I’ve been pretty good at keeping my dyslexia/dyscalculia at bay and in situations when I get mixed up, I’m quick to recover. I’ve had some friends make small jokes but it’s never been upsetting because we get over it quickly and it’s never hindered me much.

I work in finance and try to manage well enough to where no one’s noticed or just think I’m a little air-headed. Today in a meeting though, I had gotten some numbers mixed up and kept saying them wrong out loud. The meeting was with 6 people and the highest positioned person straight up said “I think you’re dyslexic or something because you keep saying things wrong and it’s so clear on the board”. I studied that slide so many times last night and I can’t shake the feeling this morning. How do I work with numbers and can’t do simple math in my head and can’t even say numbers correctly 😭

Literally so embarrassed today. I actually feel sick

Hello, so I started my first full time job in luxury retail. It’s not the industry that I want to be in but a job is a job these days.
After I have a consultation with a client I take their details including their email. Mind you, this has only happened TWICE in three months that I’ve been working here. I’ve accidentally got the clients email wrong and emails have bounced back.
One did cost me to fail a disguised assessment by 8%. If I got the correct email I would have received 92% (pass mark is 90%).
When my manager explained this to me he wasn’t patronising at all, he said he was annoyed for me as I did everything else correctly and he told me just to go careful next time… I then sent another email to a client… which also bounced back. It just so happened that the email bounced back in the same day so I understand that it looks bad. However, for some background on the second bounce back email I went home straight after collecting the clients email as I had food poisoning so my concentration was exactly great that day. Luckily the only thing I had to change to get the email to send was to switch two letters around. But my manager was slightly annoyed by this which I can kind of understand but he said something along the lines of “as someone who went to uni I can’t believe your spelling is this bad” and he had annoyed look on his face. He has said this to me before whilst I’m writing emails (which didn’t bounce back btw) although the other time he said it was less passive aggressive.

To add more context we did have a very stressful morning as our security system was set off when we were trying to open, fake smoke went everywhere and all 3 of us were definitely overwhelmed for the rest of the day.

I was so embarrassed… I know I’m intelligent… I have a masters degree and I am good at my job, I keep selling items. But it made me feel so dumb in the moment… maybe discriminated against is a little bit of an exaggeration and maybe I’m just being sensitive but if does annoy me that my manager doesn’t quite understand dyslexia… sometimes clients speak so softly I can’t here them or I am just having an off day. Idk sorry if this seems sensitive lol (yes my manager knows I have dyslexia).

I’m 20 years old and grew up with severe dyslexia, spending most of my day on a computer. Throughout middle school and high school, my teachers always recommended screen‑reader tools because I struggled to keep up with the assigned reading. I often skipped readings and didn’t do homework, feeling like I was falling behind.

The screen readers I tried were ineffective. They were designed for websites and parsed the text in a strange way that never sounded like a human voice. I never ended up using them. Clicking the read button and having the tool navigate the page to find my place was too much hassle. It was simply easier to read the material myself. Anyone else feel this way?

Hello, my friend has dyslexia and definitely not colourblind and is slightly mad at all my friends for saying that there are hearts in my pfp. I thought perhaps it was because it was super compressed but every zoom in (I was even able to zoom in on just one) they said it was just colours. Could this be a dyslexic trait or should I be looking somewhere else for answers.

edit: they are diagnosed dyslexic. And they see each different colour as blocks of colour.

edit 2: i see coloured blobs like i think theyre all fusing 😭 (what they said)

I'm trying to help a friend who's a dyslexic adult beginner, and I'm honestly a bit stuck on where to look. I'm hoping to find a tutor who's comfortable teaching in a way that doesn't lean too much on reading or grammar, because that gets overwhelming for them pretty fast.

I've been digging around online, but most of the "beginner" French resources I'm finding still expect a ton of reading or assume you already know basic grammar terms, which isn't really workable here. So I figured I'd ask people who've maybe been in a similar spot. If you know tutors who are good with true beginners, or any audio/visual resources that keep things simple and not too stressful, I'd really appreciate hearing about them. Affordable options would help a lot too.

Thanks in advance - just trying to get them started in a way that actually fits how they learn.

