When that one lady said, “Give them time to think, they need to think about what you’ve just asked. They love to think.” I have _never_ felt more seen. ♥️
No one ever believed I was dyslexic, until I finally got the diagnosis. I masked it well enough for people to just call me lazy and slow. But that wasn’t true, and I knew it. I just thought about things a different way. And this has helped me in so many ways throughout life. Watching this made me realize that dyslexia can be a sort of blessing if you really think about it. It’s just this world that doesn’t fit us, so we have to mold it to ourselves❤
I cried while watching this because today I know what is dyslexia and I was a part of it and usually I was not able to read and write correctly I was every day practice on my weakness but now I realize I have been suffering from dyslexia,sudden headache while stressing I though it was depression.now I am graduate and I am preparing for civil services exam and I don't know what will be the future difficulty for me sooo pray for me❤️
"They want to know why". So many people don't care why. I love knowing how we got to that conclusion. I think knowing how is just as important as getting to the answer.
A lot of the descriptions they're giving in the video ("out-of-the-box thinkers," "problem solvers," "not made for the classroom, but made for the world," "their brains light up differently in scans") are the same descriptions given of ADHD. I can now completely get how dyslexia & ADHD can often overlap, and often run together in families. It sounds like the two groups have a lot of similar strengths, too: excelling in one particular area moreso than your peers, and being highly creative! This is wonderful to learn. I'm looking forward to the world where it's easier to identify you or your child's neurotype, and thus find & enroll in the sorts of educational programs that best support your learning style -- a scenario where everyone wins from everyone winning.
90sbaby You can do it you have so much strength you don’t even know even in your little pinky. how would I know I’m dyslexic.You have so much strength and power spread the word be proud you’re dyslexic even though it can be hell at times don’t give up you can do it.♥️
I am a Health Care Professional. I did a 5 year degree and a 10 year career before I was diagnosed with Dyslexia. You can do it, it will ultimately make you a better clinician 😁
Every single thing these people said I have said and tried to explain to my teachers and peers. I am 56 years old and I swore I would never forget what it was like to be told I am "not applying myself" when I knew as a young man it was them that was not understanding and not listening to what I'm telling them, no getting the big picture. It warms my heart to see that some people are finally understanding and being able to put into words what is going through the minds of dyslexic children. Finally ! they're starting to understand and learn.
Watching this gives me confidence. I’m an adult now and still, I have difficulties in some things. I’m always in the creative side. You might put me in a box but my mind will always comes out, it always wanders.
Almost every teacher from grade 3 to 12 said "Is a pleasure to have in class but needs to apply himself more." My mom fought so hard to teach them about dyslexia for years and finally in my senior year of high school one of the new counselors understood and things got alittle better with a couple of my teachers. I was close to not graduating but I did and the last day of high school was the happiest day of my life at that point. To finally be out of that school system that I did not fit into at all. Now that i am in my 30s and I understand it more. i love learning anything and everything and im happy i am Dyslexic. It almost feels like an advantage. However for the longest time I could not understand why most other people couldn't see situations the way I did. Or why nobody could see the answer that I thought was so obvious.
I’m so sorry to hear that. I was born in 67 and I too went through the hell of the public school system, and a never ending stream of teachers (and my parents) telling me that I was lazy, and that if I would just apply myself… but once I got out of high school, I launched myself into the stratosphere! My dyslexia has turned out to EASILY be my greatest asset, and I wouldn’t trade it for ANYTHING! In my opinion, the price I paid when I was young was CHEAP for what I ended up with! When friends or relatives tell me that one of their kids is dyslexic, I literally get excited for them because time and again, dyslexia has proven to be a valuable asset to the world at large.
I had really hard time in school with teachers and classmates and because of that it Mark me in a negative away that it still hauntes me today but I'm fighting I'm still fighting. Thanks for reminding me that I can be amazing
Who said you are nothing? You are a genius. They have just failed to understand how to make effective use of your capabilities. Prove them wrong. Wake up
I hope that the educaters around world see this video and think about how they can make changes to their education system to train teachers to be able to teach this exceptional group of creative and innovative genaretions differently.
Good luck! most instructors have no clue what we dyslexics go through ever day of our lives. For the "random facts access people" (i call them) they have no memory problems with random facts. The Trivia Pursuit game is my worse nightmare.
@Made By Dyslexia i appreciate all of this because i to am Dyslexic but when i was little the 1st thing is i did not want to read in the class because it made me feel in a way negative about myself, so learning was not easy maybe it's changed today but i was not happy about learning most feel the same or they where thinking about how do i make it through a day of school and feel good about myself
I am 82 years old. I had a terrible time in highschool. Eventually a college instructor taught me how to study .graduated with 3.8. I learned to always check my work.
I’m dyslexic and I’m getting a PhD in English Literature and I teach HS English. I’m doing this because my HS counselor & several college professors told me I couldn’t do it.
