This is the 4th post of a serie of 12 by Marc from Ireland who struggles with dyslexia. As promised I am going to talk about the years of my life that were primary school. These are the ones I least enjoyed and find it difficult to go back to. Primary school is designed to […]
This is the 3rd post of a serie of 12 by Marc from Ireland who struggles with dyslexia. So far I have spoke about my background and why I decided to start this serie of blog posts, I did a difficult post which outlined all my difficulties and how they affect me and I even did […]
This is the 2nd post of a serie of 12 by Marc from Ireland who struggles with dyslexia. I started a few different blogs and struggled to find something which I felt had a comfortable flow to it. I eventually settled on the topic of Learning Disability V’s Learning Difficulty/Difference. This topic came about following […]
This is the 1st post of a serie of 12 by Marc from Ireland who struggles with dyslexia. I am Marc from Ireland and I am dyslexic. I have just started writing about my dyslexia and to be honest with you I’m struggling already. I have had 4 tabs open on my laptop for the past […]
I’m new to this page. So I thought I would share my story on how I found out I was dyslexic and the ways I over came it. I was 11 when my mother had concerns I was not doing well at school. She got me in to see a psychologist(? A doctor who specialises […]
After I discovered this page one month ago, and after reading many of your stories. I decided today that I should post mine. Since primary school, I had trouble with reading, spelling and writing and also with my short term memory, having brain freez, forgetting words that I have to say suddenly while speaking. Telling […]
Earning a PHD is hard. REALLY hard. My advisor recently told me that if I ever met someone who had an easy time writing their dissertation, they were lying. This is a process that is supposed to fundamentally alter your thought processes. You become a scientist. It is exhilarating. It is hard. And if you have dyslexia […]
A brief story of how I eventually learned I was Dyslexic – and the power of songs to make sense of words. Struggling during the Early Years I always knew there was something different about me. I was in 5th grade and I still had problems spelling my name. In exams where I had to […]
Not too long ago, Dyslexia Blogger’s John Hicks sent me this tweet: I’m curious what advice would you give to your 10 year old self about? I have to admit I was at a loss for words and advice because I am so used to thinking about what could help me and other dyslexics in PhD […]
Almost every parent who joins our support group expresses fear about whether their child will ever learn to read. By the time they reach our group the education system has failed them and their child. The parents are quite distressed because they have a broken child and don’t know what to do. The answer we […]