Dyselxia
 

Hi,

Recently I have noticed an increase in what I thought was mild Dyslexia. I used to transpose some numbers but now I have noticed it has increased to letters as well.

It's weird as I thought it was just more 'typo' issues but today I was writing my street address - by hand - and I started transposing the letters and it's not a difficult name.

So wossat all about then? Do I need more brain food or summat?

Any ideas?

Maybe you're just having a bad day, need more sleep (BTW I just tried to spell 'sleep' 'speel' so its not just you), etc.

Reminds me of the story of the Dyslexic Agnostic with Insomnia.

He sat up awake all night, contemplating if there really might be a DOG ! !

nannodnai Even I try to keep a reasonably serious tone on the medical forum. The occasional quip is fair play, but a tired old joke, with no useful content is tedious to people that are worried about a medical problem.




SoundBarrier

Words from a pilot, not a doctor.

I've told, many times, of my inability to spell. I can read those tests with the first and last letters being the only correct part, nearly as well as normal writing. I can read back to front and upside down quite well too. I somehow managed to get both UK and US Air transport pilot's licenses.

The thing is, it gets worse on some days more than others. Stressful days are bad spelling days.

If I eat cheese I cant visually track the lines of text on a page nearly as well as 'normal'.

I once sat in Shell Mex House (Ministry of planes in those days) and could not, for the life of me, remember how many l's there were in my first name. It's William by the way. Any word that contains double letters has to be heard in my mind phonetically...or odd's-on I'll get it wrong.

Sometimes the problem just goes.

To facilitate writing a book, I learned to touch-type. I can reach 80 wpm, and on a good day, very few corrections...however, on a bad day, the screen is covered in red squiggles. And no, I didn't spell facilitate correctly. I don't know why it doesn't have two l's. :ugh:

If you had gone from being a good speller, I would say that it was reasonable to have some tests, but if you've had a history, then my guess is that it's just a slight swing of an existing problem.

Carefully monitor all other aspects of your abilities, and check to see that there's no changes in coordination for example...driving, and other high demand functions. Should you notice either a marked decline in spelling, or other symptoms, then yes, put pressure on to have the full gambit of checks.

Loose Rivet

Are your location(s) a variation on your mild Dyslexia.

I think all Dyslexics should stand together on this and form some sort of support group.

"Dyslexics Untie!!!"

Oops, sorry to have spoken out of turn ! I'm new here.

There is a view, of course, among some medics etc that DYSLEXIA does not exist.
More a label to make parents feel better when kids do not read or write well at school. Is that viewpoint worthy of discussion here ?

Perhaps those 'medics' could explain just how a child could learn to read, when some of the angles of text lines simply do not fire in the brain. These same children might well perceive another object at the same angle, but not a black line on a white surface.

Imagine the letter N appearing as l l and you get a hint of how hard it might be for a child to understand why he is singled out.

Many Thanks LooseRivets. I am keeping a close eye on everything 'to be sure'. I used to have a tincy weenie touch of dyslexia so little that one didn't even notice it when I was a fair bit younger. I have had some stressful times in the last year which as you say could exacerbate the issue.

So for the moment I'm in 'monitoring the SoundBarrier' stage.
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I agree that there is still an underlying taboo regarding dyslexia, and prospective employers can find it a bitter pill to swallow (which is why I suspect it’s not readily admitted pre-interview). The academic world in some respects I suppose have been forced to accept dyslexia as a condition, and I suppose the problem is that the conditions symptoms (so to speak) differ with each person, i.e. some have dyscalculia and other dyslexia each to varying degrees.

The main point is that in your case SoundBarrier there is nothing to worry about, as others have said stressful days can exacerbate the condition. However, more often than not with mild dyslexia, and I speak from a position of experience, can be overcome without even realising it, I went to uni like most did A levels etc and never got pulled up on too many spelling mistakes, but there are a few really simple spellings which for some reason confuse me and the more you focus on these the more you doubt yourself etc etc exactly as Loose Rivets says.

Best of Luck mate but there doesn’t seem too much to worry about, after all everyone does it.

Docash1983