Dyslexia

Xordium said:
Hopefully they have detailed auditory learning techniques for you.
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Since he has begun the local Catholic School they have addressed this and he has specialized help funded by the diocese. He has in the two years he has attended the school caught up and in some areas suppassed the level at which he would be expected to be without his disadvantage.

This is partially why I defend Faith Schools so much......without the diocese support he simply would not have recieved the specialized attention.
 
My hunch would be that not many people would claim to have dyslexia or aspergers etc unless they'd actually had a diagnosis unless you were some kind of hyperchondriac.
 
However, I wouldn't expect someone with a serious case of dyslexia to firstly criticise someone else's writing, and then get defensive when it's pointed out to them that they have made mistake...
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Is that how it went? Not getting that from your synopsis sorry :) 'It all started with Rusty_Noob picking up on a typo by crinkleshoes. ' ?
 
My cousin has very severe Dyslexia, it took years and years before she even started getting help. Absolutely terrible the way the school treated her. I do worry though that she might not make it past GCSE and be unable to get a job after. The college I go to is brilliant and is very welcoming of students with learning disabilities, a lot of students have 1 on 1 tutoring.
 
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Redmint said:
My hunch would be that not many people would claim to have dyslexia or aspergers etc unless they'd actually had a diagnosis unless you were some kind of hyperchondriac.
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Or they struggle with read/writing/social interaction and have self-diagnosed themselves because it's convenient and deflects the responsibility for something that they feel self conscious about onto a condition which they can do nothing about.

Or is that too cynical?
 
Panzerbjorn said:
Or they struggle with read/writing/social interaction and have self-diagnosed themselves because it's convenient and deflects the responsibility for something that they feel self conscious about onto a condition which they can do nothing about.

Or is that too cynical?
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Possibly. I'm one of the non-self-diagnosed ones as I've actually been statemented with aspergers, and can't understand why anyone would want to make out like they have it, as it is a horrible thing to have :(
 
Castiel said:
This is partially why I defend Faith Schools so much......without the diocese support he simply would not have recieved the specialized attention.
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I can't tolerate parents who think that the way they want their child to be educated must be the best way.

Wherever a child florishes is where they should be. If they are having trouble with one form of education then it is the parents job to get them into a form of education where they do indeed florish.

So very good job of you not to be blinded by any preconceptions you may or may have had about the catholic school he is attending :)

(do you still have to be a catholic to go to catholic school? When we moved once my dad put me in one because it was the closest school to hand, BUT! I was soon kicked out when they discovered I was not, in any way a catholic, he lied on the form :p)



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Or is that too cynical?
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Tricky one. Not everone has the best medical care, some people go years not understanding what is actually wrong with them and end up looking into things themselves. Self diagnosis is dangerous sure, but, sometimes you have to educate yourself first then take that to a doctor... and even then, some have to really fight to be believed or even have them send you to somewhere to find out. Ofc, if you never take it to the doctor and broach the subject then yeah, probably a hypocondriact or something along those lines.
 
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Dimple said:
And that is why I posted the picture above of my youngest daughters problem.
Most people wrongly think it's about reading & writing.
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Indeed. My wife, who is very intelligent, can't spell to save her life....she isn't dyslexic, she just sucks at spelling. However she can pretty much do any mathematics you care to mention, mostly in her head.
 
pingwing said:
I'm dyslexic, have a fair few problems with reading and writing.

Still spend more than enough time agonizing over my posts to make sure they are fairly readable. Wish more posters on the internet gave the same curtsey
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Same here, I have to quadruple check my posts and even then there are usually minor errors left, and even with a real-time spell checker it can be agonizing because the spell checker sometimes can't even predict what your trying to spell, then I have to use Google.

Even though I'm dyslexic I do agree that other dyslexics could put more effort in tbh.
 
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shadesofgrey said:
I can't tolerate parents who think that the way they want their child to be educated must be the best way.

Wherever a child florishes is where they should be. If they are having trouble with one form of education then it is the parents job to get them into a form of education where they do indeed florish.

So very good job of you not to be blinded by any preconceptions you may or may have had about the catholic school he is attending :)

(do you still have to be a catholic to go to catholic school? When we moved once my dad put me in one because it was the closest school to hand, BUT! I was soon kicked out when they discovered I was not, in any way a catholic, he lied on the form :p)
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Neither my son or I are Catholic....however my Wife is and she attended the school, and was and still is to this day the most successful student they ever had. It is a relatively small school and it does reserve 50% of its admission to Catholic Children outside of the catchment iirc.

It has avery varied and progressive attitude to both education in general and how it approaches RE....I have given several lessons as a guest on various other religions, beliefs and philosophies including atheism to illustrate that.
 
Agreed op, when I was at secondary school there were a few guys who claimed to be dyslexic, the teacher always told them to do the work but their reply was "I can't I'm dyslexic". That comment was seriously annoying they just sat there laid back and didn't do any work at all, they were just disruptive to the whole class. It got worse when the exams were upon us, they got an extra 15 minutes in exam time and "help" with the questions which was unbelievable to be honest but the funny thing is they still failed.

I'm not saying all dyslexic people are like this but the people I came across tend to abuse it.
 
Dimple said:
I'll just post this again to show that Dysexia is not all about reading & writing -

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This is true but these problems can also have a knock effect on reading and writing, even at the age of 34 I still struggle to remember the alphabet fluently, it just doesn't compute in my brain, a big problem with a lot of dyslexics including myself is a poor 'working memory' that effects sentence structure, particularly when dealing with longer words.

Edit - Just re-read what you write, "is not all about reading & writing", sorry, thought that you said it's not about reading & writing.
 
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Castiel said:
Since he has begun the local Catholic School they have addressed this and he has specialized help funded by the diocese. He has in the two years he has attended the school caught up and in some areas suppassed the level at which he would be expected to be without his disadvantage.

This is partially why I defend Faith Schools so much......without the diocese support he simply would not have recieved the specialized attention.
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That's good but an awful lot of school work does revolve around visual learning at that age rather than auditory techniques so children who learn that way always get left behind without any other challenges. You'll find your lad will shine at uni as he will be the only one learning in lectures when some anorak is rambling on about stuff!
 
I remember some thing a whil back on TV that was an experiment that went thus:

Subject A stands relaxed, arms by sides, possibly eyes closed.

Someone just pushes with a finger at the top of the back/base of the neck Subject A and people if Subject A has dyslexia they'd nearly fall over/ but if Subject A doesn't have dyslexia then they just hardly move?

Anyone else remember this, is there any substance to it
 
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Ah that's great, mine was really quite goddy and I had no idea what it was all about so it was painfully obvious I was not catholic.

Your son's sounds brill, open minded caring and not pushy, perfect. How many in the whole school? Is it in the sticks?


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So, does dyslexia get better with age? I dont mean cured. And is it age or, like, learning how to do things different and cope? It seems that adult dyslexics do a lot better with it later in life?
 
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Xordium said:
That's good but an awful lot of school work does revolve around visual learning at that age rather than auditory techniques so children who learn that way always get left behind without any other challenges. You'll find your lad will shine at uni as he will be the only one learning in lectures when some anorak is rambling on about stuff!
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Quite.

It is interesting that at a recent parents evening his history and geography teacher were impressed with his improvement in his homework....when I explained that I teach him what he needs to know by talking him through the research they have since begun to do the same......and with the resulting improvement in class.

I hope you are right, although I suspect his talents lie in a more creative rather than academic medium. Its early days yet though.
 
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