r/Dyslexia

I feel like now matter how hard I try when I write no matter how many times I re-read I miss all these grammar mistakes. I was just wondering how people do it how do you write to neat and nice and so that people understand what you mean. Most of the time when I write it's messy and I can't connect my ideas well then again I'm like that when I talk as well but like I my head it makes sense. Idk this is kinda random.

I have a friend whose birthday is coming up and they find it way easier to read with the cream paper, the font and the large spacing. does anybody know people online who can create custom orders or commissions of specific books exactly the same wording just in the same font paper colour and line spacing?

I’ve noticed the last few weeks my dyslexia has been acting up more than usual especially at work. I’m a receptionist at a doggie daycare. I always take my time and re read texts and emails I send out but I’ve been spelling words wrong in emails more than usual and mixing up numbers. Like I’ve been texting and emailing clients “know” instead of “now” and I’ll mix up the last 2 numbers in a phone number. Stuff like that. And people have been correcting my grammar and it’s a little frustrating. Just wanted to vent a little. Thank you. 🙏

I'm writing a character who has moderate dyslexia. It isn't an aesthetic or a character quirk but rather something that very much drives the plot of the story , so I really don't want to get anything wrong and just want to refine my understanding .

From what I've been able to pick up , it looks like dyslexics have a problem with tying abstract concepts to a representation of that representation.

For example one may be able to comprehend five as a quantity, but recognizing that it is tied to "5" and "five" is difficult.

Similarly it might be easy to remember that 5+1 = 6 when 5 , 1 and 6 are quantity, but hard to connect the quantities to the symbols ( which is why many dyslexics can calculate well enough but often write something completely different from their answer]

It also looks to me like dyslexics tend to see something as a single unit rather than a union of units

For example , rat ,tar and art are basically the same as a set of [ t, a , r ] if you ignore the order of letters . Same with 47 and 74 . [ p q d b] , [m, w, nn] is inheritly same character/s ; just rotated varyingly

Perhaps this might be why so many dyslexics can rotate and comprehend 3-d structures well and remember stories/ episodes of interconnected information while failing to remember isolated information like names and phone numbers , and why some dyslexics feel like they " hallucinate" by adding letters of peripheral words into the one they're reading , or feel like there are words/ letters that appear and disappear* ( when instead their brain is seeing certain disconnected characters as a unit)

Again , this is my understanding and I understand it could be *very* flawed , so I hope to be corrected

* I've read that many dyslexics hate when people say that they perceive letters as blurring/ disappearing/ warping / moving but I've read others who say that it is as close an approximation of what they see . So Uf some one could help me with this I would grateful .

I'm sorry if any of this is too vague , I'm not wonderful at self expression

Hi, I have been diagnosed with dyslexia and am in an industry where accurate spelling/grammar is super important. It's been an issue for the entirety of my career but I did mostly have a handle on it until recently. I have now been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. This has led to a decrease in my ability to produce the quality of the work I do. So I'm now at the point where I am thinking I need to have a completely different career but obviously have qualifications and experience for my current one.

Does this seem like a rational choice? I feel like what I'm in is a toxic cycle and I'm going to end up getting sick(er) of worse if I keep doing this job.

When I'm trying to say is that if I'm able to complete an assignment by brute force (e.g., staying up late, sacrificing other activities), I feel like I forget a lot of what I did. For instance, I was able to do a multi-page essay with multiple credible sources on time a couple of semesters ago at my school, but I still feel uncomfortable writing such a long prompt. I think my issue isn't even limited to writing a term paper, but also with a lot of other academic endeavors. I guess I have an issue with retention (I remember my organic chemistry professor from community college told me to review my notes and online homework more often to retain the information). Has anyone else experienced this or relate to this?

for about a year now ive been suspecting that i have dyslexia

i HATE reading, im extremely slow at it and ive never read a book voluntarily

i misspell words constantly

i keep on forgetting which way the number 3 faces

ive only learned the proper use of commas and periods recently

but im really good at reading and writing related skills, theyre probably what im best at, ive even gotten a 35 in reading on a pre-act