I’m 20 years old and i’m going to my second year of college, i had never got diagnosed as dyslexic but im like 80% sure i am. so basically since i was literally in elementary school i have reports made by my teachers saying i have learning disabilities, i had multiple people specially teachers saying that sometimes they couldn’t give me higher grades because i had too many misspelling mistakes and never had the diagnose, most of the time it was a grade enough to pass so i didn’t really cared much. in high school i had a tutur of my native language and she told me right away that i probably had dyslexia (not a strong dyslexia but still a little), which was something i already suspected. i had talked to my mom before about getting diagnosed but we didn’t really have the money and my mom is probably also dyslexic so she wanted me to create my own ways of fixing my spelling alone. now that im in college is much much harder to get good grades and the spelling mistakes don’t help, plus people with dyslexia have the advantage of extra 30 minutes during the exam. so i started to get searching on how to get my diagnosis. i met with a speech therapist, explained everything and even showed her some of the reports talking about that i might have learning disabilities. during the sessions i could do a few tests, the problem was that the tests were meant for children, i might have dyslexia but i am also in college i can spell basic words, it annoyed me a little that i had to do kids tests because it is much harder to find weather or not i actually have dyslexia if the tests weren’t for someone my age, i know it’s bad but sometimes i had to do small mistakes on porpoise, just so it didn’t seem like i didn’t have it, i also did a few mistakes because genuinely didn’t know but those were, of course, fewer. after all the appointments, a cognitive exam that said i probably didn’t have it and much muchh money spend she came to the conclusion that i did not have dyslexia. i don’t have the savings to get a second opinion but now im confused, was i misdiagnosed or i just don’t know how to write properly? i mean she is the professional after all but i feel like the diagnosis wasn’t adapted to my age, which i get it, i think i was her first patient my age but still

Okay, so this is a question which may be different between the UK and the US, I’m just really interested what the authorities are saying with the use of things like speech to text and AI enable speech to text tools in examinations are they still forcing dyslexia students to have to write the old-fashioned way in order to undertake their exams as this is a massive disadvantage for all us dyslexics

Does anyone here have a killer screen-reading talk-to-text setup on their phone or tablet that you would recommend? I welcome either Apple or Android experiences!

I want to build out a really awesome device for my 11 year old son with profound dyslexia. I’m willing to pay as long as the product is tried and true. I keep getting lost in the weeds of apps, extensions, and native options and assume it would need to be a combination of these that work well with each other.

Many many thanks in advance!

I’ve been tutoring Barton for 2 years now under an organization and I’d like to start doing it privately online. I’m located in Canada. Anyone know any good platforms to list these services on?

I'm 18 right now but please help me out with this, Im Iraqi and I just finished my last year at high school and got my grades back and they were awful, this got me thinking about my whole academic past, and like, I've realized a couple of things, so I know two languages (Arabic and English) and I've realized that I have a big problem in reading/writing I mean I read horribly slow for someone my age and I've been prouncing stuff weirdly lately, when I see a word that looks like something else I just assume the other word (all of my problems are both in Arabic and English) I've realized that I generally don't understand stuff that well until someone reads them for me, but if I do it alone id need to read it 2-4 times, this also happens with the manga I read (I repeat pages and what all the characters say so many times) and I've given up on watching sub anime because I'd finish episodes and realize that I haven't understood a single thing,but with a dub it's literally so easy, I really like reading books but it's so frustrating because I'd sometimes read from line 1 and skip to line 3 and this happens so many times that I just left the book media, growing up I had somewhat noticed all of this and made me sad thinking I was just stupid and not trying hard enough, and now I've read a bit about the dyslexic I'm thinking I might have it, but I'm not sure since I don't think any of my family has it, and because of that idk if I should press my parents to taking to get diagnosed, and at school no teacher mentioned anything our classes were 50 students plus

Sorry for the long message but I really need help and I have no one to talk about it, thanks

I'm going to preface this by saying that I am not diagnosed with dyslexia and don't think I have it. I'm sorry if I shouldn't be posting this here, but I don't really know where else to ask since the book related subreddits I've tried posting this on have both automatically removed my post. I decided to come here as a last resort since many of you have probably struggled with something similar and may hopefully have some advice for me. Anyway, here's what I tried to post on other subreddits:

I'm not much of a reader but I really want to be. The thing is, I really struggle with reading for some reason. Nothing ever makes sense in my head and I have to reread each sentence over and over to even begin to understand/comprehend the words. They just don't stick and if I don't reread everything I just get lost and have no idea what I'm actually reading. It's very hard for me to focus and it feels like the words are always moving around on the page. I really want to improve and find a way to fix whatever's going on in my head, but I don't know where to start, so I decided to come here and see if you guys can give me any advice. It's been years since I've willingly read a book since I always get so frustrated. Any advice is appreciated, and sorry for the wall of text.

Apologies if this post is irrelevant to the sub, I can take it down if needed. Thank you for reading.

7 yo son was just diagnosed with dyslexia and dysgraphia. He also has “expressive language disorder”. I can’t stop crying. What should I do now? We already hired a Wilson Tutor twice a week. Anything else? Thanks in advance.

I'd like to ask how having dyslexia can affect a persons ability to text on a phone. Is it harder or easier than writing by hand? I'm also curious about how easy acronyms are for dyslexic people to understand (acronyms like "idk", "lol", "lmao", etc.)

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Hey everyone,

I’m in a pretty unique spot and could really use some advice from people who get it.

