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Living with learning difficulties

Hi guys, 

I wanted to make a support thread for those who struggle with learning, whether that be reading, writing, maths, anything that you feel impairs you from learning things as easy as a majority of people. I thought this would be important because it is unfortunately, for a lot of people an additional struggle or even cause of mental health issues. 

I've always had a hard time with reading, I've had dyslexia for a long time, I was always in those reading recovery sessions when I was at school but never really got past a really low level, and I haven't really told many people how difficult that's been. I'm adjusting to it now that I'm a bit older and things are a little bit easier than they used to be but I find my TAFE work very difficult and generally have to try a lot harder than most people.

I know I'm not the only one who has these sort of struggles, and for me, it is made worse with anxiety so I wanted to share thta and hope that anybody else out there feels comfortable enough to open up and we can all offer each other some tips and advice on what we can do to make things a little easier.

j95
j95Posted 24-12-2016 07:31 PM

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j95
j95Posted 01-03-2017 09:35 PM
And the first and last letters of each word aren't even moving!! @Sally-RO some days for me or worse or better than that
 
 
Birdeye
BirdeyePosted 01-03-2017 09:50 PM
Thanks for sharing that @j95, I love it!
I didn't even notice that the first and last weren't moving, which is probably to make it a ton easier for those of us without dyslexia to still read the words but even so there were a good amount where I had to stop for a bit and figure it out.

I really really like that it includes the line from wikipedia that stresses that people with dyslexia are of normal intelligence. What someone's brain does to words doesn't mean they're dumb or can't get things, just that they need to be taught differently.
 
 
 
ivory
ivoryPosted 01-03-2017 10:19 PM

I have so much respect for people with learning disorders. We have a very rigid schooling system, and it does not at all cater to people of different needs. And you're absolutely right @Birdeye, people with dyslexia (and other learning problems) aren't more or less "intelligent" (what even is intelligence) they just do things differently ^^ 

 

A good example is my dad knows someone who I think is about forty or fifty? And he can't read. Not a single word. But he's an excellent carpenter and mathmetician, and builds beautiful houses. And more importantly, he's extremely kind and nice. And he has a daughter who recently started school and learning to read herself, so she's teaching him, and I think that's extra sweet 🙂 

 

So it goes to show. Just because you're not good at one thing doesn't mean you're worthless or less smart. Just means you excel at other things n__n

 
 
loves netball
loves netballPosted 01-03-2017 09:50 PM

Now I totally understand it!

 
Lahna
LahnaPosted 01-01-2017 07:47 PM

Hey @j95,

 

Long time since we've spoken! Just wanna say this is a wicked thread. Thanks for sharing your struggle with learning, I think it will help other people open up about what they find hard.

 

I don't struggle too much with learning, but I have a very bad memory! I've learnt to get around this by leaving myself notes nand reminders. 🙂

 

Keep on being a star,

 

Lahna

 
 
j95
j95Posted 02-01-2017 10:21 AM
Thanks @Lahna
I'm having a lot of worry about this year at trade school, but I'm sure I'll find out things that work for me
 
j95
j95Posted 01-01-2017 02:22 PM
@letitgo I'm still learning what works for me, i haven't like officially had it for that long but it's always been there if that makes sense, like I've had forever but now it has a name.
I find that certain pages things are written on makes it easier and fonts, colours.
 
 
DruidChild
DruidChildPosted 01-01-2017 02:47 PM

Hey @j95 not sure if this is helpful/you've already see it but I find this really helpful when I'm struggling with concentration, and it's also used for dyslexia - http://www.beelinereader.com/#about - it changes the colours of the words in a gradient to help your brain process it. 

If you have any tafe work online, I know that on iPad under accessibility settings you can choose an option to have text read aloud to you. And there is software that does that on computers but idk how expensive that is. 

 
 
 
N1ghtW1ng
N1ghtW1ngPosted 02-01-2017 12:36 PM
@DruidChild I use beeline reader too, it's so helpful for me when I'm reading (I tend to skip lines, jump words and generally miss the point of what I'm reading)
I've got it free on Chrome. It's great for university readings (except when the readings are photocopies)
 
letitgo
letitgoPosted 01-01-2017 12:35 PM

Thank you for sharing this @j95, and I definitely think it could be helpful to share this as it could definittely be helpful for a lot of people.

Is there anything you could do to make reading easier for you? One of my friends has dyslexia, and she's become much better as dealing with it as she's grown older. I'll ask her if there's any specific knowledge she has that I could pass on Smiley Happy

 
 
j95
j95Posted 01-03-2017 09:00 PM

I just wanted to share this, yes everyones experiences will be different but it still may be interesting to those without dyslexia to see what people with it see

http://geon.github.io/programming/2016/03/03/dsxyliea

 
 
 
Sally-RO
Sally-ROPosted 01-03-2017 09:34 PM

that's the best thing I've seen to explain dyslexia @j95, it got a bit too much for my brain!

 
Felkyr
FelkyrPosted 27-12-2016 10:13 PM

I don't have any official learning disorder, but I do have a lot of trouble in some cases. Mostly I take people's word at face value. I find it really difficult to assume what tone or body language means unless it's very overt. 

 
 
j95
j95Posted 29-12-2016 10:10 PM
Hmm that's difficult @Felkyr but you've conquered the first step of identifying the problem

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