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one question I get asked. –“I can’t spell. When I write, I mix up my letters and usually leave some out. It takes me ages to read too. Am I dyslexic?”
Official answer, short version:
Dyslexia
is a specific learning disability, specifically in the area of reading. You need an assessment by a qualified
person to tell if you have dyslexia.
It will cost. It may cost a
lot more than you expected. You
may not get any coverage from your health insurance. If you need to show other people your assessment results be
sure, beforehand, that the organization you’re showing the assessment to
accepts the assessor’s credentials.
Practical answer, short version:
An
assessment is good if you need it to show to a college or workplace. Otherwise, you may simply want to
explain to people that you have dyslexia (or are a bit dyslexic). Then people have a better understanding
and it’s no big deal. –Dyslexia is
when you have trouble with reading when you don’t have any trouble in other
areas of learning. You can have lesser and greater degrees of dyslexia but the
trouble is pronounced enough to have made you feel embarrassed at times, and to
have stopped you doing as well as you know you are capable of. The trouble persists. In school you will have sat next to
your friends, same classes for years, and yet been unable to keep up with them -not without working much harder and longer.
Dyslexia
is tough. But it’s not that bad.- Especially with iPads and apps, and voice recognition software and spell checkers.
And you’re a lateral thinker, a many-tasks-at-one-time person, and all
the time you’re learning nifty ways to cope better.
“Hi. Do you have dyslexia?”
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