This is going to be a rant so I’m sorry in advance, but I don’t really have anyone else to rant to that will truly understand how I feel. I’m currently a student, and sometimes I get so angry with myself with how much I struggle with spelling and comprehension as a grown ass adult. It’s so frustrating writing as essay and working on it for an hour or two to have barely a page down. And on top of that having every other word spelt wrong and having to use autocorrect. And when I’m writing on a program that doesn’t allow me to use autocorrect I’m pretty much fucked or having to google the spelling myself. And spelling isn’t the only thing I struggle with ofc, but I feel like it’s so much harder to hide your dyslexia when you literally struggle to spell words, not to mention when someone calls you out for spelling a word wrong.

Idk as time goes on I don’t feel like it’s getting any easier to deal with it, I just notice more and more places in my life that I’m behind everyone else or places i genuinely slower at cuz I process info at a much slower rate than other. It’s just so degrading having so many daily reminders that I’m slow.

I’m trying to collect information from people with dyslexia, and from others with perceptual, learning, cognitive, or intellectual disabilities, about whether OpenTable may present accessibility problems around choosing reservation dates.

I’ve had multiple instances of making reservations for the wrong day on OpenTable specially, and some of those errors led to financial penalties. Since this has happened more than once, I’m interested in whether others have experienced the same pattern and whether this points to a larger accessibility issue with the app.

I’d like to know:

• Have you booked the wrong day on OpenTable by accident?
• Is there something about the calendar or reservation flow that feels easy to misread or misinterpret?
• Does this happen with other apps, or mainly OpenTable?
• Have you been charged a fee because of it?
• Would you be interested in helping document these experiences so we can identify patterns and possible next steps?

I’m not just looking for anecdotes in isolation. I’m trying to gather experiences that may help clarify whether this is a recurring access issue affecting disabled users, and whether there are actions worth taking collectively.

If you’ve experienced something similar, please share.

What makes a webpage easier for you to read?

I'm curious what people here find most helpful when reading online. Is it the font? The line spacing? The contrast? The length of paragraphs?

I've been experimenting with a method that bolds the first part of each word to help guide the eye through text — wondering if that's something people here have tried or would find useful.

Are there any good private schools in Utah County that would be a good fit for my dyslexia student? I feel like the public school can only do so much for him.

We’re currently doing outside tutoring, but I’d love to explore school options that could reinforce that support during the day and help him continue to thrive. Would really appreciate any insights or experiences!

Hello everyone :)

This is a random post but I wanted to see if any other dyslexics like me have similar experiences/thoughts on this.

So I am from Ireland and was diagnosed at 6 years old. In Ireland we speak English and Irish but English takes the front lead language in our country i.e. schools, jobs and everyday life. most Irish peoples first language is english due to colonisation by the English (I'm attempting to try not give ye a whole history lesson apologies haha) but anyway most Irish people can speak a little Irish too but not on a daily basis, I won't get into the whole reasons/problems of how the language is taught in our country but anyways ahah.

I have many friends that are Irish like me but also friends from other parts of the world and I find talking to my friends who are bilingual is so much easier sometimes than my Irish friends because of my speech issues which aren't a crazy issue but always going to be a part of me i.e. my sister yesterday asked me how a unique name I love is spelled, it starts with C but how the name is pronounced it sounds like an S so my brain straight off the bat said S first before I couldn't even recollect saying how it is actually spelt.

as a dyslexic I often have bad word recall or the words come out funky sometimes you know the drama. But when I make these mistakes it can get really annoying with irish or non-dyslexic people because my friends will interrupt me to laugh about how I phrased or said something which is fine, I am 23 years old, I am well used to it and I do not care and know they don't mean any harm but jesus christ sometimes it does boil my blood cause I just want to finish what I am saying and move on ahaha. Sometimes it can feel like I'm throwing bait to the sharks, I barely have a second to correct myself before someone else steps in to note it.

but with my bilingual friends this never or rarely happens. I have friends who speak Polish, Urdu and Arabic, Romanian, Spanish, etc and I often feel they have the same issues as me when it comes to speaking their second language which is English for them. We misspell things, say words incorrectly or pronounce it funny and we laugh about it but there is room for error and correction whilst talking and what the person was trying to say overall have time to actually correct what they want to say.

