the top 2 percentile, IQ wise. State education in the UK back then, weren't that good. I learnt though that muscle memory is a thing. During my ODP training I HAD TO BUY PADS OF PAPER. THEN WRITE EVERY WORD, OVER AND OVER, UNTIL MY HAND KNEW. Good luck Lad's.

Being Dyslexic myself I totally understand what it's like to struggle with normal things and the need to be "normal", the only issue I have is how Dyslexia is described - "having", "diagnosed", are common when someone describes either being Dyslexic or in a clinical environment by non-dyslexic people. You are either born Dyslexic or not, there is no "have", using the word "diagnosed" puts Dyslexia in a clinical medical context which is wrong. Being born Dyslexic makes life hard right from that start. Even when you develop ways to cope with the non-dyslexic world those struggles don't just vanish. I'm in my mid 40's and despite having a masters degree (which is a big achievement for me) I still struggle and wonder what it would be like to be "normal" and not have to constantly deal with the daily challenges of being Dyslexic in a non-dyslexic world, it's exhausting.

Thank you for sharing this. Schools should be playing this for their staff and teachers to spread awareness.

Structured Word Inquiry combines the best of both sides, adds linguistics and teaches children how the writing system works. For the students who don’t learn well by sound/phonics, it is a life saver. Orthography instruction beginning in kindergarten is what is needed to build literacy skills.

'If students can't learn the way we teach, we must teach student the way they learn' Ignacio Prada

I just found out my daughter is dyslexic after years of her struggling at a previous school she got called a baby for crying when she was trying to learn so I home educated her for a year but I struggled to help her, finally her new school have realised she needs support and it is the first time I have heard of dyslexia but I feel I had the same trouble as a child and a lot with maths

Yea this is some of the stuff i went through as a kid. I was slow I couldn't read. I needed special classes. It's sucks but you just gotta work through it to beat it now when I was younger I wouldn't do it because to me it was hard but we just gotta push through it and I know I can do you you just gotta believe in yourself! Thats all you have to do just push through it. Thats all it takes. So it's why i am now homeschooled because my mother found a way to teach me and i am learning a lot more then i would in school.

Thankyou for sharing.such brave kids. Be proud of yourselfs guys. Yer amazing😍😍😍😍

A blessed day to you brothers and sisters. (We are all called to be family in Christ!🙂) Family, JESUS CHRIST THE LORD DIED FOR OUR SINS, HE WAS BURIED, AND HE ROSE AGAIN THE THIRD DAY!🙂💯 Jesus (the SON OF GOD) LOVES US ALL! 🙂💯 Peace and love to you all in the name of the Lord Jesus.🙂

Thank you for sharing what we parents experience(d) with our kids and many of us realize WE were those same kids and UNDIAGNOSED. Such a Heartfelt video. It triggers so much emotional damage from the #EducationalMalpractice that happens daily. We are made to be called "Disabled" and with a profound disability because of the methods in which we need to be taught. Horrific that most educators and those in medical profession (pediatricians, therapists etc.) Do not know about this LD, but know more about Autism which affect less than Dyslexia. Thank you from Rhode Island USA for putting this powerful video ❤

my nephew has dyslexia searching education for him

The emotional toll is real so happy children are getting more intervention and services

I'm dyslexic, and I'm finally getting myself help. I wish I knew I was dyslexic years ago. I always heard my teachers say " why you so lazy and get your head out the clouds."

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It was very hard in my childhood and teens. I thanks my parents and teachers I had but was planing my death at 13n, too much pressure and studies in the wrong way. Teachers were very kind and attentive but some others too strict and cruel when I was doing my notes with colours to be able to keep memory and learn. I had to listen without moving. A teacher told me I would be very smart when I was adult but growing up the way my mind learn was difficult but that with effort it will all pass, so I did and thank those good teachers and my family. But was hard.

I'm a dyslexic 24 years old and i only realize what dyslexia is, recently, this videos took me a lot of tear.