Is this dyslexia?

Question

I'm curious as to whether I do have dyslexia or not. I asked this question to a friend before but she just said my eyes are trying to take in too much information for my brain to process, but I'm still not convinced that I don't have dyslexia. I mean isn't that what dyslexia is?

Anyways, whenever I read something, especially paragraphs, I will sometimes leave out or add in words. Sometimes the words I add in don't actually show up until a couple lines down the page. When I write or type I also tend to add or forget to add words. For example, yesterday I wrote "the the" on multiple occasions. Is this a sign of dyslexia?

Answer 1

NO try going to the opticians you may needs glasses

Answer 2

Doesn't sound like it. It sounds like a lot of my students, none of whom are dyslexic. Adding words or leaving them out is another common thing that happens when people are ready, especially out loud. Adding words when you are writing or typing is common as well. It's just your brain working faster than your fingers most of the time. If you really are worried about it go to a testing place and have them test you to see if you are or not.

Answer 3

Yes..it can be..however, Dyslexia is not just visual processing problems. Most Dyslexics have phonological,auditory processing problems. Dyslexia can affect both written and oral language, receptive as well as expressive. My Dyslexia was caught at 4 years old because of my disorganized,jumbled up speech. It was from auditory reversals. I was in special education that included auditory therapy,speech therapy,and phonics to remediate my Dyslexia. I still have problems with auditory input speech lags(delays in understanding after hearing what people say..needing time to register),word retrieval as remembering sequential information,and immediate/short term memory issues. I also have problems with directions,instructions including things like getting left and right mixed up. I am also cross dominant(right handed but left ear and left eye dominant). Like Dyslexics,I think mainly in pictures instead of words. I am strong visual thinker. I have strong 3D visualization abilities. I visualize things in my mind's eye nonstop. I visualize everything before I do it. I also can visualize myself doing things like I am seeing myself in the mirror. I have to read stuff repeatedly in order for me to remember it. I also forget easily what people say. I get confused with words. Dyslexia also affects my speech in that I clutter which is a speech that is rapid,rambling,tangential,disorganized. I make mistakes when I talk like President Bush. I have poor eye coordination(saccades,pursuits,eye tracking) that affects how I process visual information. I lose my place a lot when I read...I get visual overload like all these letters and words overload in my mind all at once and can confuse me. So yeah....Dyslexia can be about eyes trying to take in too much information for brain to process. But my Dyslexia is also about my ears trying to take in too much information to process. So my Dyslexia is auditory and visual problem too. I was also diagnosed as having cerebellar vestibular dysfunction by Dr. Levinson who believes that is root of Dyslexic Syndrome. My Dyslexia and Dyspraxia were finally acknowledged and documented again last year by Veteran Affairs neurologists

"Anyways, whenever I read something, especially paragraphs, I will sometimes leave out or add in words. Sometimes the words I add in don't actually show up until a couple lines down the page. When I write or type I also tend to add or forget to add words. For example, yesterday I wrote "the the" on multiple occasions."

Yep...I have done that a lot too. I will even leave out words like no and not..


I also have Dyspraxia(Developmental Coordination Disorder) and Inattentive type ADHD that complicates the Dyslexia.

So I have a mind that is hard to pin down. My intelligence cannot be truly measured by tests. I was mistakened for mentally retarded when I was a little kid and put in with mentally retarded children in 1st grade. They found out that I had above average intelligence and I was placed in special education class with learning disabled children. I was getting intensive speech therapy and phonics. I also getting therapy for motor skills.


http://www.interdys.org/
http://www.dyslexia.com/
http://www.dys-add.com/
http://www.levinsonmedical.com/home.html


Another thing to keep in mind is that Dyslexia is mainly difficulty with words, but people will focus on one thing about Dyslexia and label it.

Susan Barton talks about it


MYTH:
It can’t be dyslexia. I had my child tested outside of the school system. They said it was: (pick one)

Auditory Discrimination Problem
Auditory Processing Disorder
Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)
Orthographic Deficit
Difficulty remembering spelling patterns
Dysgraphia
Dysnomia
Dysphonetic Deficit
Phonemic Awareness Deficit
Reading Disability (RD)
Reading Fluency Problem
Short-term or Long-term Memory Deficit
Specific Language Disability (SLD)
Visual Processing Disorder
Visual-Motor Integration Disorder
Visual Memory Deficit
Visual Tracking Problem
Visual Convergence Problem
Vocabulary on Demand Problem
Word Retrieval Deficit
Written Language Disorder

FACT:
What dyslexia is called depends upon the type of specialist who did the testing, and their knowledge of dyslexia.

Dyslexia affects many different areas, but some testers only check one area. They find one weakness and come to the wrong conclusion. They don’t realize that weakness may be part of a bigger problem: dyslexia.

It’s like the fable of the blind men who approach an elephant from various directions. The one who discovers the trunk describes the animal very differently than the one who finds the tail, than the one who finds the leg, the tusk, etc.

None of them “see” that what they found is just one part of a bigger thing, an elephant.



I hope that this helps.

If you think that you have Dyslexia. You should get tested by a neurologist and/or neuropsychologist. Make sure that they know what Dyslexia is. A psychologist told me ignorant stuff about that I couldn't have Dyslexia because I learned from phonics. Actually a lot of Auditory Dyslexics benefit from phonics. I think that she was focusing on Dyslexia was a visual processing problem. The thing is that Dyslexia is also auditory processing problem. She didn't understand that if it wasn't for my auditory therapy and speech therapy which gave me the phonemic awareness, I wouldn't have been able to learn from phonics. She only diagnosed me as having inattentive type ADHD. She also measured Dyslexia by multiple choice reading test. I guess on that stuff and there was stuff on the test that I read before like stuff on Homer and Carl Jung. She didn't test for stuff like my memory and organization issues. She didn't test for auditory processing issues. She didn't test for phonemic awareness. I have remediated Dyslexia,and so I have good phonemic and phonological awareness.

They try to match IQ with reading tests..but studies show that doesn't identify Dyslexia....especially not in childhood...many Dyslexics lack the language skills do well on IQ tests.....what if they have Dyspraxia which also affects their motor skills as well.....see how complicated that would be....then add ADHD to that as well.

sorry that I am rambled....that's part of my Dyslexia too...I ramble in speech as well.
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