how can u tell if someone is dyslexic?
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cixelsyd eryeht, siht daer nac yeht fi
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this may sound weird but tell them to read backwards...literally.  My mom had a student who was highly dyslexic but when she told him to read from the back of a sentence he read it perfectly.
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This could be dyslexia. It also sounds as if you might have an attention problem.  I would need to know your age.  You could try a colored overlay to help with the words getting switched out of order.  This really seems to help some people. (a colored overlay is simply a tranparent,colored, very thin sheet of plastic that you actually lay over your reading) Have you ever had any educational testing for a learning disability? By the way, having a LD is NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF.  Many people think that if someone is LD, they are not very bright- this is not true. Wish I could help you.  Good luck and try a colored overlay.  (different colors work for different folks)
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Slow down and reread what you're typing.  Ask yourself if the letters on the paper or screen spell the word you intended.
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Oh, that is a very funny joke. It would be, albeit, near impossible for a dyslexic person to sell their soul to Santa if all he accepts are applications from people who are 3 feet tall or below. Therefore, the dyslexic person must meet the requirements :]
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Good question. Also is the effect of alphabet-ti spaghetti lost on dyslexics??????????
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Contact your school district- perhaps the principal or superintendent's office. Ask if they have a dyslexia specialist within the district. Put your request for the testing in writing to the attention of whoever should have it. Then fill out the necessary paperwork so they can do the testing. Good Luck!
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Why is Dyslexia so difficult to spell.
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Dyslexia is a real  neurological disability. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and / or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom instruction. Secondary consequences may include problems in reading comprehension and reduced reading experience that can impede growth of vocabulary and background knowledge.\n\nIf the person is of school age, he or she can be tested through the school system at the parent's written request to the school principal. http://www.dyslexia.com/faq.htm has more information on that.
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*checks spelling,punctuation and grammar*\n\nYep,I think so! I do know what you mean though.It doesn't make a very good impression if we look like we can't spell.I hope your question makes an impact!
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and if that person is Dyslexic and cross-eyed, can they see okay?
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No its not possible to cure dyslexia, I think you just learn to live with it in some cases. Other people I know struggle every day with everyday things because of it. It depends what your dyslexia is concerned with. Some people it can be numbers, some it cna be words or spelling or processing skills. Things can make it better or less obvious depedning on the job you eventually take
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You were the only one to get the Dyslexia cure. So far.\nKMK
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Word of the Day: Dyslexic
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I'm dyslexic too, and I know what you mean about wanting books that are easy to read.  I usually just read kids books even though I'm 19 and a freshman in college.  Actually, I mainly read whatever I have to read for school, but on the rare occasion that I do have time to read something else, I rarely finish anything that's not meant for kids.  I think the trick is just to find kids books that are complicated enough to still be interesting.\n\nI really like Harry Potter.  Those are more than 150 pages, but they're also the only book I can sit down and read like 12 hours a day and finish in 3 days.  \n\nThe Ender's Game series by Orson Scott Card is also really good.  They're about a kid in the future who's taken to be trained as an elite soldier in to fight in space battles.  It's not as brutal as it sounds, though.  Most of the first books is mostly about his time at school, and all the battles that there are are very video-game-ish (actually, they basically are video games - you'll understand what I mean if you read it).\n\nIf you like science fiction, I really like Robert Heinlein's stuff.  His stuff isn't written for kids at all, but I've been able to read it since about 6th grade, which is really saying something, and I still enjoy it.  Most of his stuff is really short, too.  He has one really long book, which I still haven't been able to read, but that's the only one.\n\nI read a book called A College of Magics by Caroline Stevermer a little while ago.  It's longer (over 450 pages), but it's written at about a 5th-6th grade reading level even though it's in no way a kids book.\n\nAnother great thing is books on tape.  CD's of recent stuff is sometimes really expensive, but if you go for classics that are out of copyright, you can get them even on iTunes for under $20.
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This is a difficult question to answer because the data would be hard to find.  If by "reading problems" you mean dyslexia, etc., there is no way you're going to find an answer.  People, especially adults, with such problems will not be eager to admit to the problem.  If by "reading problems" you mean illiteracy, US's illiteracy rate is about 1-2% (along with most other industrialized countries).\n\nYou can get pretty high up, too, with reading problems.  Check out this article from last November: http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/11/11/news/profile.php\nHead coach of the Montreal Canadians admitted to being illiterate.
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perhaps he has a learning disability.  A lot of people with a learning disability are extremely intelligent people.  I'd have him be tested.  It could do wonders.