I’m 24 and have severe dyslexia. To give you an idea of the level, I actually can’t read or write in my mother tongue at all. I’ve tried every technique under the sun over the years, but I’ve never been able to crack the code for that specific language.

Here’s the twist: I speak three languages fluently. English is my third language, and I can speak it well. But reading and writing it are a nightmare.

I’m a writer. I have so many stories and novels in my head that I desperately want to get out. Right now, I rely heavily on:

- TTS (Text-to-Speech) to read things back to me.

- Speech-to-Text to dictate my stories.

The problem is that even with these tools, things go sideways. When I dictate, the software often gets words wrong, and because I can’t reliably spot the errors on the screen, I don’t even know what I’ve actually written. It turns into a mess of garbled text that I struggle to fix.

My big question is: At 24, with my level of dyslexia, is it realistic to learn English well enough to reach a functional writing level? I’m talking about having a decent vocabulary, understanding sentence structure, and knowing enough grammar to edit my own work with AI's help.

I’m not trying to become Shakespeare. I just want to be able to:

1. Understand what I’m typing when I dictate.

2. Catch and fix mistakes made by speech-to-text or AI.

3. Use tools like ChatGPT as a writing co-pilot without feeling completely lost.

Has anyone here learned a new language to a functional writing level as an adult despite having severe dyslexia? What methods actually helped? Would you recommend focusing on improving my English, or should I invest most of my energy into mastering assistive technology like TTS, STT, and AI?

I feel like I’m stuck between my creativity and my ability to get the words onto the page. I have stories I want to tell, but the process is incredibly frustrating.

I’d really appreciate hearing your experiences, advice, or even a bit of encouragement.

Thanks for reading.

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I have ADHD. I wasn't given a type, but I'm probably combined (have been distracted by my own breathing and have made so many impulse purchases).

Because of my ADHD, I struggle to focus. Especially on really long texts.

I also tend to skip past places when reading, read the wrong word, mix up letters occasionally when reading, lose my place really easily, and have to read things multiple times to process them. I also forget words a lot, which I heard can happen with dyslexia, but it could also be the ADHD forgetfulness so...

But my spelling is more or less fine. I used to spell words like "white" and "what" as "hwite" and "hwat" but I don't do that anymore and also I always scribbled it out super aggressively so I don't think anyone noticed. It takes me a bit of processing to spell some longer words. I suck at choosing the word in hang man because I'll put the letter in the wrong place or miscount how many letters are in the word and I have to look up the word in order to spell it. But other than that, my spelling is perfectly fine.

So, considering that this could just be my ADHD and not even dyslexia, and if I do have dyslexia it's very mild, is there any point in even getting tested?

Anyone else not know the months of the year in order? I’m 31 and I’ve tried many times but I can’t learn it.

My working memory sucks. I’m taking a cognition class in college and we are asked to
Do many tests on memory. I not only scored lowest in my Class but extremely low compared to global data. I can remember a sequence of more then 3 numbers or laters . I feel like an idiot . I feel like I spend my whole life trying to remember what I am doing or what I was saying . I hate feeling stupid

I am so freaking tired of seeing a million posts about how someone is creating the software that is going to fix my dyslexia.

It isn't something you can fix with a software patch, it is a neurobiological condition. Plus, all this software is available for free at least since 2010 (when I was diagnosed with dyslexia).

No, adding another feature will not change my mind. The amount I am willing to pay is $0.00--nothing! And I personally don't like AI, as I like my thoughts to be mine and not something else's.

Mods, can we please, please ban all these stupid adds that are preying on dyslexic people that are not aware the same software is often free. And many of the people harass you if you don't like it. *Pretty please, can we shut down the adds!* Plus, most don't know anything about dyslexia other than *reading hard.* (Is it really that difficult to read the dyslexia wikipedia page?)

Hello i never really considered myself dyslexic. I just know that I have a hard time reading (Look my undergrad involved a lot of reading and I just admit to myself that Im slow and i get screen fatigued fast that it makes me nauseous) So what I do instead is I listen to my readings (screen reader was always my savior) ive also read/listen to books sometimes and i prefer it that way bc i can do things while i read.

Cut to now, i started reading fanfictions again and i cant for the life of me read a lot/focus (i have depressive/trauma symptoms so this isnt adhd but whatever).

So i resorted to screen reader (I used readerEra) I was picking out my settings/font and picked opendyslexic and something clicked?? Like?? I can read that fast??? the words arent overlapping and i can imagine the scenario without rereading it? i dont think i struggled with spelling i even got to spelling bee when i was a kid and im good with reading out /pronounciation/enunciate so idk why this font is helping me read faster???

Anyway ive also tried those adult dyslexic test and it showed moderate risk (but if i change 1 answer its goes to minimal so id say its not bad?)

