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I'VE BEEN DYSLEXIC SINCE THE THIRD GRADE TO WHERE AND WHEN THERE WAS NOT ANY FORMAL ACADEMIC STUDIES WITHIN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM TO WHICH ULTIMATELY BOTH MY TEACHERS AND I WERE LEARNING THE REMARKABLE FACETS, UNDERSTANDINGS, DISCOVERINGS AND OVERALL CONDITIONINGS OF AND FOR A PERSON (CHILD AT THE TIME) DIAGNOSED DYSLEXIC RATHER THAN QUESTIONABLY AND SIMPLY LOOKED UPON AS "LD" LEARNING DISABLED (SLOW, STUPID, DUMB) AND EVEN IN SOME CASES "RETARDED". NEVERTHELESS, MY DYSLEXIA PROVED TO HAVE BEEN AND BE ACADEMICLY AND INTELLECTUALLY EXCELORATED SPANING FROM 3RD GRADE ON TO ACHEIVING MY BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND BEYOND TO THIS DAY!!! I SAY THIS BECAUSE OF THE VIDEO I JUST VIEWED I CONCIDER THE MAN AND HIS DEPICTION REGARDING DYSLEXIC "LOW EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE" TO BEING COMPLETELY AND TOTLALY JUST SIMPLY OF "LOW, VERY LOW INTELLEGENCE" AND SHOULD CONSIDER SPEAKING ONLY OF HIMSELF RATHER THAN GERNERALIZE ALL DYSLEXICS TO HIS UNFOUNDED POINTS OF VIEWS!!!

I am sad and happy to hear someone say they feel this way....I have always felt so stupid and not capable of doing almost everything in life....knowing I was different ....

Its so strange listening to this as an Emotional awareness expert, who became that by supporting my sons ASD and Emotional dysregulation. Then three years ago realised I have ADHD. Last month, my ADHD coach talked about his processing dyslexia when I realised I have that too! So spot on about feeling more. For me it's become my purpose without knowing the complete Why. I have some more mental unpacking to do.

Where can a person find good resources for both child and/or adult Dyslexic shame and depression? I have been looking but yet to find something.

Martin/ Maggie can you please explain the following: when you read Chinese script when you read these pictograms or logograms then the part of the dyslexic brain that struggles with phonological processing or phonological decoding doesn't actually read these logograms and so it's difficult to pick up dyslexia is that true? I don't understand what you are saying.

This is a great video :) Thank you! this is helping me for my neuroscience course

I am doing something for Chinese in China to learn Pinyin. I also have a student in China who is learning English from me. He is about 40 years old. Kids will have no problem learning Pinyin but currently many can't read in Pinyin because many teachers are teaching Pinyin wrongly. You should have no kid in China unable to read Pinyin. Unfortunately too many can't read and will be classified as dyslexic. I would love to discuss this with Maggie.

Why do such educative and informative programs get very few views. Thank you Martin for the great work. Most people in Africa don't have a clear understanding on what Dyslexia is.

Not sure your name Mr Dyslexia Bytes but Id like to speak with you about these issues. EJE

What do you use to put your intro and exits to your videos???? Thats cool

Six Crap Hours Of Our Lives

Thank you, but to late for me, trauma, stress, calling names like "you stupid"...SPECIAL needs..and whatever names the so call clever people knew...hate school, reading even learning as a whole...Did it on my own and hide it... today at a 55 year old I don't care...we as dyslexia people have so many other gifts and talents....clever people are not even that clever.😂😂😂.❤

Hello, finally, it's the only video on RUclips that talks about the particular visual brain of dyslexics. Your video is the only one who speaks to me and where I can recognize myself. This is the one and only, you do not tell me anything and it is argued by scientific facts and studies they are not political ideologies. Finally, a video that makes sense and that does not tell anything about the peculiarities of dyslexia. Yes I can recognize myself in this way of thinking in pictures and in a holistic way. I read a book on the hidden talents of dyslexics, I watched a lot of videos on RUclips. All were total shit, filled with lies and stupid political stupids of desire to find a whole bunch of qualities in the dyslexic brains that I have absolutely not. It made me very angry because nothing corresponded to what I live in their totally nonexistent quality listing in my house compared to normal people. No matter what in stupid fashion fueled by ultra -militant political ideologies to say that handicaps are not handicaps but a force is anything. It is crane stuffing and always saying that if dyslexics are defeating school and everywhere in the world of work it is the fault of society and not because it is a real mental handicap. Your video has nothing to do with all of this. Thank you really for the quality of this video. To be safeguarded.

