I think I'm Dyslexic...?
I have ADD and I'm almost 99% sure I have Dyslexia because I can barely read/write. I've been transferring schools, 4+ and counting and I'm now a senior in high school. I kept switching because things kept getting harder for me, I would concentrate on anything, because I can't read right. I always thought it would get better if I switched schools, but now I need to know if I have it. I'm pretty sure I do, and I need help. What can I do? Is it possible to develop Dyslexia even if I'm 17? How do I tell my mom? She probably won't believe me... Should I tell my psychiatrist?
Update:hahaha, and yes I type better because I wanted to make sure that I was spelling everything right c:
spell check, ftw.
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Dyslexia is often a comorbid condition to ADHD/ADD, so its quite possible you have dyslexia too.
Dyslexia can affect all aspects of learning, reading, writing, spelling, maths, memory, sequencing skills, reversal of letters, p, q, b, d, m, w, and some numbers, transposing of words such as was to saw, omitting words and difficulty pronouncing words, especially unfamiliar words, and confusion between left & right and difficulty reading maps etc.
Or a person may have only one area of difficulty, such as Dysgraphia, where the persons hand writing is very messy, words can be a mix of capitol and lower case letters, words can be squashed together or to widely spaced, spelling difficulty and some letters such as b, d, p, q, m, w etc are reversed.
Or Dyscalculia which causes difficulty grasping math concepts, struggle to do multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, fractions, formulas, confuses math symbols and remembering times tables. Numbers can be reversed or transposed 519 might look like 915 or 17 looks like 71, 9 & 3 might look like an 8 etc.
If you feel you may have dyslexia you could try speaking to the school counselor and ask if there is anyway the school can organize for you to be tested for dyslexia. However school generally have students who are having difficulties with reading, writing etc are assessed by a Educational Psychologist, and many of them don't test specifically for dyslexia. So if the school is prepared to have your assessed you need ask the assessor if they are qualified in diagnosing dyslexia, dyscalculia and dysgraphia.
Or you can speak to your parents and find out if there is any family members with dyslexia and if there is it does increase your risk of having it too (dyslexia is a hereditary disorders as is ADHD/ADD), so they can organize for you to be tested privately, but problem is it can cost a bit, but is worth it, if you intend to go onto university.
If you do have dyslexia there are a number of simple things the schools can do to help you both at home and school. If you would like these I can send them to you, if you email me through yahoo.
Both my daughter and I are dyslexic, my daughter also has ADHD & ODD.
It has not anything to do with grammar . When I appear at phrases many times letters are lacking or within the improper position . Which approach I must sluggish down and listen . Also I get combined up with vowels however I consider that is the English language up to something . People with unhealthy grammar have generally been introduced up through individuals with unhealthy grammar .
Well you type better than most!
Perhaps tell your mom or whoever and arrange to be tested for it?