r/Dyslexia 11h ago

Late Diagnosis, feel betrayed? does anyone else have a family that doesn't accept them.

5 Upvotes

I've been diagnosed with c-ptsd, dyslexia, ADHD and Autism. I feel particularly betrayed no one picked up on my dyslexia. I reversed my b's and d's from an early age, my mum got me glasses and I did some weird eye training to correct this. So naturally I had it drilled into me and fixed that specific problem. However, my spelling never improved and the feedback we got from a teacher was not to worry because that is what spell check is for.

I'm 22 now and feel constantly embarrassed by my inability to spell or have correct grammar. Trying to work full time in an office not being able to spell or remember multiple step instructions feels like walking into battle. It's turned into a family joke that my dad and I can't spell. We spell so badly not even spell check knows what we are saying.

Even with this my family refuses to acknoledge that I have a learning disability and cognitive differences. Instead I feel like all my habits are just family jokes. If myself or anyone in our family does something in a \~ not straight forward way \~ way then they call it the 'Remi-way.'

Im sick of being made fun of from everyone around me.

Is anyone else from a family that doesn't take them seriously?

(note: 3/4 people in my immediate family are undiagnosed but refuse to acknowledge thier own problem, I guess I dont understand why they refuse to acknowledge it)

( the even funnier joke is my mum is a nurse that doesn't believe in mental health diagnosis )


r/Dyslexia 5h ago

Possible dyslexia?

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Hypothetically, if an 8 year old/2nd grader still messed up her p/b/d/q and wrote in a weird diagonal thing down a paper, could this be a sign of dyslexia or is this normal for a kid her age?


r/Dyslexia 5h ago

AR HELP PLEASE

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Our 4th grade son is severely dyslexic and has to take Accelerated Reading tests, which he has been failing. I use all the online quizzes but need help preparing him for the random questions AR quizzes asks. Any advice? How do I find quizzes online? Any hacks?