I wish our public school would listen to your folks. I knew when my child was in 1st grade that something was different. ( she is not our biological child). I enrolled her in public school because I suspected dyslexia and thought they would know how to teach her. I was dead wrong! They messed her up terribly. We finally gave up on having them test her when a student teacher referred to her as "my 1st grader". She was in 5th grade at the time. We paid for the testing. Sure enough, her dyslexia was confirmed. But the educational damage was severe. they considered her incapable of learning, had allowed her(in her frustrations) to refuse to do assigned work, among other issues that cropped up. They took my child, who, other than reading, wanted to learn and frequently surprised us with her ability to see something done 1 time and never forget the lesson, and turned her into a child who hated school and rebelled at anything involving school. They even attempted to cheat her out of participating in the science fair. I pushed the issue but then they kept putting me off when I asked when to bring her project in. They finally said she could bring it in Friday afternoon. I knew judging was being done that morning. So I told them I would be there Thursday to help her set it up( it involved an aquarium of tadpoles, small vivarium with a toad and frog. She won second place in the teacher judging and the next day she got the parent choice award. I have moved her into a cyber charter school now ( covid showed us how well she could work with me there to adhere to the IEP). I am working on a letter to make sure she is in regular education classes from now on with extra time for tests, etc. She and I have a deal now, She does the assignments herself, then I read each part to her so she can check her answers. We recently discovered that when she reads, the words slide off the page. We had her tested and found she also has Irlens . The glasses stopped the distortions and she is more willing now to try to read. I have never given up on teaching her phonics at home and I think that has helped.
Early detection and explanation to child is vital for them to reach their full potential... knowing is the most powerful thing you can give someone with dyslexia. It would have changed me entire life if I knew before 10 years old when the distress, confusion and trauma began.
In school I have this one teacher how makes us wright so much and when she’s ready to move on I’m not and when I say I need I bit longer she’s doesn’t care. It also doesn’t help that for me when we wright long things like that I’m so busy trying to get it done I don’t Lern anything it makes me so angry witch is not good
I'm dyslexic and love to read. I hope to be an author and a scriptwriter, work behind film and tv sets when I'm older. I dropped out of college last year as my lessons felt like they were not meant for someone who is dyslexic. The way each lesson was laid out was torture. So much information that needed to be written down, 20 sheets of pages and many booklets and being told that this is everything you need to learn. Then there was the course... I had no support. So I dropped out. It has discouraged me deeply and I have applied to many jobs but I have not been successful. I guess I feel quite hopelessly lost.
Hi Celeana, I’m not sure where you are from but i just want to tell you my story. I’m an acomplished film editor (films in all major festivals, Cannes etc Awards and all). I also dropped from college degree (third one I was trying and it was closer to my skillset at the time as a graphic designer). It took me 10 years latter to enroll in pretty practical master degree in editing (filmmaking). Luckly, in uk they will allow you to go to a masters in arts even if you dont have a college degree as long as you can provide a portfolio. I then studied, or rather, worked my ass in about 20 different short films that went to good festivals in the world. I also produced a written essay, althought very creative, writing is not a dislexic best friend (for some). I excell at looking into a cut of 4h and looking where to go, what to cut out, what pieces I need to build a better film of 90 mins. Keep going. Put your hands to work, look for education that is pratical and have great great tutors.
Yes go to college but it will extremely difficult, everything is to prepare for the next test, no drinking, no parties, all weekends are homework and used flash cards to memorize random facts. A quick trick is to fold a 8 by 11 paper in half then half aging then cut the sides with scissors, that will make 8 "cards" for random fact study. Then I would modify a cassette tape container to hold the "cards" it could hold about 50 cards or so. I survived many lower division classes using that method. I would carry those study cards in my pocket and if I was waiting in line for anything, I wiped out my cards and took the opportunity to study the random fact mostly for multiple choice question tests.
All very well but I am a dyslexic and it has been a major pain and hassle to me, lost several jobs as a result, and had to fight my way through an education system that penalised my writing, I was born in 1961, got a lot of grief from many idiotic teachers of the day. I was lucky, my parents were middle class and got me a tutor, many people don’t get that chance. If I could choose my life I wouldn’t opt to be dyslexic. In the end I went to university. My son is similar, and dyslexics need to be very determined to get anywhere. Parents need to try to help foster that determination.
I'm the same age as you and I had the similar issues with schooling. I was taken out for class as a young child to have 'special English lessons' as I was considered to be a slow learner. Dyslexia was never mentioned. I've also battled with the challenges of many jobs being writing orientated in the modern world. I too would not chose to be dyslexic if I had my time again.
Yes, I lost jobs too and had a miserable and painful time at school with no help nor understanding from teachers or from my parents. I wouldn't change being dyslexic as I am now the only member of my family that is happy with my life and I put it down to thinking much more clearly about what I want and what I need from myself and others.
@@marianne6876 yes. I hated school more than anything. But now that i know more about it, I love to learn. I am happy i am Dyslexic now. I would not change if i could. School sucked but it made me who i am today and im happy with that.
