Is there anyone dyslexic here - I have 3 quick questions about dyslexia.

Question

1. Is hard to write in foreign languages for you, even though you can speak it frequently? Are you making grammar mistakes when you write in a foreign language over dyslexia?

2. Is it hard to read/understand the "internet language", like "I want to c u"?

3. Is dyslexia only about reading backwards?

Answer 1

I am visuospatial dyslexic, and dyspraxic, and gifted.  My reading level is between 3rd and 5th grade.  It is very hard to write in a foreign language.  I barely got through it in school.  I make grammar mistakes in any language.  It is very hard to read internet language.  Dyslexia is not about only reading backwards.  I do see letters backwards sometimes.  I invert letters, misspell frequently, 'forget' how to spell simple easy words, lose things, can't read a map, am super clumsy, have practically illegible handwriting, have a poor pencil grip, get fatigued easily when doing any fine motor, have great difficulty opening anything in plastic, I even type backwards, constantly inverting letters.  I see things differently, my eyes are sensitive, and at times the words break apart, and start floating around like alphabet soup.  My eyes water, and get real tired, and I get headaches.  Every line on average I am making 2-3 mistakes.  If I write on paper without lines, the spacing, size of the letters, and writing straight is all wrong.

Answer 2

based on my sister:

1) its no harder than writing in English really....she learnt french voca and could speak it but same difficulty with putting in down on paper!

2) No she actually prefers it because it sounds out the word and is less letters to get muddled up!

3) No thats totally wrong-they read forwards like everyone else they just have difficulty seeing the letters merge into words like non-dyslexics.

Answer 3

I have dyslexia so I will try to answer your question.

1) Yes I had a hard time writing in most foreign language. That's why I learn American Sign Language. When you write in ASL it is like the way I write with dyslexia. ASL was easier for me to understand.

2) I have trouble with "internet language" but it just takes me longer, to read that's all. The more you read it the easier it becomes.

3) No dyslexia is not only reading backward. Some time I insert word in to the sentence when I read aloud. Example The written words are ( I saw a cat. I would read I saw a 'brown' cat.)

Answer 4

my friend for nearly 10 years is dyslexic

1   she found french very hard so yes

2  no she wrights like that but sometimes puts it in her work

3 no it is really hard to read or understand the words they all jumble up together in the middle  

Answer 5

Yes.

1.Letters and numbers no matter what context (thery) [See that, I thought I typed -They Are] in, are displaced. Not constantly but enough to throw you back over what you have previously read, some times more than once

part.B; It has an effect on many things that can snowball on an individual.

2. Reading is hard, your brain is distracted because the eyes are fighting to discern words and comprehension suffers. As far as texting and such, some times it is easier simply because whole words R represented by a single letter.

3. Once again, It's mostly about displacement, not necessarily "backwards" Also  I would say that it's not only about reading. It can be about writing or typing. For example it took me well over an hour to type this.  I hope I have answered all your questions thoroughly.

p.s.  I hope the example in #1. was not too confusing but that kind of confusion is typical for a person who suffers from dyslexia.