We spoke with an Ohio mother and special education teacher in July 2022. She shared with us a few of the differences she has seen in the way her own child with dyslexia processes and learns.
- Prefers audio/video to print
- Sees organization in chaos
- Confuses left and right
- Makes up words
- Flips words in sentences
- Cannot copy or mimic movements
- Makes up own writing/language
- Struggles with rhyming
- Alliteration is difficult, does not work as a memory trick/cue
- Puts things in order backwards/mixed up
- Mishears words in lyrics, poems, conversation
- Hears things in reverse, like 911, 199.
- Dislikes school out of nowhere when increased reading/writing activities are introduced
