Do I have some kind of reading disorder?
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words, email etc. It is very frustration, and can be embarrassing
when it is at work. I work in the mechanical engineering field.
I've read up on dyslexia and I don't think I have it, but I don't have
some kind of reading issue. I don't see letters backwards. I am
a very slow reader and don't like to read out loud. My comprehension
and spelling is poor. I very often will miss words, or totally miss
read a word. I can do complex calculus equations, but often make
basic arithmetic errors.
I also, miss understand what people say in social situations. I
remember in high school, often miss understanding the teachers
instructions. I looked up dyslexia in wikapedia, and one that sound
a bit like me, was the "Auditory Processing Disorder " But it not
just auditory, but also with silent reading. Is there a website that
can help me narrow down, what type of reading disorder I have? I
imagine if I am really serious about diagnosing, I would have to see
some kind of professional for this issue. In high school I had 70-80%
grades, but I really had to work hard. English class was the hardest
(60-70% grades).
Is there much that can be done for adults with reading disorder?
Thanks.
From wikipedia:
Persons with Auditory Processing Disorder often:
* have trouble paying attention to and remembering information
presented orally; they cope better with visually acquired information
* may have trouble paying attention and remembering information
when information is simultaneously presented in multiple modalities
* have problems carrying out multi-step directions given orally;
need to hear only one direction at a time
* appear to have poor listening skills, and need people to speak
slowly
* need more time to process information.
* develop a dislike for locations with background noise such as
bar, clubs or other social locations
* prefer written communication (e.g. text chat)
dolfrog
I think we should try to settle on some definitions first.
Dyslexia is about having problems with the Visual Notation of Speech,
which in our culture is called the written word, so if you have any
problems processing the writen word then you are dyslexic (that
includes those who have the visual problems which you state you do not
have)
Most who have dyslexia usually have either an underlying auditory or
visual information processing disorder or a combination of both as the
main underlying probleks thaty cause them to have the dyslexic
symptoms or a reading problem.
I have Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) which causes me to be
dyslexic, but APD has more issues than just having the dyslexic
symptom.
For more information about APD you could look at the APDUK web site at
http://www.apduk.org/
or the Mediccal Research Councils APD secttion of their web site at
http://www.ihr.mrc.ac.uk/research/apd.php/apd.php?page=apd_docs
The best description of APD can be found at
https://www.audiologyonline.com/articles/article_detail.asp?article_id=1803
I have a yahoo group where i have many PDF files in the Files section
of the home web page, covering dyslexia and many of the underlying
causes of dyslexia "What causes your Dyslexia" which is at
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/what_causes_your_dyslexia/
best wishes
dolfrog