Dyslexia Support Group

Dyslexia refers to any reading difficulty not associated with obvious problems (such as bad eyesight). Dyslexias include the inability to name letters, to read words or sentences, or to recognize words directly even though they can be sounded out. Dyslexia is not limited to reversing the order of letters in reading or writing; it may, for instance, include unexpected...

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megan1313 03/15/2017

Hi all,

im 16 years old and I'm halfway through my first year of a levels. And it is absolute hell, I'm battling to get support from some teachers, one teacher when she offers to help me because I'm struggling so badly in psych she gets angry because I can't do it she begins to sigh and get fed up with me. She tells me I put no effort in but I try my hardest and try harder than everyone. I spend hours and i still know nothing

in English I work so hard and I love it sometimes I have amazing lessons and others it's terrible today we had an assessment and I couldn't get a sentence. the more stressed I get the worse everything gets like comprehension, vision , control and talking.

This isn't even the half of it but sixth form is so hard and I'm putting all my efforts in to my subjects and I'm not really feeling good enough anymore, not good enough for my subjects, teachers , parents , friends.

we have an annual sixth form awards and some of my friends have been invited, I would do anything and everything to get invited because I'd love to be acknowledged, but I'm not good good enough and never will be :(

If there's anyone I could talk to please let me know I'm becoming increasingly devastated and frustrated thankyou

Jersey_of_Oz 03/17/2017

Dear Megan, I am 34 years old, and let me first tell you that Dyslexia never goes away, but it can get easier. I come from a long line of people with Dyslexia. My grandmother was even a very dedicated teacher in the 20s who gave up on one of her sons, who never learned to read till he died at 82 due to his dyslexia. My father has it as well, and it is an every day struggle in different ways. And I fear that I have passed this onto my children as well, and have doomed them to this life long struggle. This being said, let me go back to where I started. I am 34 years old, I have a 6th grade reading level that will never get better, and I have a masters degree and work as a therapist and reading specialist with a bachelors as an English teacher, the one subject that I struggled the most with in school. Why would I do that - go to college to teach the subject I found the hardest, because I knew if I could teach myself new ways of getting through this, I knew I could teach anyone English in a much less painful way. I can't give you all of my strategies in one post, but I will ask you to follow up with me for additional assistance. I also implore you to become your own advocate and arm yourself with research to teach others how to help you. I want to start by giving you a resource I love - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZf8mfQFz-A . This is a youtube video, and I hope it is complete, of a video I have used to teach others, because that's what I do now - teach adults and parents how to support children. Yes, it is out dated and a little corney, and also based on ADHD, but it is very applicable to Dyslexia. Share is with your parents and educators - in a loving way. There is a section on mental processing and motivation that could be very encouraging to you. You are not alone. This is not a new diagnosis. Don't let their lack of understanding as to where you are and what you strugge with get in your way of being sucessful. Suncess is in your reach. Grab it and hold on tight!

Becky1993 03/29/2017

hi love im becky im 23 i struggeld like hell too with my gcses i faild all of them love but hey i still got a job and did ok for my self try not to worry too much. just do best you can. good luck

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