Dyslexia in children

Veronica, about 1 year

Hi my daughter is 12 years old and I am worried that she may have this also. Is there such a thing as word dyslexia? As she always says the wrong words and gets tonge tied alot (when nervous she stutters). Also even though she knows how to spell words, when she does it in a hurry she always spells them wrong? She iis intelligent so I cant understand this. Mind you I went to speech therapy when I was young and have problems in saying right words when speaking and so does my mum have the say problem. Do you think this is a form of dyslexia or something else?

jackie, about 1 year

all my children have dyslexia all in different ways, number reversal, unable to construct a sentence,maths problems my one child just couldn,t see the difference between a plus or times sign i remember going to open day looking in his book and there lovely and neat were 20 sums with big red crosses next to them, he had added them up instead of times. but if they had been add he would have got them all right. But trying to get help was like i kept hitting a brick wall. One teacher said have you ever seen him try to catch a ball, whilst demonstrating visually flapping her arms about.i said then could he be dyslexic Oh no! she said they are intellent and he just isn,t. That was in 1988 and now 20 years on nothing has changed attitudes are still the same even though the goverment know about dyslexia they are not including the resources needed within teaching to deal with this. Teachers should all be trained to special needs standards including dyslexia trainning it should be a requirement for teaching and they should be reviewed to ensure standards are kept by giving an enhancement. teachers who are not suitable they should not teach special needs or dyslexic children . my experience i have more problems when it comes to supply teaching as they don,t know the child and assume they are lazy or looking for attention when they are not able to perform accordingly.the Dyslexia insitiude are also resopnsible because why does it cost so much money for an asessment and why can,t they work with the schools, parents are left to get on with it especialy if you are on low income. personally i feel i have failed my children to be the best that they could be but most of all sociaity /goverment has failed me a a parent by not providing the support a parent needs to support their children not just educationally but emotionally as it is like one big rollercoaster the highs and the lows all in one go. wish me luck i'm off to yet another meeting with school regarding report, improvement needed, concentration and effort, adopt a more mature attituide, make greater effort to finish all tasks, follow instructions and this just for one lesson.will just two more years to go and he willbe finished with school. But its also finished him with further education as well because of his experiences, perhap that's food for throught when next the goverment looks at educatio, or may be just get people from abroad to fell in the short fall of students..

kelly wemyss, about 1 year

hi there my name is kelly and i have just started a course at college which is nursing and i am doing a project on dyslexia i have dyslexia myself and would really appriate some help with this. so if there is anyone that would like to tell me there story then that would be great thank you very much.

samantha elliott, about 1 year

this is for susan skelly if she is still looking. We have had exactly the same problems with our son who is seven, I felt sure he was dyslexic when he began full time school he is now in year three. The school have been fobbing me off all that time and try and tell my son has emotional difficulties and psychological problems and have tried to get him to do his work by using star charts! He is so bright he knew what the teachers were up to and felt patronised. We have had to borrow the £400 from family to get him tested because the school were doing nothing and they see dyslexia as a problem and have told me that the dyslexia institute is only in it for the money and that they tell everyone who has a test that they are dyslexic, so I have written a complaint to the education department at our county hall. You have a right to go to your own county hall and ask for help, that is your right as your child has a right to a fair education, and remember dyslexia is an absolute gift and \i have heard of a name for these gifted people 'multi-dimentional free thinkers' which describes my son completely. GOOD LUCK and don't take no for an answer until you get help for your child at school. i still have that battle on my hands and I will not give up until my son gets what he deserves.

stanley sutton, about 1 year

The primary cause of dyslexia has been identified by a Greek speaking dyslexic go to www.abcstan.co.uk my research my be of interest to you. It is called The Primary Cause of Dyslexia. Boustrophedon writing indicates a right to left scanning preference first identified by the Greeks in 750 BC when the direction was changed to left to right in 550BC. The people with a right to left preference became dyslexic there after. This is the primary cause of dyslexia The leonardo Da Vinci Sight Test confirms a right to left preference Please go to Ruth Kelly on dyslexia. posted on you tube. Ruth Kelly's eyes show the direction of visual scanning right to left. Ask a friend to check your eye movements when reading

JOY B MILLER, about 1 year

I am a female student, who is currently studying at university. I have always noticed that I had a problem with reading and writing and concentrating at a younger age. I have been tested recently to see if I have got deyslexia. I am still waiting for the results to come through. I don't see this as being bad but if I am deylecsic but this will mean that my judgement was right in having the test done. I also don't see deyslexia as a embarrisment and no one else should feel that way either. It can be so fustrating because when you are doing something, with so much hard work and a lot of concentration. but when you get something wrong you feel so hopless at times and you also feel like a failure, but with the right help and guidence and tution and determination I know that I will be succesful throughout my university years with gods grace.