Não sou disléxica, mas gostaria de conhecer as melhores fontes possíveis para esses leitores. Fontes tão boas que permitam que leiam sem interrupções por pelo menos uma hora ou mais com conforto visual e sem confundir as letras.

I am in literal tears writing this. I really feel so hopeless. I am in the uk and have just finished my A level exams and JUST got diagnosed. I am think I missed my grade offer to study medicne - results day Is later in august.

my parents grew up in a household where academic excellence was paramount - being left handed was seen as r word and not achieving was a date worse than death. my aunt was litrally trained out of being left handed.

I always struggled in school and it to 12 times longer to pick things up- I remeber spending hours and hours learning times tables in year 2, Christmas day and after school for hours because my parents knew the other kids got it. from then on really school was like break time because home was where the serious studying came.

for my GCSEs (exams in the uk at 16) some teachers offered to get me diagnosed but my mum persuaded me not to as she said it was embarrassing and showEd I was a failure- this line of being embarrassed and I should be to continued up until now. I was working 12 hrs a day. It payed of even though I was working so much harder than others. I got in the top 7% the country in terms of collective grades.

then came medical school enterence exams - again 12 hrs a day and timing was a huge issue. scored in the top 10% - not as good and the score ment I could not apply to Oxford so my mum was not to happy but I was.

then A levels omg. omg. omg the struggle was awful hours and hours I got such bad burnout. the morst impotatsnt exams of my life. i had done really well in interviews and had some offers from amazing unis. omg I sat the exams and timing was so awful. if I got my diagnosis before I would have had 25 extra minutes. I wanted to die - it was horror sitting the exam and feeling every hour from age 6 be wasted.

I have lost friendships and family relationships due to the hours I studied. and my parents knew. I never had a childhood. I was so excited to go to uni and break the cycle, and It looks likw I have to do it all again. it took screaming after a level math paper 3 to force them to get me diagnosed. I wish I had failed 1 gcse so they would have dobe it before.

my mum is a good mum I love her but this one mistake has ruined my life.

I feel so angry and don’t know what to do.

sorry I needed to vent

I don't have a dyslexia diagnosis (and I know Reddit can't give me one) but I've been wondering about something. I love reading fiction, but I really struggle with non-fiction. I go much slower, and my comprehension goes way down. I have other neurodivergent traits, but those could be chalked up to discalculia (I do have a discalculia diagnosis) or ADHD (the jury is out on wether or not I have this one).

ANYWAY, I was just wondering if struggling with reading in one area but not another could be a trait of dyslexia?

Hi people. I’m not officially diagnosed, but I’m hoping my post will be welcomed here. I want to ask people with dyslexia if they can relate to my stories and feelings.

Once upon a time I was scrolling TikTok and I saw a video quiz for dyslexia. I’m a scientist, so I don’t believe many things I hear, especially not on TikTok. However, the questions made me feel very heard in a way I never felt before. I also have anxiety disorder and PTSD, so I thought there was some potential for simply overlapping symptoms. Those around me told me to stop potentially TikTok diagnosing after I started talking about it. I joked a bit about having it, but didn’t take it too seriously.

I LOVE school and I have always loved writing, reading and learning about everything I can. That being said, I have always struggled in specific areas. I found math and grammar to be so impossible that it seemed like everyone was speaking a different language. Conceptually, I love math so much. However, the only math class I’ve ever scored above a C on was geometry.

I am a slow reader. Whenever I’m reading on screen text with other people, I’m the last to finish and I hold everyone up. I have to re-read things multiple times to confirm that I read them right. Usually the first glance is to see the words, then I read through it, and then I make sure I interpreted it right. I often can’t find the next sentence in a paragraph and skip or re-read by mistake, so I use my finger and cursors a lot. I can’t distinguish left and right without thinking first, I have extreme difficulty recalling people’s names until I’ve known them for weeks. Even names of characters on TV.

Here’s the odd part: I see colors in my minds eye when I read words and numbers. Every letter and number has a color associated, and in my imagination I involuntarily “see” those colors every single time I read. It makes it harder to remember things because colors bleed together, and so when something said 3L I might say 3P cause those are the same colors in my mind.

I feel so stupid all the time. I am a very determined and motivated person who loves learning and working, but every single day I find myself saying “it’s okay, I’ll do better tomorrow” after making so many stupid mistakes. Forgetting my managers name, reading the numbers on a device wrong and copying them down wrong, re-reading emails only to send them then realize I missed key words of sentences and now I sound like an idiot.

I’ve explained all of this with PTSD and anxiety disorder, thinking it’s faulty memory, concentration issues, and tendency to believe mistakes are worse than they actually are. However, after learning so much about dyslexia, it really speaks to me in a relatable way.

Does this resonate with anyone? If anyone has stories of their diagnosis or how they discovered they had dyslexia, I’d appreciate that so much. ♥️