Hello, I'm dyslexic too but only found out when as an adult. I dropped out of school because there was no support in my country when I was a kid and I was tired of others calling me dumb, for a long time I thought something was wrong with my intelligence and sufferered from low selfsteme as a result. I found extremely difficult to understand math problems when numbers and letters are placed together, Im a slow reader, struggle to memorise sequence and takes me a long time to process information. I never let that stop me. Today I work as a lecturer for a UK university in the arts and I am an artist too. When grading and writting reports I take twice as long as my academic colleagues but the quality of my work is just as good as everyone else's. I rehearse my class plans like a screenplay at home and have to keep notes with me and plan all the microtasks (although I'm not an actor impersonating characters helps me rehearse my lectures and memorise information) . And I'm now working on a book. We dislexics might be slow to get there but we do eventually. Don't give up your dreams! 💖
I had problems with my b's and d's, p's and q's as a kid, but by concentrating, I got it right. Numbers though! Numbers seem to jump on the page, making it hard to work out sums. The moment I could, I dropped Maths as a subject at school. Accountancy too. After my army service- straight out of school, my first job was 3 years of credit control, handling numbers and accountancy!
Thank you your videos are helping me see my full. Potential these things are what I do I will slove another way to solve a math problem and blow my math teachers mined away. I’m also at the top of my exploring technology class which is blueprints and construction which is really surprising and I got thrown in this class because my teacher said I had to go on locally developed and there’s only one time to do that class so they throw me in the exploring technology for grade 9 and who knew I would be the best in the class
Thank you for this beautiful video, I need help finding a career, I've been looking for 36 years! Not a good start from school, was called stupid so much and after high school was told to do something simple...be a beauty therapist, but this was not settling well with me...I feel like I can do more. I seriously need help.
The people interviewed are not Dyslexia they only say they or them not we or us. Being Dyslexic myself I feel a dyslexic should have been included as an introduced presenter to add validation to the video module. But at least you are pointing out some of the trates of being dyslexic.
I am dyslexic and I struggle with my maths and writing I can't get the numbers on to paper 📄 and it is a struggle for me. but I can other think 🤔 things and some time I get frustrated 😤 with my maths.
My daughter has a diagnosed LD with reading and written expression, and thus some of the same challenges faced by those with a diagnosis of dyslexia. However, I worry that she doesn't have the dyslexia-type strengths mentioned here and that she will have difficulty finding her niche in the world. So, while I love how positive these videos are about dyslexia, they also make me a bit sad about my own child's situation ...
I was pretty much able to lawyer my teachers syllabus when it came to projects and find holes in their grading so it got me a higher grade and I got to be more creative with projects. I also think very much so in a 3D plain.
I love to crochet\ anything creative arts n fashion, im kinda lucky I went to a special needs school but glad theirs more awareness .. I still day dream aha.
I don't feel like I've ever had any advantage from being dyslexic. I wish I could say I did but I really haven't but I'm pleased that people do I do feel like though I think outside the box and I believe I'm quite emotionally intelligent, but that hasn't helped me as I think too much and sometimes that's negative
Back in the 80s there was a documentary about dyslexia on T.V. A headmaster said on in that he didn’t believe dyslexia existed. If dyslexia does exist, and it is as common as it is now said to be, why did some people 40 years ago say there was no such thing?
Help please.....I am an American teaching 2nd grade in Cambodia. I have discovered one of my students is dyslexic. Unfortunately in Siem Reap, where I teach, they have zero assistance/help for any special needs. I also have several kids with speech impediments and kids that need glasses.....no help available, very sad. My dyslexic girl is SUCH a character. Both parents are Khmer but if u met her and spoke with her u would swear she was from the U.S. Excellent command of the English language. My question is how can I help her/teach her? I have watched many videos on dyslexia but have found basically none that have helped me. Any advice or specific videos to watch would be greatly appreciated. This is her second year in 2nd grade. We have finals coming up next week. She failed all of her subjects, English, math, geography and science last time. I think I'm going to try and verbally give her the final.....or at least what I can. Thanx in advance, Todd.....ps....her mom calls her stupid which makes me VERY sad. I constantly tell her that she is NOT stupid. She has a wonderful happy go lucky disposition and is a wonderful artist.
Its hard as an adult to be given opportunities I've found. I am a strong problem solver (the one man said some can work in 3d - thats me) so when given challenges or puzzles I can create blocks of data or common issues and then move these parts so they snap together and give you a stong bond/correct position in a time line/good solution for the challenge. Anyway I work in a technical IT role, unfortunately I often struggle to get the right word quickly or lose the train of thought when talking if I go off on a tangent, normally this is because I've just solved another issue while talking it out. Because of this I am not given work where my problem solving skills can be used the best because upper management dont trust me because I dont seem to even be able to come up with the right words on demand. I can't tell you how frustrating it is and how frequently people come up with the same solution I did days later or worse I have to just step in and do it for people when it all falls apart (when I am allowed that is). The 3d part of my dyslexia is the only bit I really like btw, I can also create 3d images in my head of structures I've seen or been in. I am not sure if it's still the case but when I was younger the 3d models were even to scale and I could take measurements off them with an accuracy of about 1cm for an entire room (it turns out others in my family can do this too). My memory is shocking (I figure this is why my problem solving skills are so good - every time I come to something I have to work it out again) but I can still walk around buildings I've only been to once or twice some of which dont exist any more because theyvhave been demolished (20+ years ago), so that memory must work in different way/be accessed another way.