I’m a dyslexic 42 year old and this was an eye opener. Thank you

I find this one a bit too negative. We can use positive traits to 'spot' dyslexia and too. And the one about remembering facts - I think it depends on how information is presented, learned etc - so I think this makes it look like in general dyslexics can't remember information where my impression is that it's more of a strengths & weaknesses situation. I suppose I'd prefer if this sort of statement was written as struggles to remember dry facts, or struggles to remember individual facts I'm not saying it should be 50% positives but at least 1 positive point on each list would be good in my opinion. ee.

You explain my childhood so well like you was there

I’ve learnt it’s a dog eat dog world and you just have yourself to rely upon. Diagnosed early in primary school, I didn’t see any recognition by the schools through 80’s and 90’s. The only change I saw was when my English teacher had had enough of me; I’d melt down into a red blob as I tried to read out loud, too embarrassed to use my finger and I’d lose which line I was on. And very aware I was slow to read aloud, still at age 15. Pulled out into a ‘special’ class with the kids sat there with glazed look and pencils up their nose. The alternative English class was a relief because the teacher didn’t engage or expect anything of me. I failed my GCSE English first time. The force fed memory schooling system did nothing for me. So exams were often a fail. Ultimately I see this as my fault. Society isn’t going to bend over for you. The test scenarios have to remain fair. And so if I’m unable to memorise stuff, that’s my fault. Society needs people with good memory, to call upon in medicine, fast paced legal battles, etc etc etc. It’s an academic world. So if I’m unable to do that, I don’t get the bit of paper to show I’m capable of an ‘elevated’ job. The western society is reliant upon differing yourself from the masses, if you want for things in life. To buy them. To trade your time for the IOU (money) tickets … higher job, less time you have to put in. All I want is my own rural plot with a view, to build my own house and live a moderate life; and ideally live a life of craft and supporting the local area. I scraped through clearing into Uni, into one of two courses with very low entry points. The extra time does nothing in exams when it’s a memory test, or the questions ambiguous … as they tip toe around the question without giving you too many clues. Landed on my feet in jobs for a time. Worked very hard. Hate to see tasks fail; never want to let the team, client or others down. But knew the team was a mess. Took redundancy a year before the team was folded/closed. My skill set is niche and don’t see any need for my input. Had a big chunk of my life’s IOU taken from me through a divorce at the same time. Just like the ultimatum I was given as a teenager, my choices remain : become a cleaner, or pull my socks up and try harder into the commercial world. But I’ve experienced burn out in that realm twice before depression set in. Depression has set in the last couple years. An end; no more worries; appealing. Society doesn’t want to know. GP solution is drugs, which I know is a temporary fix and won’t work. I can’t stand falsehood and lies. My mind knows. I’ve volunteered for charity work but I was declined in favour of the polished OAPs who seem to have plenty of time and energy to give. My honesty with low esteem seemed too honest for them. Even though I offered it as a two way street of helping each other. I’m not dishonest. I don’t steal. I have a chartership that I’m too proud to lose and my moral compass wouldn’t want to undo good folk at a charity. When you’re at the bottom. There’s nobody there. Counsellors simply want to speak with people that want to help themselves, give them a nudge and aid along a journey they’re already taking. But not to help those who are lost. Only 3 or 4 sessions and they suggest I need a GP, just because I put forward logic and reason for why there’s no hope. Push people’s logic hard enough and you get to the root of truth. It’s dog eat dog. Help yourself.

