Feel what it's like to take notes with dyslexia - Bell House

This is a short film designed to help people understand the difficulties of dyslexia.

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Bell House is an educational charity that offers support outside the mainstream school curriculum, lifelong learning, short courses, exhibitions, talks, and musical events. The house is also a centre for educational needs such as dyslexia support. We champion wider learning courses for all age groups. There are free events and bursary places available on all our courses.

[VenusKets]

Yeah but you forget that teachers and lecturers don’t wait.

[mscowable]

In university I ended up asking if professors could send me slides of the lecture, the easiest way to explain it for me was "I dont pay attention to what your saying because I'm to focused on writing down what you're saying, and then I have no idea what's going on." I had no other way to explain it🤷‍♀️

[flower-quoc]

i’m so sure i have dyslexia and i talked to my parents about it but they just say “i need to just focus” like i’m

edit- omg i just saw this comment in my notifications but ya i got tested a year after this and i was diagnosed dyslexia and adhd so now i get accommodations in school and school has never been easier and i have even gotten such good grades and understood it so well

[xeen]

I'm diagnosed, literally 100% accurate on how my writing looks. lol

[TheDapperPirate]

I’ve never been able to explain to others what it’s like being dyslexic. Her example is spot on. Allowing someone to experience it first hand

[madonnadove]

I was barely able to take notes and could not substitute the characters at all in the exercise. I don't have dyslexia, but I could not keep up.

[spook_ree]

My brother is dyslexic and I can confirm that his writing is quite similar. Our mother got him tutoring to get extra help/practice on writing and spelling. When writing a sentence there would always be a random capitalized letter in the mid

[marypatlundquist]

Shocking! I do not have dyslexia. I COULD NOT keep up with listening, thinking, writing while inserting the “correct letter exchange”! God bless you my sweet Grandson and all dyslexic’s. While trying this exercise for yourself, please remember YOU are the dyslectic person. The dyslectic YOU are the one experiencing this EVERY MOMENT of reading, writing, listening .... trying to comprehend a simple word takes many steps for each word. Then to take that “word” and translate it into a sentence of MULTIPLE “words”. As my daughter explains, these kids are exhausted because their brains are doing quadruple the mental work. Plus emotionally worrying if they got it right or wrong. Be Kind!

[davidpietarila]

YES!! This is EXACTLY what it is like! Except the lecturers don’t pause for you to catch up!!!

[hk]

dyslexia to me feels as if your slowly falling off a cliff and every time you reach for something to grab on to you slip and keep falling

[ButterflyLullabyLtd]

Thank you for this. What a kind person you are I am Dyslexic. When school failed myself and my daughter. I refused to give up on our little girl. Now she is a Book Worm. And collects books.

[petermichelson]

I have 55 years of actual living, and Learning as a person born with dyslexia! I think of it as a blessing in my dna that inspires me to be driven!
I am Peter Michelson, Retired USN Active Duty Chief Petty Officer!
I am a Curia 76 graduate of the Original Lorge School, creates & set up by the Lorge Family for their children, and all children with Dyslexia! They opened on 1961! I art tended from 1971-1976!!!
I will freely share with everyone here exactly what it’s like to live with all 4 types of Dyslexia!
As I am a Practitioner, and Theorist! The Practitioner part is the living, dealing, and succeeded, the Theory part is learning the enter history, how it developed, how OG was created, and why. All aspects of what it’s like from other who are born with it!
55 years I helped not just myself, but every single person with dyslexia that I met! Because I am so motivated to own my dyslexia; I want others to drive to that passion to own their dyslexia!

[blazendancer]

I have a note-taker for each class because I can't keep up and listen to everything at the same time. I'm constantly looking back up at whatever the teacher has for us to copy because I can't remember more than 2-3 words and write them down at the same time. Basically, I look up from my notes more frequently then the girl in the video had to in order to get the notes down. Also I was diagnosed with dyslexia in 3rd grade.

[theaterkid]

Dude this is literally spot on I am dislexic and looking at the comments just straight by made my day

[lifebloodmaple]

Thank you so much for this video. My son was recently diagnosed and this example really helped me to understand the frustration and exhaustion he must be enduring. We are at the very beginning of our journey to get him the support he needs. I will keep this video saved to share with others in his life that don't quite understand dyslexia.

[angelad]

Hello to all
I have dyslexic and i just watched the vlog annd i hadd a lot of trouble ritting that quickly and remembering what she said also looking up and trying to remember the symbols she told us to use
I glad im not alone as i dont talk about it much til now as i were bullied in school cos i were different and it still upsets me now
Love to all dyslexic people out there who work 2 or even 3 times more to get things ritten down cos i no i do
Love u guys💛💙💜💚💖❤💘

[Kassieateacow]

I'm loosing my mind, as someone with dyslexia that resonates so strongly I have never been able to explain this to people,

[Robert]

I was wondering if any other dyslexics experiences this: I routinely don't enjoy new music the first time I hear it. But the second time I do. I read this is related to dyslexia in a round about way. From the book "this is your brain on music" the author explains that the timing center of the brain allows one to get a sense of pleasure from anticipating the completion of patterns in rhythms and melodies even if one has never heard them before. In another part of the book, he says that dyslexia is (at least in part) a defect in this timing center of the brain. Although he never put the 2 thoughts together, it goes to follow that having dyslexia might preclude one from being able to enjoy unfamiliar music. So I wonder if other dyslectics like me might have the same difficulty. I have experienced this all my life but only became aware of it after reading the book.

[theeverythingkid]

I was diagnosed by a member of staff in school at age 15 before my exams started because a teacher thought I was dyslexic but mistaken me for someone else but I got tested anyway. I do as much as possible on blue paper like read and write

[charmedforlife]

I have dyslexia and I am thankful for this video because it shows people the struggles that I face on a daily basis