I feel so stupid after my Dyslexia results

Question

I'm at uni, studying a foundation degree. and also studying to be a Play Therapist. However i always struggled at school and so i went for a dyslexia test at uni with a educational psychologist, the results showed i was dyslexic which i wasn't that supprised by but i have just had the results through and i fall below average on nearly every part of the test and some parts even say significantly low for my age! I am now left feeling upset and like i'm not good at anything. Although i am very creative, but i don't want to be a dumb *** ! : (

Answer 1

Your not dumb by any means, think of all you've done to get where you are and with a really big challenge most others don't face.

Use your knowledge now to target your weaknesses and give them extra care and boosts. And definatly talk positively about yourself.

Keep Moving Forward!  

Answer 2

You aren't stupid, dyslexia is often linked to a high IQ's and to very creative people, problem solvers, inventors, and artists.  Dyslexics  process information differently than everyone else, it's part of what make us so creative.  Unfortunately, it can also mean that standard methods of teaching are unsuccessful and we can appear odd, or like we are struggling.  The problem isn't us, it the way we are being taught.  Do you write backwards, or see words out of order?  I had that problem until a doctor gave me a "word window" a little piece of cardboard like a ruler with a slot cut out.  I would place the ruler so it covered all th words except for one, and I was to slide it along so I read one word at a time. This trained me to read and write in straight lines instead of circles.  He said dyslexics process things in circle and we need to learn how to see/think/do  in straight lines.  Teaching is almost always based on straight lines, that's why so many people can think outside of the clichéd box.

You aren't dumb.  Leonardo DaVinci had dyslexia to the point that he wrote everything mirror image with his left hand.  He was a freaking genius! Orlando Bloom has Dyslexia.  Cher, Albert Einstein, George Patton, John Lennon, Picasso, Bill Gates,  George Washington, Walt Disney, Keanu Reeves...we are in good company, aren't we?  

You might want to try to find groups for dyslexia, other like us have little trick for coping with a world that has yet to accept their dyslexic overlords! I mean, we are the ones solving their problems! We are the multi dimensional thinker, they can only see in two dimensions. There are also extensive resources on the web, some merely for feeling less alone, some with real help, some sell cute t-shirts and slogan buttons.  "I put the s**y back in dyslexia"  "Dyslexics of the world Untie"  I quite proudly advertise my dyslexia and it puts the non dyslexics on the defensive, they have to explain why they think it's a bad thing to be dyslexic.

Here's a few links that might interest you:

http://www.dyslexia.com/qafame.htm

http://www.dyslexia.com/

http://www.dyslexiamentor.com/index.php

http://www.dyslexia.ca/

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/dyslexi...

http://www.dyslexia-teacher.com/

There's more out there, a quick entry of dyslexia support in the search window brought up thousands of hits.  Good luck for your future.  You aren't dumb, stupid or anything.  You will need to learn how to work with dyslexia, not against it.  Fortunately for us and our amazing brains, we can learn!  

Answer 3

Dyslexia is not at all unusual, especially among 'creative types.' Another way to look at this is that, in terms of brain dominance, you are much stronger in your right hemisphere than your left...  Big deal! Has nothing at all to do with intelligence, although it may create some interesting challenges for you. Suggestions: Talk further with this person that did the test. Ask about implications and ways to strengthen those areas which are givingyou frustration. Also- Here in the states, universities are legally responsible for upholding the documented needs of anyone wih learning disabilities. Make sue you're being supported. Lastly (and most oddly-) do activities which cause you to cross your midpoint- tennis, drumming, etc...  anything that forces your limbs to cross your center line will help those hemispheres balance out.

Answer 4

First of all the educational psychologist fell down by not explaining everything to you.  Call him up and ask for a brief meaning to help you understand what the numbers mean.

Second, I want you to realize something... you aren't dumb.  You are learning disability called dyslexia.  It's going to (and has reading very difficult) you have had a barrier to learning.  Now you need to learn how to get around that.  Ask for books on tape (but don't stop reading on a daily basis!!). You can learn the material needed to do well and just need to use your creativity to get around your learning problems.  The smartest people find a way to do well despite their problems.  :)