Fascinating video. And wonder if it links to that feeling of overwhelmed, and also catastrophe fear (whilst jumping to step ten conclusion). That overwhelming feeling that wells up in some scenarios, I’ve been constantly told I’m immature in controlling feelings. Try adding being short, colourblind, left handed (in fountain pen times), no tech’ aid, and therefore bullied daily for the majority of school. Hated it. Pushed through into uni with my terrible results, into one of only two subjects I was viable for with my bad grades. Flourished in aspects of the job, loved the variety and problem solving aspects. But two key aspects fell apart at the same time. Relationship went down the pan, at the same time I could see my team was losing its value and traction, with no clear sight of how to solve it. Lost both job and partner. Been redundant for a year and never experienced such a low before; the depression has lasted over 2 years and I know meds would be a temporary falsehood. It’s a perfect time for midlife crisis and reboot but feels too hard. I’m well aware I take things way too sensitively but unable to calm it. Pushed away a new partner due to it; warned it was likely. Want to work, feel valued and most importantly be useful , but equally I’m not ready to jump into the fire of full on commercial working world. It’s funny how fast everyone detaches from you. And even though I’ve put my name forward to volunteer for charity work, I could tell that my honesty in dealing with some low mood was the nail they needed to say : no, you’ve not been selected to help, we’ve gone with some retired folk instead. Society doesn’t want to know; it simply wants to be seen as lovely.

I just tell people im Dyslexic, as most people don't know who irlens is

The lack of eye dominance causes 'retinal rivalry' in the brain which in itself doesn't cause a reading problem but it could explain the delay that occurs in rapid visual processing (visual attention). A delay in visual processing can be measured in children before they start school (Gori, 2016) and is not due to a lack of reading practice as is often claimed (also confirmed in illiterate adults without dyslexia who have normal visual processing). Given that over 50% of outer brain processing involves visual processing it is not unreasonable to consider that this may have an impact on higher cognitive functions such as language. The study showing lack of eye dominance by French researchers does provide a possible causal mechanism for dyslexia if you consider the impact it might have on the development of visual functions that are critical to reading. Although the study was small the correlations were very high and thus worthy of future investigation.

brain manipulation. This means that people who cannot adapt to reality blame someone else. More and more people are being admitted who are impossible to work with. But in this devious way the problem is placed on the work floor. This will never be accepted. No matter how the left pushes.

Yes, diagnosis should be easy and and inexpensive. The biggest giveaway is copying down speed. Kids who are dyslexic have to look up at most the words a few times when copying from a board. This is because , when we look away we don't remember all the spelling parts. For example if the end of the word is, say , '..en' or '..on' or '..en'.. Most tests look mainly at the mind set. My last teaching post was HOD in a specialist Dyslexic school, I'm also dyslexic. When they asked me to do some specialist training I asked if it would help the kids. It wouldn't. I said I have a very busy work load so I'm not taking a course that doesn't benefit the kids. Within one year of taking over I got the kids from 13% to 100% A to C grades . The vast majority of teachers are not dyslexic so they struggle to know how to manage the issue. I employed many strategies. Maybe we could chat about this in an interview ?

I think this is bullcrap. Autistic people think more like non-dyslexic. They’re not creative. They put everything in order. It’s the opposite. If things are too repetitive and simple it makes a dyslexic go crazy. The problem with reading is there isn’t much difference between words. It’s black and white and simple forms so your brain starts to go crazy. Dyslexics are very good with very complicated visual spatial things. Autistic people go crazy if you scramble things or complicate things. Dyslexics go crazy if you do not. If you write like 1110111111 the dyslexic may not see the 0. They’ll fill it in subconsciously with a zero. And you always have to fight that part of your brain. An autistic person will not miss the zero and go crazy that it’s there. That’s why dyslexics are good at higher demotion things because their brain is really good at turning a circle into a sphere. Autistic people are literal just like most other people. Autistic people are really good at filling in the blanks given small amounts of information. That’s why they’re good at sports like soccer. The problem is you can’t turn off the imagination. And you can’t necessarily remember if you saw something or thought.

Dyslexia is a term used for all kids who can't read. A majority of kids who can't read are kids who have shut down/disengaged from learning to read due to confusion. Their confusion is a result of teaching letter sounds wrong. Anyone is welcome to contact me for further discussion.

I was a child when i was diagnosed. My father was a bad narcissist, so he would stand over me with a belt while i wrote my letters over and over again. Untill I got it right

Well this finally explains so much. And makes me furious. I have asked therapist after therapist after therapist, especially in the last 25 years, more so in the last three years, why is it that I seem to be so emotionally immature. Oh for friggin hell I am 70 years old, intelligent, a fierce fighter for my health, especially my mental health. Yet, nobody could explain nor help me with this issue through decades of therapy. They all knew I had dyslexia, and they all knew I had learning disabilities, and yet this issue never came up. This is infuriating, not the condition, the fact that I have to troll RUclips and the Internet to get better medical advice and understanding of what it is I am struggling with than from specialist in the field. Thank you so much for this. I have no idea what your credentials are and whether or not what you are proposing here is legitimate, but this has given me a place to start from, and hopefully will be a fruitful Search that will help me accept and understand that this is how I was made; not that there's something wrong with me that I have yet to figure out how to manage and get over, or get control over. ❤

Most dyslexic, individuals that have reached adulthood, have 2 distinct abilities that show dyslexia is present. They show their adaptive reading method and styles through patterns solving. Or they are someone who takes advantage of the system.