I hid my dyslexia because when I admitted it, I was punished (not part of the 'in' group) and I was rejected especially with the educated class (not teachers- but with administration) so I learned many tricks for example to remember names i would quickly write done the name and put an associations with that name (red hair with black glasses) during a meeting i would secretly write down in order of a conference table each name as it was mentioned. Forgetting a name is the carnal "sin" among left brain trivia pursuit random facts people (thats what I call normal people). I am really good at anticipation and solving problems very quickly which is extremely annoying to those normal people because they don't see it, pitiable!
@@eldonjanzen9822that's a really good coping mechanism. I've thought for a while I could do with some sort of CRM (customer relationship management) notes, I wouldn't need this for ever but it would be useful while I'm starting to work with new people and at times when I need to interact with someone again when I haven't for a while. Pathetic I'd need this I know but it would be so useful.
dyslexic children have great imagination and problem-solvers too and I think with education these days people still don't understand it and this is why we got to make it an easy way to understand it and with Microsoft learning tools amazing life-changing but I wished I had that when I was younger and what doesn't make sense is that these children with dyslexia don't get the help and I understand that schools don't have the funds but they need to be more of and understatement.
Dyslexic is so good! Yeah, right, another job I've lost because i couldn't get to graps with some basic maths, or tasks. Let's not forget about the feelings of hopelessness, pessimism, inability to concentrate, guilt, people making fun off you... Plus who made that word dyslexic so hard to spell anyway talking the piss aren't they!
I’m declaxia,my dad took me to council in 2nd class , I know how declaxia think and want to become entrepreneur ,I have many ideas.I have learning disorder,pronouncing and speak.My mind always curous
In my very young age i noticed i have diffuculties in direction.. Confusion., i dont know that im not the one who experiencing it. I thought I am just stupid.. When i read forum about this kind of condition., there i realized its a disease 😥.. I am 30 years old now still confusing in direction.
you're never too old to learn. Never too old to choose a direction. DO not ever give up. While I am not dyslexic, I live with a child who is. The strengths she has BECAUSE of her dyslexia are amazing! I think, at age 17, she is finally beginning to see them in herself, especially now that we have her in a better school(CYBER). You have those strengths too. They may be hidden and you will need to find them, but they are there.
This is like marketing dyslexia. Some of the strengths mentioned are personality related, nothing to do with the condition. In reality its closely related to alcoholism. Speech dyslexia is also a problem, where spoken words are jumbled and their brains wrongly wired.
They (in this video) make dyslexia so romantic and vantastic: well it isn't! thats a lie! Question; How many of those educators are dyslexic?? How many? Dyslexics don't make it through college much less become hired teachers! I spent years disguising my dyslexia. Even the word "disguising" I had no idea what the correct spelling was! I had to use Google audio to get the correct spelling! Bottom line; dyslexia sucks.
I have dyslexia and I see it as a gift. The way they in the video describe it is right. I love how I can see things differently than others. I used to hide it but not anymore. I have to see the positives in order to have a positive life.
I’m 55 and always had trouble with everything said in this video? I was diagnosed with ADHD at about 35 yrs old yet still felt lost until today now I truely believe I have dyslexia hahahahahaha after 20 years and NOT 1 OUT OF 3 PSYCHIATRISTS HAVE MENTIONED IT QUESTIONED IT OR LOOKED INTO IT!!!! 😡 😡🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 Just pay me $200+ dollars for 15 minutes and here’s your drugs 💊 Now I’m really Pssssssssssssssst
When that one lady said, “Give them time to think, they need to think about what you’ve just asked. They love to think.” I have _never_ felt more seen. ♥️
No one ever believed I was dyslexic, until I finally got the diagnosis. I masked it well enough for people to just call me lazy and slow. But that wasn’t true, and I knew it. I just thought about things a different way. And this has helped me in so many ways throughout life. Watching this made me realize that dyslexia can be a sort of blessing if you really think about it. It’s just this world that doesn’t fit us, so we have to mold it to ourselves❤
I cried while watching this because today I know what is dyslexia and I was a part of it and usually I was not able to read and write correctly I was every day practice on my weakness but now I realize I have been suffering from dyslexia,sudden headache while stressing I though it was depression.now I am graduate and I am preparing for civil services exam and I don't know what will be the future difficulty for me sooo pray for me❤️
I want to be a psychologist so bad and I think my ADHD and dyslexia are gonna help me understand and help people in a way that others can't!!
"They want to know why". So many people don't care why. I love knowing how we got to that conclusion. I think knowing how is just as important as getting to the answer.
I totally agree 100%
A lot of the descriptions they're giving in the video ("out-of-the-box thinkers," "problem solvers," "not made for the classroom, but made for the world," "their brains light up differently in scans") are the same descriptions given of ADHD. I can now completely get how dyslexia & ADHD can often overlap, and often run together in families. It sounds like the two groups have a lot of similar strengths, too: excelling in one particular area moreso than your peers, and being highly creative! This is wonderful to learn.