Just want to add I have nothing against my Irish friends at all, I love them to pieces and also usually turn those dyslexic moments of mine into learning lessons for them as they aren't dyslexic so they can understand the disability more and I have expressed to them how frustrating it can be to know what you are saying in your head but it comes out a bit messy. And funny enough I had a teacher who I was doing extra home ec lessons with when in secondary school who would pause a lot and look for the word in english as her first language was Irish and which again I fully relate to and It is rare to find Irish people whose first language is Irish over English.

anyways just curious if ye have similar experiences or if ye have any bilingual friends or family and have felt similar to me.

thanks everyone :)

What’s it like to be dyslexic for you, would you change it if you could? What do you find is your strengths been dyslexic?

We know where we struggle but I wanna know where you thrive?

A quick question, how has Relationships been like with other people while being dyslexia.

for me its hard cause its tough to trust peoole but also

nerve wrecking.

I do wsnt to explore realtionshios with a woman or a male but it feel slike such a huge barrier for me.

im just wondering if anyone on here is like this were they find it hard to trust people and to be confidence within yourself around peoole cause i get very nervous, shy and tense around people whcih make sit hard for me to form friendships and goin beyond a friendship to a Relationship.

Just asking what is ur expericnes and any tips for how u became confidence to explore that side of you.

I’m a trivia host. My day job has been teaching elementary/middle school for the past 8 year so I can obviously read and write well enough to be a teacher. I got this Trivia job because public speaking/performing are some of my strongest skills. Ives won public speaking awards and I also have a background in Theatre so I can say with confidence I’m pretty good. I love Trivia, I have a team and we go weekly and I’m a teacher so Trivia host seemed like a great side gig. I was really excited about it. I was hired by a trivia company and went above and beyond for my shows. I make sure to practice and read the questions before hand, I spend a good amount of time creating a DJ playlist for between questions, and have even hand painted my own sandwich boards for trivia nights. This is all for only $50 a week.

I’ll admit I mispronounce names sometimes and once in a while I’ll mispronounce a word that’s in another language or something very scientific that you don’t see in everyday language. I do my best to practice before hand. Plus, the trivia is digital so everyone can read the answers on their phones as well. I didn’t think I was struggling that much.

Anyway, my boss called me today to say some of the trivia players complained about my mispronunciation of words… he asked me why I had been mispronouncing things and I told him I had pretty severe dyslexia and he was like “interesting that you chose this job then”.

I feel like an idiot. I know I’m a great teacher and a great public speaker, and a great performer so you’d think I’d be the perfect candidate for a trivia host.

Theatre and performing used to be my whole world but I dropped it because of my dyslexia. I actually dropped out of a BFA acting program in college because I convinced myself I wouldn’t be a successful actor because I couldn’t cold read scripts for auditions. I could memorize monologues and lines fine but if someone asked me to read a script I hadn’t gotten to look at before hand I was fucked and directors weren’t very understanding. Everyone always told me how talented I was… I won awards and got into a super exclusive BFA program but reading just felt like it held me back… I just recently started doing Theatre again after a 10 year hiatus and I’ve fallen back in love with it. Trivia seemed like another great way to get back into performing… but now I feel so defeated. I am back to feeling the way I felt when I dropped out of acting school over 10 years ago.

I’m 30 and I still can’t read well enough to preform. I’m feeling so low and I think I’m just gonna quit.