This guy is an excellent speaker.

I've long suspected that I have Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia and Dysgraphia, my handwriting has been a bugbear since I was a kid, I was tested for Dyslexia but I was told I read and spell too well. At 42 years old I cannot subtract, divide, or add certain numbers.

To use the term dyslexia where it does not truly apply is to effectively scapegoat the people it does apply to.

Came here to research and my help my dyslexic teen son and ended up crying because you just described my hand writing! I had no idea until a year or two ago when my husband told me I'm dyslexic and I laughed at him. How on earth was this missed in school?! Maybe because I'm also a perfectionist with ADHD and I used to rewrite all my school/homework, with loads of pressure to gain neatness, until I thought it was acceptable. So many pages torn from my exercise books! As an adult I notice my handwriting changes drastically, depending on my mental health and mood; fairly neat and round when happy and feeling confident, scrawly and the spider look when depressed and struggling, and utter chaos with extreme size differences if my mind is also chaos and I'm struggling with life. Sometimes I don't even recognise my own handwriting from a week or more ago! Thank you for the validation and excellent demonstration and explanation.

This is basically correct. Let people describe themselves as they prefer. The nuances of grammar and the subtlies of how language (supposedly) shapes thought are really not that important.

Very useful video to share about individuals making decisions on language for themselves. One of my lecturers (on a SEN and Inclusive Ed Masters) pulled me up for using identity first language, and for talking about it as "my dyslexia". (as if I have experienced anyone else's, though? I don't think I can speak to other people's experience,) That's when I decided that person's opinion didn't matter to me. People have to be able to use the language they're comfortable with to talk about themselves. "experts" should know that more than the rest of us.

Fascinating thank you.

The line between education and indoctrination becomes very blurry when a system is unwilling to help EVERY child in a way that they need to thrive.

So, do I have this right? He's making two separate points. First in kids with "severe and persistent reading difficulties," we cannot draw a hard line between dyslexia and non-dyslexia. Best not to try but rather address the difficulty itself as it presents in each child. Second, it is a mistake to regard dyslexia as a spectrum disorder. Sure, "dyslexics" often have other issues (sensory processing, executive function, etc), but all kids have strengths and weaknesses and there is no particular correlation of these strengths and weaknesses with difficulty reading.

I just saw this on the news. A good example of how an EHCP, or even the chances of *getting* an EHCP, can be as much a burden as a benefit. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg328x73reo

As a highly visual person for me it was a bit hard to follow only spoken words without any visual support of the spoken words.

My problem is with multiple choice exams. In my current job, I'm getting passed over for promotions etc... because of my problem with taking the PMP exam. 200 questions n 4 hours and no break. It would be nice if I could have a 30 minute break. Also, the extra time would be nice. Example of what kills me is, "Choose the correct order of events,. A: One,Two, Three, four, B: two, three, one, four. Now, it this example, yes I know but most often, I don't see which of those four words came first because of how I see it on a computer screen. I have to put my thumb or a peace of paper on the screen. That has test monitors telling me I'm trying to cheat. Also, on having a time limit, The last time I passed a multiple choice test, the instructor monitoring it, simply took the clock away and said I could take all day if I wanted. While in University, I had high marks because I was graded on the essays I wrote. Math could at times be difficult, but if it was looking at a written out formula and I could use any formula I wanted and would always get the correct answer, I would get high marks in mathematics. But now, I'm stuck in a world that wants me to show a certification that I can only get if I pass a multiple choice exam.

Wow I did even this was a thing is it a yearly thing?

Would you explain what the acronyms mean . I'm in the U.S. , I believe you are describing a form of a modern caste system.

Really liking your vidoes, but I think someone needs to go over how to get your camera in focus. What setting are you using? Seems to be happening in other videos making where focus grabs onto the background rather then you the subject. Do you have a human auto detect focus setting?