I'm looking forward to the world where it's easier to identify you or your child's neurotype, and thus find & enroll in the sorts of educational programs that best support your learning style -- a scenario where everyone wins from everyone winning.
Dyslexic here: I cried watching this.
Omg I always said that Dyslexia isn't a learning disability but a way learning that is different and awesome!
I'm dyslexic, am studying to hopefully be a doctor
90sbaby You can do it you have so much strength you don’t even know even in your little pinky. how would I know I’m dyslexic.You have so much strength and power spread the word be proud you’re dyslexic even though it can be hell at times don’t give up you can do it.♥️
I also want to be a Doctor when I'm older. I find science is so fun and your helping people get better.
Here is a dyslexic person, and a premed students. You can do it!
I am a Health Care Professional. I did a 5 year degree and a 10 year career before I was diagnosed with Dyslexia. You can do it, it will ultimately make you a better clinician 😁
Yo you can change the world dude
The "WHY?" Is the most relatable thing. I constantly needed to comprehend information from the inside out.
Thank you for ‘this amazing stuff . I am proud to be dyslexic 🌟
Every single thing these people said I have said and tried to explain to my teachers and peers. I am 56 years old and I swore I would never forget what it was like to be told I am "not applying myself" when I knew as a young man it was them that was not understanding and not listening to what I'm telling them, no getting the big picture.
It warms my heart to see that some people are finally understanding and being able to put into words what is going through the minds of dyslexic children.
Finally ! they're starting to understand and learn.
Wow reading your comment was like reading about myself. I can 100% relate to what you said.
Watching this gives me confidence. I’m an adult now and still, I have difficulties in some things. I’m always in the creative side. You might put me in a box but my mind will always comes out, it always wanders.
Almost every teacher from grade 3 to 12 said "Is a pleasure to have in class but needs to apply himself more." My mom fought so hard to teach them about dyslexia for years and finally in my senior year of high school one of the new counselors understood and things got alittle better with a couple of my teachers. I was close to not graduating but I did and the last day of high school was the happiest day of my life at that point. To finally be out of that school system that I did not fit into at all. Now that i am in my 30s and I understand it more. i love learning anything and everything and im happy i am Dyslexic. It almost feels like an advantage. However for the longest time I could not understand why most other people couldn't see situations the way I did. Or why nobody could see the answer that I thought was so obvious.
I’m so sorry to hear that. I was born in 67 and I too went through the hell of the public school system, and a never ending stream of teachers (and my parents) telling me that I was lazy, and that if I would just apply myself… but once I got out of high school, I launched myself into the stratosphere!
My dyslexia has turned out to EASILY be my greatest asset, and I wouldn’t trade it for ANYTHING! In my opinion, the price I paid when I was young was CHEAP for what I ended up with!
When friends or relatives tell me that one of their kids is dyslexic, I literally get excited for them because time and again, dyslexia has proven to be a valuable asset to the world at large.
@@davidpietarila699 well done!
I had really hard time in school with teachers and classmates and because of that it Mark me in a negative away that it still hauntes me today but I'm fighting I'm still fighting. Thanks for reminding me that I can be amazing
Who said you are nothing? You are a genius. They have just failed to understand how to make effective use of your capabilities. Prove them wrong. Wake up
I hope that the educaters around world see this video and think about how they can make changes to their education system to train teachers to be able to teach this exceptional group of creative and innovative genaretions differently.
Us too! Please help us spread the word.
Good luck! most instructors have no clue what we dyslexics go through ever day of our lives. For the "random facts access people" (i call them) they have no memory problems with random facts. The Trivia Pursuit game is my worse nightmare.
@Made By Dyslexia i appreciate all of this because i to am Dyslexic but when i was little the 1st thing is i did not want to read in the class because it made me feel in a way negative about myself, so learning was not easy maybe it's changed today but i was not happy about learning most feel the same or they where thinking about how do i make it through a day of school and feel good about myself
I am 82 years old. I had a terrible time in highschool. Eventually a college instructor taught me how to study .graduated with 3.8. I learned to always check my work.
I’m dyslexic and I’m getting a PhD in English Literature and I teach HS English. I’m doing this because my HS counselor & several college professors told me I couldn’t do it.
Thanks for this video, It contains the best information for me
I wish our public school would listen to your folks. I knew when my child was in 1st grade that something was different. ( she is not our biological child). I enrolled her in public school because I suspected dyslexia and thought they would know how to teach her. I was dead wrong! They messed her up terribly. We finally gave up on having them test her when a student teacher referred to her as "my 1st grader". She was in 5th grade at the time. We paid for the testing. Sure enough, her dyslexia was confirmed. But the educational damage was severe. they considered her incapable of learning, had allowed her(in her frustrations) to refuse to do assigned work, among other issues that cropped up. They took my child, who, other than reading, wanted to learn and frequently surprised us with her ability to see something done 1 time and never forget the lesson, and turned her into a child who hated school and rebelled at anything involving school. They even attempted to cheat her out of participating in the science fair. I pushed the issue but then they kept putting me off when I asked when to bring her project in. They finally said she could bring it in Friday afternoon. I knew judging was being done that morning. So I told them I would be there Thursday to help her set it up( it involved an aquarium of tadpoles, small vivarium with a toad and frog. She won second place in the teacher judging and the next day she got the parent choice award.
