dyslexia

Are any other disabled students on here using Kurzweil? If so, have you found that it has improved your reading?I started out reading 70 words per minute. Now I'm up to 180 words per minute (with...

My daughter has dyslexia and she finished college last year with 4 degrees in natural rescources. It took her 6 years to complete it but she did it. I have dyscalcula and dysgraphia. For those not...

I've never taken a standardized test using accommodations. But I have to take the GRE and the MCAT soon and I've heard that most people run out of time taking these tests. Which doesn't look good for...

Do you have any words or phrases that you always misread?I've noticed that I cannot seem to correctly read this one sign that is on a lot of trucks. It says "Safety Is My Goal" and I have always...

I was finally able to get formal testing recently, as I have scotopic sensitivity syndrome and the school thought my problem was dyslexia more than the SSS. I have been suspected of having dyslexia...

Almost a month ago, I got a colored overlay for reading. Ever since, I was very excited about getting filters (glasses). Today I went for the screening, and after I was a bit less excited, but now...

For many people with dyslexia, they have scotopic sensitivity syndrome as well. Just this week I was tested, and it turns out that in my case it is severe. Now that I am reading with a colored...

I'm all bummed out and depressed now. I keep sending back this one form back and forth. Everytime I filled out one thing wrong and it has to be fixed. I hate filling out forms. I am not good at...

I thought this would be a cool thread for dyslexics and parents of dyslexics to help each other out. Here's a couple things I've found essential as a college student and just for everyday...

Some classes just seem impossible to pass! I've studied anatomy like crazy, I know anatomy rather well (I got a B+ in anatomy in high school, which was as hard if not harder than college anatomy,...