One has to be impressed that a certain demographic that doesn't to well at school and often leaves early, that on the whole they are still so successful. Despite this 40% of self made millionaires are dyslexic! That's VERY impressive.

My father was very dyslexic. I remember him doing crosswords because he liked puzzles. He ask my mother how to spell everything. Out of five of us children, four boys and one girl, three of us boys were also dyslexic. My brother Pete, a dyslexic, married a woman who's also has dyslexia. They had three girls. One is dyslexic. I wonder if, as 75% of dyslexics are male, it makes sense that only one of their girls is dyslexic despite both parents being dyslexic. I know- too many uses of the word dyslexic in one paragraph. 😂

Opposition is a form of communication. This brings back vary painful memories, of hours of homework, and effort, only to have failing grades. After years of effort I wanted some time to not be a failure so I stopped doing all homework. My parents were both educators in the same school district . The pressure was debilitating.

Hello, I'm sorry its not exactly on the topic, but I have a question - Is there any correlation between dyslexia and ocular migraine?

Inclusive - yes. Should we train the teachers more - of course. We should train the parents as well. I believe a lot of the dyslexia obstacles can be minimalize if diagnosed early and given proper help. Thanks to my wise Mother - my dyslexia has been diagnosed early. In those times there was little to no help from outside organizations, and my parents were told to never give the dyslexia documents to school if I'm coping well with curriculum. Thanks to my determined Mum - endless exercises - writing, reading, dictations and orthography; I was able to overcome many problems connected with dyslexia. Thank you.

Fantastic video! It's evident that you genuinely care about and understand the complexities of living with dyslexia. Congratulations on achieving your academic qualifications! I was drawn to this video because of my interest in emotions and dyslexia. When I was younger, a neurodiverse friend once said to me, "Your struggle with dyslexia is really about your fear of making mistakes." Since that day, I've been fascinated by understanding the emotional connection behind my spelling difficulties and the overwhelming feeling that others seem to move forward more easily in academic settings. Personally, I've found that knowing something intellectually doesn’t always equate to achieving higher levels of greatness. Keep up the great work, and thank you once again!

The advantage of the dyslexic mind is creativy lateral thinking. This means that if you have excellent acumen in something, this creative edge and ability to be solution focused excells the "affected". NASA apparently have a policy of ensuring 50% of its scientists and engineers have dyslexia (because the lateral thinking is brilliant for innovation). Ive been studying the dyslexic mind and I've come to a point whereby listening to someone and noticing actions they take often tells me if they are dyslexic. In fact the other day i was chatting to a building company director and the way he was connecting things to devise new ideas in his company was remarkable. In the middle of the conversation i said , "Are you dyslexic Matt?" He looked at me surprised and said yes. Id never seen him write a word. I've now got to a point whereby i watch a program ABOUT someone and what their friends say about them seems to tell me if they are dyslexic. I listened to a person talking about a film star saying, "He seems to know a lot about so many different and unusual things" ( he went on to describe this breadth of knowledge etc. I said to my wife, "the person hes talking about sounds like he's dyslexic". It's s common for dyslexics to be interested in a wide range of topics - not always common ones. It seems to be part of building the range of references so we can add to the lateral thinking library. Anyway i checked and it said "Silvester Stalone had beed plagued with dyslexia his whole life". You must have this creative problem solving ability in order to deal with your spelling enough to become a teacher. Utmost respect - well done matey 👍

I suppose it can look like it doesn't affect one's day to day activity but this definition is also blurred. For example I'm an ex teacher but dyslexia is permanent so I still take longer to read road signs, notices or even lists on hospital walks etc. My cousin, who's an excellent and successful joiner has to voice text and Google search everything etc. The mere fact he can't use pen and paper has meant he's adapted perfectly . However, one could argue that if a person puts glasses on are they no longer short sighted? Personally I see Dyslexia as an advantage but also a hhindrance . For example I don't like reading long articles or I take too long reading stuff all the time etc. In fact I, due to the spelling techniques use I can now spell well. However, in my Portuguese lessons I'm not familiar with the words so I'm up and down with my eyes liking at the board. I've written one sentence when the rest have written 10! I felt like I was six again! 😮. We have brilliant brains and I'm proud of my DYSLEXABILITY. Nonetheless, if I'm honest I'd say it affects my life but I manage it really well. Interesting video and thank you for your great work in this area. ❤