I have moved her into a cyber charter school now ( covid showed us how well she could work with me there to adhere to the IEP). I am working on a letter to make sure she is in regular education classes from now on with extra time for tests, etc. She and I have a deal now, She does the assignments herself, then I read each part to her so she can check her answers. We recently discovered that when she reads, the words slide off the page. We had her tested and found she also has Irlens . The glasses stopped the distortions and she is more willing now to try to read. I have never given up on teaching her phonics at home and I think that has helped.
Early detection and explanation to child is vital for them to reach their full potential... knowing is the most powerful thing you can give someone with dyslexia. It would have changed me entire life if I knew before 10 years old when the distress, confusion and trauma began.
In school I have this one teacher how makes us wright so much and when she’s ready to move on I’m not and when I say I need I bit longer she’s doesn’t care.
It also doesn’t help that for me when we wright long things like that I’m so busy trying to get it done I don’t Lern anything it makes me so angry witch is not good
I'm dyslexic and love to read. I hope to be an author and a scriptwriter, work behind film and tv sets when I'm older. I dropped out of college last year as my lessons felt like they were not meant for someone who is dyslexic. The way each lesson was laid out was torture. So much information that needed to be written down, 20 sheets of pages and many booklets and being told that this is everything you need to learn. Then there was the course... I had no support. So I dropped out. It has discouraged me deeply and I have applied to many jobs but I have not been successful. I guess I feel quite hopelessly lost.
Hi Celeana, I’m not sure where you are from but i just want to tell you my story. I’m an acomplished film editor (films in all major festivals, Cannes etc Awards and all). I also dropped from college degree (third one I was trying and it was closer to my skillset at the time as a graphic designer). It took me 10 years latter to enroll in pretty practical master degree in editing (filmmaking). Luckly, in uk they will allow you to go to a masters in arts even if you dont have a college degree as long as you can provide a portfolio. I then studied, or rather, worked my ass in about 20 different short films that went to good festivals in the world. I also produced a written essay, althought very creative, writing is not a dislexic best friend (for some). I excell at looking into a cut of 4h and looking where to go, what to cut out, what pieces I need to build a better film of 90 mins. Keep going. Put your hands to work, look for education that is pratical and have great great tutors.
@@3dus Thank you. I will definitely look into masters that will allow to take me on. 😊
I'm dyslexic and I am hoping to go to college and NFL one day. Big dream but I think I can do it.
Yes go to college but it will extremely difficult, everything is to prepare for the next test, no drinking, no parties, all weekends are homework and used flash cards to memorize random facts. A quick trick is to fold a 8 by 11 paper in half then half aging then cut the sides with scissors, that will make 8 "cards" for random fact study. Then I would modify a cassette tape container to hold the "cards" it could hold about 50 cards or so. I survived many lower division classes using that method. I would carry those study cards in my pocket and if I was waiting in line for anything, I wiped out my cards and took the opportunity to study the random fact mostly for multiple choice question tests.
All very well but I am a dyslexic and it has been a major pain and hassle to me, lost several jobs as a result, and had to fight my way through an education system that penalised my writing, I was born in 1961, got a lot of grief from many idiotic teachers of the day. I was lucky, my parents were middle class and got me a tutor, many people don’t get that chance. If I could choose my life I wouldn’t opt to be dyslexic. In the end I went to university. My son is similar, and dyslexics need to be very determined to get anywhere. Parents need to try to help foster that determination.
I'm the same age as you and I had the similar issues with schooling. I was taken out for class as a young child to have 'special English lessons' as I was considered to be a slow learner. Dyslexia was never mentioned. I've also battled with the challenges of many jobs being writing orientated in the modern world. I too would not chose to be dyslexic if I had my time again.
Yes, I lost jobs too and had a miserable and painful time at school with no help nor understanding from teachers or from my parents. I wouldn't change being dyslexic as I am now the only member of my family that is happy with my life and I put it down to thinking much more clearly about what I want and what I need from myself and others.
@@marianne6876 yes. I hated school more than anything. But now that i know more about it, I love to learn. I am happy i am Dyslexic now. I would not change if i could. School sucked but it made me who i am today and im happy with that.
thank you! perfect video, happy to share, this needs spreading so education system finally moves on!
Brilliant. Thanks Sonja!
I see this in my kids so much- especially when I play chess with them! My seven year old beat me yesterday!
Thank You.
Hello, I'm dyslexic too but only found out when as an adult. I dropped out of school because there was no support in my country when I was a kid and I was tired of others calling me dumb, for a long time I thought something was wrong with my intelligence and sufferered from low selfsteme as a result. I found extremely difficult to understand math problems when numbers and letters are placed together, Im a slow reader, struggle to memorise sequence and takes me a long time to process information. I never let that stop me. Today I work as a lecturer for a UK university in the arts and I am an artist too. When grading and writting reports I take twice as long as my academic colleagues but the quality of my work is just as good as everyone else's. I rehearse my class plans like a screenplay at home and have to keep notes with me and plan all the microtasks (although I'm not an actor impersonating characters helps me rehearse my lectures and memorise information) . And I'm now working on a book. We dislexics might be slow to get there but we do eventually. Don't give up your dreams! 💖
Thanks !
