Re: Curious about dyslexia
 

Thats interesting. Not weird at all.

If you dont mind me asking, did it just fade away gradually or did you wake up one day and it was gone?

Maria

Re: Curious about dyslexia
 

I think it must have just gradually dissaperared tbh, these days though Im struggling to actually write a post sometimes, words just dont seem to appear as they should and I have to double check everything I write, random words appear, I was replying to a post earlier and when I double checked the word 'poland' was in there WTF ? its annoying cos I do read a lot and can actually spell :D ah well must be old age ;)

http://www.syn.sussex.ac.uk/

Re: Curious about dyslexia
 

Well If you have a look at my signature things become a lot easier............not:mrgreen:

Re: Curious about dyslexia
 

do ya wanna borrow my specs Stew, things will become all the more stranger in Dizzyland...lol:kiss:

Re: Curious about dyslexia
 

Joking aside, i have actually heard of your 'condition' Stew, for want of a word...although I'm pretty sure that the person I read about could see colours when they heard a word, rather than reading it. Does it come in different ways for different people?

Re: Curious about dyslexia
 

I'm fairly literate I'd say, but I went to university with a certified dyslexic and lived with him for 4 years. His problem wasn't spelling or arithmetic (he was actually a numerical genius, his problem was with words, but not letter-centric - his spelling was perfect) and he helped me pass 'advanced maths' on a BSc Computer Science course. OK, I'm lazy, sack me.

His issue was getting down what was in his head onto paper / MS Word.

He still got extra time in exams and whatever, but to be honest, I don't really think it advantaged him any. He spent the time trying to find the problems he wasn't sure were there in the first place.

Re: Curious about dyslexia
 

Yeah it does.

Some people see graphemes i.e. "I" and "P" as different colours

Some people hear sounds which elict a colour i.e. a particular note might lead to a blue visual experience. Or an alarm clock/doorbell/phone etc might elict other colour experiences

A sub-type of synesthesia (called Ordinal-linguistic personification) results in people giving numbers/words/letters a personality. i.e. the letter P is soft and kind but the letter K is horrible and untrustworthy.

The rarest form is where people hear words/letters and they get an involuntary taste in their mouth. i.e. the letter "T" tastes of chocolate.

More info here and here

HTH

Maria

Re: Curious about dyslexia
 

I'm dyslexic, but not in the sense of spelling or maths.

For me it's short term memory retention when I'm reading a long passage of text (yes I'm sure some of you will just say I'm forgetful :rolleyes::smt098), so I have to go over it a few times with a highlighter to take the information in, which obviously takes longer.

I get extra time in my A levels and have found that I've needed it in every exam this year.

I have to disagree with those who've said that it is unfair to have more time in exams; surely it makes them fairer by effectively removing the 'disability'?

I know I'm a newbie on the forum so some guys will overlook what I'm saying, but hey, Just my two cents :)

And Bear, just for the record I'm not the type who complains about it. I just get on with it by using different techniques ;)


Josh

Re: Curious about dyslexia
 

Very good!
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Re: Curious about dyslexia
 

Just cos your a newbie doesnt mean your comments will be overlooked, unless your talking $hite of course ;)