Do people with dyslexia understand other people who are dyslexic as if things were normal?

Question

Do people with dyslexia understand other people who are dyslexic as if things were normal?

Answer 1

No. Because it is a perceptual problem that is not exactly the same in everyone.

Answer 2

What do you mean... people with dyslexia are normal. Do you mean their writing? Sometimes we do, others not so much. We don't really understand anyones writing with out a lot of practice and patience.

Answer 3

Well as a dyslexic I'm not really sure what you mean by "as if they were normal," but for me pretty much everyone makes no sense.

Answer 4

What you see backwords varies and seems to be highly dependant on attention. My dyslexia seems to get worse when Im tired or bored. I could look at someone else's dyslexic writing and see all the mistakes. Also, I dont consider this part of myself as normal...People tend to get all PC on this word which makes me feel more abnormal than if they didnt...I have dyslexia...its not normal...big deal.

Answer 5

No.  My ex-wife was dyslexic.  Dyslexia is not the same for everyone.  They aren't going to see all the letters in the same order.  As a matter of fact, my ex could write something and then have no idea what she wrote because, with letters out of order, it was too difficult for her to read.  Also, she had a lot more trouble with letters than with numbers.  For others, the opposite may be true.  Dyslexia is a very complicated disorder, it's not just a matter of seeing words backward (which is a common misconception).

Answer 6

Only 10% of all dyslexic people transpose letters and numbers. Dyslexia is not a disorder. People do not "have" dyslexia, they "are" dyslexic. ( right handed, left handed----right brained, left brained) People who are dyslexic are perfectly normal.

Answer 7

Both my daughter and I are dyslexic, and I can't understand my daughters hand writing, in part because her hand writing is  some what messy, (as if a spider crawled across the paper). I have to ask her what certain words are, or what is she trying to say.

We also have to re-read many things, to be sure we understand and comprehend what is being asked or said etc. We also use the computer's spell check to ensure our spelling is correct, and if we have not mixed up words such wear/where/were, and print assignments, letters etc, rather than hand write, which can literally take hours to do.

However we understand the frustration, each other feels including the plight of other dyslexics when reading, writing and doing mathematical problems (I seriously hate maths and failed maths dismally).

As someone has said dyslexia does affect everyone differently, my daughter can read very well, but has difficultly in writing and spelling, where as I was unable to read until mid teens, but I could write and spell very well, even if I mix up words, such specific or pacific, and I have to check the dictionary to be sure I am putting the correct word down, in the correct context.

Despite the dyslexia, many dyslexics are very intelligent, we just have to do things a little differently to ensure we can met the demands of school or work, by using technology to support and assist us in reading, writing, spelling etc.

Answer 8

Unfortunately a lot of people do not understand and assume dyslexics are thick or stupid.  The only real people who will fully understand are us teachers.  That said I run a PSHCE (citizenship) module educating my pupils about issues like these.

Answer 9

Sure why not? I, a slow learner understand them as normal. I couldn't even tell if a person is weird or not.