Early diagnosis is important
I had problems with my b's and d's, p's and q's as a kid, but by concentrating, I got it right.
Numbers though! Numbers seem to jump on the page, making it hard to work out sums.
The moment I could, I dropped Maths as a subject at school.
Accountancy too.
After my army service- straight out of school, my first job was 3 years of credit control, handling numbers and accountancy!
Wish there were more teaches in the would like some of these 💕😊🌟.
thank you for sharing this information ! so relevant ! I will share in order to inform largely
Thank you Sylvie! Thanks for helping to spread the word.
Im dyslexic, my hobby turned into early retirement. My hobby is share trading. I love text to voice.
Super True.!!!!!!!!
Thank you your videos are helping me see my full. Potential these things are what I do I will slove another way to solve a math problem and blow my math teachers mined away. I’m also at the top of my exploring technology class which is blueprints and construction which is really surprising and I got thrown in this class because my teacher said I had to go on locally developed and there’s only one time to do that class so they throw me in the exploring technology for grade 9 and who knew I would be the best in the class
Thank you for this beautiful video, I need help finding a career, I've been looking for 36 years! Not a good start from school, was called stupid so much and after high school was told to do something simple...be a beauty therapist, but this was not settling well with me...I feel like I can do more. I seriously need help.
The people interviewed are not Dyslexia they only say they or them not we or us. Being Dyslexic myself I feel a dyslexic should have been included as an introduced presenter to add validation to the video module. But at least you are pointing out some of the trates of being dyslexic.
I am dyslexic and I struggle with my maths and writing I can't get the numbers on to paper 📄 and it is a struggle for me. but I can other think 🤔 things and some time I get frustrated 😤 with my maths.
My daughter has a diagnosed LD with reading and written expression, and thus some of the same challenges faced by those with a diagnosis of dyslexia. However, I worry that she doesn't have the dyslexia-type strengths mentioned here and that she will have difficulty finding her niche in the world. So, while I love how positive these videos are about dyslexia, they also make me a bit sad about my own child's situation ...
This is just a fluff piece with no value (sorry to be clinical)
I was pretty much able to lawyer my teachers syllabus when it came to projects and find holes in their grading so it got me a higher grade and I got to be more creative with projects. I also think very much so in a 3D plain.
I also have dyslexia
Wow, finally I know what's up with me.
I love to crochet\ anything creative arts n fashion, im kinda lucky I went to a special needs school but glad theirs more awareness .. I still day dream aha.
I don't feel like I've ever had any advantage from being dyslexic. I wish I could say I did but I really haven't but I'm pleased that people do I do feel like though I think outside the box and I believe I'm quite emotionally intelligent, but that hasn't helped me as I think too much and sometimes that's negative
Keep up the good work 👏 👍
Good to hear but even at 39 I still can't find me purpose or what I'm good at any tips please
Try working with people, jobs like resolving people's problems or helping them. I am good in that. I also love languages and dancing
Back in the 80s there was a documentary about dyslexia on T.V. A headmaster said on in that he didn’t believe dyslexia existed. If dyslexia does exist, and it is as common as it is now said to be, why did some people 40 years ago say there was no such thing?
5:10 🥺 Thank you soooo much for noticing…
I think I have dyslexia too.
I was diagnosed with autism and ADHD. Dyslexia Sounds like similar thinking to that of AuDHD. What's the difference?
Help please.....I am an American teaching 2nd grade in Cambodia. I have discovered one of my students is dyslexic. Unfortunately in Siem Reap, where I teach, they have zero assistance/help for any special needs. I also have several kids with speech impediments and kids that need glasses.....no help available, very sad. My dyslexic girl is SUCH a character. Both parents are Khmer but if u met her and spoke with her u would swear she was from the U.S. Excellent command of the English language. My question is how can I help her/teach her? I have watched many videos on dyslexia but have found basically none that have helped me. Any advice or specific videos to watch would be greatly appreciated. This is her second year in 2nd grade. We have finals coming up next week. She failed all of her subjects, English, math, geography and science last time. I think I'm going to try and verbally give her the final.....or at least what I can. Thanx in advance, Todd.....ps....her mom calls her stupid which makes me VERY sad. I constantly tell her that she is NOT stupid. She has a wonderful happy go lucky disposition and is a wonderful artist.
Any video on how to find what you love to do please
Its hard as an adult to be given opportunities I've found. I am a strong problem solver (the one man said some can work in 3d - thats me) so when given challenges or puzzles I can create blocks of data or common issues and then move these parts so they snap together and give you a stong bond/correct position in a time line/good solution for the challenge. Anyway I work in a technical IT role, unfortunately I often struggle to get the right word quickly or lose the train of thought when talking if I go off on a tangent, normally this is because I've just solved another issue while talking it out. Because of this I am not given work where my problem solving skills can be used the best because upper management dont trust me because I dont seem to even be able to come up with the right words on demand. I can't tell you how frustrating it is and how frequently people come up with the same solution I did days later or worse I have to just step in and do it for people when it all falls apart (when I am allowed that is).
