What is Dyslexia? Dyslexia Explained.

Dyslexia is clinically referred to as a reading disorder characterized by the inability to read at a level that is consistent with the child's grade. We have professional dyslexia experts Sandra K. Loo, Ph.D., Pediatric Neuropsychologist, Angela Gonzales, MD, Dyslexia & ADD Specialist, Edward Hallowell, MD, ADHD Specialist & Author, and Jerome Schultz, Ph.D., Clinical Neuropsychologist, explain and share their experiences with dyslexia, being dyslexic and working with dyslexic people.

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[pijkie]

Hearing the stories of mister Edward Hallowell almost make me cry... In fist grade my teacher made fun of me against the whole class. And Laughed me out. I was six at that age. And actually it still gets me, at the age of 25.

[lulaisabanana]

I just recently learned that I had dyslexia and I’m 14... I was always working so hard on things but nothing worked, I had bad grades and all sorts of things. Now I know and I can help work on it now. My REALLY smart friend always called me dumb and stupid (we are not friends anymore) and I would often cry myself to sleep. It was so hard

[laurieattrill]

I have dyslexia and I was called stupid and dumb at School it was so hard but I had so much help.
Some people don't understand that Dyslexia is a learning disability which affects so many people in different ways like me reading and spelling I found it so hard but I worked and worked so hard to help myself with being dyslexic.

[eilonwyhewlett]

I'm dyslexic, and I hate how words such as "unable" pop up in the vocabulary describing dyslexia. I know experts mean well, but the word "unable" might tell a young learner they are "unable" to learn or read which is not the case. Dyslexics can learn and can read, the brain is just literally wired differently.

[gulparviz]

when I read, the letters start to move in my head and so I can't process words while I am reading. I have to stop for individual words.
Mix this with the laugh, fear, stress and there goes your whatever little confidence you had in your life.

[saraswinerton]

This makes me very happy and it’s inspiring to me because I have dyslexia I used to hate it and I thought I was stupid but know I know I’m not stupid and the one person who helped me all this time was my mom she staid with me when everyone else turned away

[seantemple]

i have bad dyslexia i hate it... its so annoying when i get 1 homework and dont get it done till late then have no free time :( its really stressful at times that i dont get to relax at the end of a hard day at school :( worst part is friends of mine really dont understand my struggle also had to pick a language (spanish or french) which i know im going to fail... at gcse and its just stupid at times. dont get me wrong if i need it i get help and im a good speaker but it takes forever for me to read and write

[tristanvoros]

i have dyslexia, i love it. Yea it kinda sucks at times, but you have to admit its hilarious. The random shit i can't do, i just end up chuckling about it. And i LOVE making videos and whatnot, which is probably due to how my brain works

[saraswinerton]

I have dyslexia and I hate it when people say to me i don't have it because I can read or ack me if I really have dyslexia the why can I reed is if some how thy thing hard is impossible for people like me. Let me just say when I say ready is hard I mean it's hard not impossible.don't thy realize that there is a differs Ug I guess not it's so annoying

[gemmacollins]

I'm dyslexic and I'm amazing at reading I'm 11 and my reading age us 14.7

[jamesmccluskey]

I can read things backwards better than I can forwards.

[natashal]

I have dyslexia and I hate it’s so hard to be the dumb one in class

[abbie]

I'm dyslexic and I can only read on yellow paper why is that??

[phmiii]

There is a lot of good information in this video. But trying to explain Dyslexia to a non-dyslexic is like trying to explain colors to a blind person. That being said, few people will tease a blind person for being blind but many will tease a Dyslexic for being stupid.

[LosAngeles]

I cannot read and spell it I’m 33 years old and I do think that about myself being stupid

[joseotero]

Back then it was called stupid but today it's still called stupid just less than before. Sometimes it's called you dont get it.

[alyssahawkins]

I have dyslexia it’s bad I was in 4 grade and was reading at a 2 grade level. People laugh at me when I start reading out loud to the class😭

[LevRiv]

I remember in 2nd grade I failed all my spelling tests and had to retake them and I would read very slow and not comprehend anything so in 3rd grade I got tested and the school said I had dyslexia and so I was put in a class and every Monday we would read out loud to the teacher and see if our fluency increased and the teacher told me “your words per minute has decreased every time. You seem to be getting worse” being in 8th grade and now having an above average reading fluency I feel happy and that I proved her wrong.

[lesegomolotsi]

i found it interesting that i'm great with directions and GPS navigations but when it comes to numbers i have to focus extra hard- i always count lots of cash at least twice...slow. When it comes to language, however, i have no serious challenges- i work a lot with learning and writing scripts. Casually i would play around with puns and wordplay, but people around me have a hard time processing the humour- not all the time but some time.

[ajaxvarble]

I struggled very hard in the early 2000s to learn to read but was ridiculed and punished for not trying "hard enough" or "didn't like being told what to do". So I had to teach myself. I was a fluid reader by middle school so well that I made other kids look like they couldn't hardly read but the down fall was I learned to read not so I could run thru a book out loud like a theater actor but couldn't remember a word I had it was maddening. Now I tend to reread things again and again to understand even simple instructions because all I think about is how to read not how to understand what I'm reading.