Josh, about 1 year

I find some of this offensive because to me it makes it sound like dyslexia is a bad this by the terms such as "cure" dyslexia in my view means another way of thinking. i am a dyslexic myself. their are famous people who had dyslixica such as Leonardo da vinci , Albert einstein and tom cruise (more recent example). the way i belive to help people with dyslexia for children is to have toturs, and people who can make things very clear. my difficulties are to do with what they say above and the misinterprets question and explaining myself. so if your son or daughter is having trouble with questions who are dyslexic that could also be a difficulty. to a test that i did my IQ is 68% above average. yet i fail my test even when i know all the information like the back of my hand. ( and i still got a D on the test. that was in great detail) the test way psychology.

Susan Skelly, about 1 year

May daughter is nearly 7 and is having problems reading, writing and spelling. Dyslexia is not in our family as far as I know but this is what leads me to think she has dyslexia. She has a very short attention span and cant sit still and like others the school just keep saying that she is making slower progress then others, which is not unusual. Now I understand from comments made on this site that the reason the school keep saying this is probably because they would have to pay the £400 for the dyslexia test. I feel that this is very unfair. My husband and I cant afford to pay this and I know there are ways we can get her tested and get help, but again at a cost. If we were able to get her tested sooner, we would be able to get her help sooner. I wish there was something I could do.

Lucy Haycock, over 2 years

hi am i adult with dyslexic i was Diagnosis with it while i was studying towards my nvq qualfication last year, i started getting hlep from a dysleixic tutor and she help me alot , i dont understand why i have it and nobody in my family has it . i went though school and though most of my college life not knowing had had this, i dont think it is fair and i think the eduction systems has failed me.

Steve Hughes, over 2 years

There is nothing in the page which points out any legal requirement that the Local Education Authority might have to aid dislexia sufferers. Is there a requirement for the schools to provide additional (or alternative) tuition once it has been proven that a child suffers from dislexia?

sharon mccrory, over 2 years

i hate the fact that my child is in primary 6.cant read,totally crap at maths. and im continually told by the school she aint dyslexic,they prefer to call it laziness. i dread to think what its going to be like when she goes to secondary school. i think it will be so, so distressing for her,im totally distressed to even think about it. going to a new school,new enviroment not knowing anything,or anyone,will be hard to deal with. then to add to it she will not be able to function properly at all. there has to be some sort of help out there. why do we have to see all these advertisment about helping adults with learning difficulties on tv.wich must cost a lot to advertise and we cant even help our children from a proper school age.

Tina, over 2 years

Hi, I am a adult dyslexic that only found out a year ago when i went back to start my degree that i had this condition. I had two children before i started so my brain had not been stimulated academically for a while. I always knew that i had a learning difficulty as i continuously forgot things and when i added up numbers my mind went to another planet. When i found out i was dyslexic i was gutted, "I CLASSED MYSELF AS A DSYLEXIC IN DENAIL" When i stopped feeling sorry for myself i started to look up things about dyslexia and the hereditary factor and discovered that my brother also has dyslexia but never told any one. I always thought he was the smart one, Well he is!!!! M attentions now have started to turn to my son as i know its in the blood line and he has all the signs. His school is too tight to fork out for the test and accused him of being lazy. These educator's really don't have a clue about the different types of dyslexia. I want to know why the government does not fund the dyslexia testing in children? And i would like to point out that even i f you as a parent pay the £400.00 to get the test the school does not have to except the result. Think how much ,money the government would save in the long run with children not rebelling in school because they have adequate help, And qualified children laving schools and collages, Is that not what we all want. I think under this regime normal children do not stand a chance. Unless they have a school that is 100% behind learning difficulties. Growing up in a normal secondary school i saw first hand and experienced the different attitude of children with learning disabilities. To save face they would rather cause a commotion rather then be embarrassed into doing work they can't do. Its a downwards spiral . I still have not resolved anything with my son. I am working hard to make sure he has the help he needs, but they wont except that he is not lazy. Makes my blood boil.

kerry bayliss, over 2 years

hi there i have test for dyslexia came out boardline, i am now 22 years old. i learnt to cope with it very well. i went to college after my gcses. i acheive nvq in adminstration. also passed my driving test. i work for big company doing adminstration. ok propbably takens me long than to do task my colleages. you to cope with it in different ways. even have check my work about eight times. about 8 errors which i cross out reword. the end of the day never put u self down. you learn to cope with it. i did i know it hard when first find out.

jocasta lee, over 2 years

hi some of this is helpfull but what about aduilts that have it? people who where tested and found to be bolder line? theres no help. no cure. j.lee