The 3d part of my dyslexia is the only bit I really like btw, I can also create 3d images in my head of structures I've seen or been in. I am not sure if it's still the case but when I was younger the 3d models were even to scale and I could take measurements off them with an accuracy of about 1cm for an entire room (it turns out others in my family can do this too). My memory is shocking (I figure this is why my problem solving skills are so good - every time I come to something I have to work it out again) but I can still walk around buildings I've only been to once or twice some of which dont exist any more because theyvhave been demolished (20+ years ago), so that memory must work in different way/be accessed another way.
I hid my dyslexia because when I admitted it, I was punished (not part of the 'in' group) and I was rejected especially with the educated class (not teachers- but with administration) so I learned many tricks for example to remember names i would quickly write done the name and put an associations with that name (red hair with black glasses) during a meeting i would secretly write down in order of a conference table each name as it was mentioned. Forgetting a name is the carnal "sin" among left brain trivia pursuit random facts people (thats what I call normal people). I am really good at anticipation and solving problems very quickly which is extremely annoying to those normal people because they don't see it, pitiable!
@@eldonjanzen9822that's a really good coping mechanism. I've thought for a while I could do with some sort of CRM (customer relationship management) notes, I wouldn't need this for ever but it would be useful while I'm starting to work with new people and at times when I need to interact with someone again when I haven't for a while. Pathetic I'd need this I know but it would be so useful.
dyslexic children have great imagination and problem-solvers too and I think with education these days people still don't understand it and this is why we got to make it an easy way to understand it and with Microsoft learning tools amazing life-changing but I wished I had that when I was younger and what doesn't make sense is that these children with dyslexia don't get the help and I understand that schools don't have the funds but they need to be more of and understatement.
Dyslexic is so good! Yeah, right, another job I've lost because i couldn't get to graps with some basic maths, or tasks.
Let's not forget about the feelings of hopelessness, pessimism, inability to concentrate, guilt, people making fun off you...
Plus who made that word dyslexic so hard to spell anyway talking the piss aren't they!
I’m declaxia,my dad took me to council in 2nd class , I know how declaxia think and want to become entrepreneur ,I have many ideas.I have learning disorder,pronouncing and speak.My mind always curous
In my very young age i noticed i have diffuculties in direction.. Confusion., i dont know that im not the one who experiencing it. I thought I am just stupid.. When i read forum about this kind of condition., there i realized its a disease 😥.. I am 30 years old now still confusing in direction.
you're never too old to learn. Never too old to choose a direction. DO not ever give up. While I am not dyslexic, I live with a child who is. The strengths she has BECAUSE of her dyslexia are amazing! I think, at age 17, she is finally beginning to see them in herself, especially now that we have her in a better school(CYBER). You have those strengths too. They may be hidden and you will need to find them, but they are there.
😂😂😂 I LOVED LEGO.
But is this not all just hypothetical?
Too awake to the point it's distracting sometimes and I just see and notice things most people miss.
Just here to read all of the spelling errors. #dyslexiclove
I'm 41 and still don't no my talent what I'm good at I forgot password all the time
Why was my word as a kid
A true dyslexic would never say "i'm dyslexic" on a video show how great the dyslexic mind is!!
Uiom ah rappahhh c'mon UK 😂😂
Also adhd
This is like marketing dyslexia. Some of the strengths mentioned are personality related, nothing to do with the condition. In reality its closely related to alcoholism. Speech dyslexia is also a problem, where spoken words are jumbled and their brains wrongly wired.
Im 20 is it to late to go to this school? 😭😭😭🤣🤣
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They (in this video) make dyslexia so romantic and vantastic: well it isn't! thats a lie! Question; How many of those educators are dyslexic?? How many? Dyslexics don't make it through college much less become hired teachers! I spent years disguising my dyslexia. Even the word "disguising" I had no idea what the correct spelling was! I had to use Google audio to get the correct spelling! Bottom line; dyslexia sucks.
I have dyslexia and I see it as a gift. The way they in the video describe it is right. I love how I can see things differently than others. I used to hide it but not anymore. I have to see the positives in order to have a positive life.
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I’m 55 and always had trouble with everything said in this video?
I was diagnosed with ADHD at about 35 yrs old yet still felt lost until today now I truely believe I have dyslexia
hahahahahaha after 20 years and NOT 1 OUT OF 3 PSYCHIATRISTS HAVE MENTIONED IT QUESTIONED IT OR LOOKED INTO IT!!!! 😡 😡🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Just pay me $200+ dollars for 15 minutes and here’s your drugs 💊
Now I’m really Pssssssssssssssst
Oh NO. She mentioned with world economic forum. A cult of rich Humanity haters.
I’m starting to feel sorry for “lexics ” how boring must that be ?
Oh and the other thing is I am rubbish at computer skills. It all looks like gobbledygook, if I had my time again I would have been a craftsman.