All my life I've read slower than damn near everyone else. I oftentimes have to read a sentence 4-5 times before I can make sense out of it. As a result, I intentionally read slowly and deliberately, so that I don't confuse things. Though I've suspected that I am dyslexic for some years, I've never been officially diagnosed. I started looking into it a few years back, but I heard the testing was involved and expensive. This hasn't stopped me from being more well-read than most of my peers and has, for the most part, only been a relatively minor annoyance. But now, with the sheer volume of crap to read in nursing school, it's really become a stressful pain in the rear. Anyone have any insight or personal experience in this area? TIA.
If you can read this, you're dyslexic. "Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, olny taht the frist and lsat ltteres are at the rghit pcleas. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by ilstef, but the wrod as a wlohe."
If you get a real answer in this thread (unlikely it seems...smartasses) I'd love to know because I deal with the same problem of having to read sentences several times and it takes FOREVER to read a 15-20 page chapter.
if you attend a university they should have a disabilities department where they would test you for whatever it is that you think you have for free.
No kidding. Buncha jackasses. Really. I've been to the disability center when I was taking classes at HCC and they told me I needed a separate diagnosis and that all their business was in helping those people with said diagnoses in school. Guess I'll check it out here. And thanks eve, for not being a jackass.
I'm sorry. I did some research on what I posted earlier and this is the standard test for AIDS. Consequently, please ignore earlier post.
I had a similar problem and then I found out the problem was that I had ADD. I always had to reread stuff several times because my brain would just zone out. I'd read 2 or 3 pages and not remember a damned thing because my mind got sidetracked thinking about something completely different.
I thought about this as well and tried a few different ADD meds after seeing a doc, but the problem persisted.
i know my school does i have a friend that got tested and diagnosed with ADD. HCC may be different from a university but i know here at PV they diagnose potential learning disorders. i dont see why they would turn you away.
One of my best friends is dyslexic and he once asked me what was in for English the next day and I reminded him that I wasn't in the same English class. He also gets b's and d's mixed up, and other silly little things. Apprently he got tested when he was at school though, but it looks like you've already tried that.
they have the tendency to learn and understand things backwards. one of my professors has it and sometimes she would be lecturing backwards and doesnt realize it till someone corrects her.
