Dyslexia Simulation--What it's Like to Be Dyslexic.

This dyslexia simulation can provide us with some insight into what it's like to be dyslexic. At the very least, it should create some empathy for dyslexics and their experience. Dyslexics struggle with Phonemic awareness, which is the ability to identify and manipulate individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words. This makes the whole process of decoding the written word a lot harder. In this dyslexia simulation, you should have similar issues decoding. Imagine this is your experience while others read without any problems.

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🙋🏼‍♂️ My name is Arije, and I am a dyslexic with an MA in Education Studies. I aim to share all my tips for learning, coping, teaching, and more on my channel. For dyslexics, educators, and parents alike, I want to make videos that inform and inspire you to reframe dyslexia.

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Here's some of the literature I consulted to create this video:
Betz, D. and H. Breuninger (1993). Teufelskreis Lernstörungen : theoretische Grundlegung und Standardprogramm. Weinheim, Psychologie-Verl.-Union.
High School Hallway Ambience #2 (Background Sound Effect)
I’d like to give a special thanks to the Szloma-Albam-Stiftung Foundation in Berlin for supporting my research and Studies.

[WydDan]

Reading out loud to the class as a dyslexic is a death sentence

[lydiaposey]

Not all dyslexics read this way, just wanted to acknowledge that. I am dyslexic & my experience of this neurodivergence affects more of my auditory processing, memory recall, and directional perception. Occasionally, letters will swap placement but more often entire words will show out of order or swapped. Sometimes I write or type letters and words inversely on paper, phone, and computer. However, I do also acknowledge that dyslexics who experience this intensity of difficulty with reading shown here in the video (and/or writing) are significantly challenged in this regard which is rather unfortunate and deserving of understanding. Accommodations are also deserved (though I’m unsure of how that would be navigated because everyone is unique) where the circumstances apply, such as a workplace, in schools, with partners, etc.

[clockfingerboards]

I was diagnosed in 3rd grade and my mom pulled me out of school, learned everything about dyslexia and taught me how to read and write and then started a school to teach other kids. The school has helped so many kids it’s unbelievable. I’m in college now and I never would have thought that was possible, I was so embarrassed and frustrated at myself in school it was unbearable. Couldn’t tell left from right, wrote letters the wrong way, couldn’t read, the whole 9 yards. to have my mom stop everything and help me and all these other kids is so meaningful and I am forever grateful.

[toolazyforthis]

I think I got it!
“Writing and reading are a given for most people. Even though this is true, some have to put in significantly more effort in order to decode the written word. By putting yourself into the shoes of a dyslexic, I hope I might be able to create some empathy.”

[jamesmoore]

This is exactly what most teachers said to me. Only my 5th grade teacher quietly encouraged me to succeed and not put me down as dumb and not calling on me to read out loud in class. This was in the early 1950s, he was a genius ahead of his time. Because of him I succeeded in reading my first book that summer.

[Elxxxam]

Guys I just want to let you know as a person with dyslexia myself that there are many different types of dyslexia and this is only one of them

[thomassenft]

As a person struggling with dyslexia seeing this actually made me cry

[susan]

It’s like failing at school and knowing tomorrow will be the same.

[cyrusage]

I am dyslexic, but when I look at a sentence I can read it fine. For me, words are only like jumbled up or something or look like a different word when I don't pay attention or just quickly glance at it which happends quite alot. This also happends when theres a large paragraph. Anyone else relate to this?

[peridotofthewoodzyt]

i have a friend whos dyslexic, whenever he has to read something to the class the teacher helps him pronounce some words.
im so glad shes our teacher tbh :]

[Ashh_o]

THANK YOU also am I the only dyslexic person that just pauses at a word or skips a whole line or reads a line Over and over again

[ownblivion]

I remember that as a child at my school we have a reading exam every week and one time I decided to practice the text first aka I learned it by heart, the problem is that I also have ADHD and I only learned half of it. Obviously you can already imagine what part of the story I had to read (clearly the part that I didn't know by heart). I was devastated, I just wanted a good grade, for people to stop bullying me, to prove that I was intelligent like the rest, that I could do it. At the end of those dark days I learned an even more important lesson, never do something for others, do things for your own enjoyment, for your own learning and to hell with people who don't have the ability to see your value. To this day I remember half of that beautiful story and its writer is my favorite.

[MikeEdwards-rwbd]

I think this guy is brilliant!

I'm not sure experts, who are not dyslexics use the term Phonic Awareness correctly.
They often mistake the sound of a combination of words for the visual efforts of a dyslexic.
In this word image it's the visual aspect of dyslexia of taking more time to differentiate letters. E.g a "h" or "g"? Or a "t" and "f" etc.

We group words and things in our brians more (blurring differentiation).
It's why dyslexics score much higher in recognising blurred images. And even makes them good at anograms!

I often say "sound like" words in sentenced like white or while or gear/ear etc. We all do this but dyslexics do it more often.

This IS ALSO what gives dyslexics the ability to assiciate what others don't normally do. This makes us good lateral thinkers and innovators.
I got my two patents by "thinking out the box".
If you ever want me to come and give a presentation about my dylexic journey to become a teacher I'd be honoured.

[olivia.a.gracee]

Me almost having a panic attack trying to read this with the dyslexia simulation and my actual dyslexia

[jenniferbyrne]

I’m pretty sure I’ve been dyslexic my whole life and had a reading specialist help in elementary school but no one ever gave me a label. I only realized it when my daughter started struggling with reading and writing letters backwards/mirrored. Side note: I could read your note you put up there pretty easily because I’ve become a master at guessing words 😅. I wish more people would have empathy too!

[SamFryer-dg]

I'm dyslexic and i can relate to this

[YasYasTR]

I am going to try and type without autocorrect and talk about dyslexia:i have dyslexia a learning disorder that makes it hard for me to read or write. Dyslexia makes one side of your brain less and the other more. You have to sides to your brain. One for the main subject you get at school, and the other for creativity. Dyslectic people have the creative side more. And you can notice that.

[scottking]

I’m dyslexic and don’t find it too hard to read to myself in my head, some things I’m not great with pronouncing but when I had to read to a class in school it’s like my pace would slow down so much and I’d start messing up simple things, it wasn’t like this much but it was always group reading i was bad at

[milkshake]

This was quite challenging but I think I got it:

''Writing and reading are a given for most people. Even though this is true, some need to put in significantly more effort in order to decode the written word. By putting yourself into the shoes of a dyslexic, I hope I might be able to create some empathy.''

[LizzyGiggles]

That's a really good way of showing it! Whenever we read a book in school and we had to all read a paragraph out loud I would immediately find the paragraph I had to read and i would be practicing it in my head until it was my turn. I would have no idea what I just read or what anyone else just read so I was already lost on that book lol and my anxiety was spiked.