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So, I got diagnosed (is that the correct phrasing) with dyslexia in primary and have since become pretty aware of the effects it has on me day to day. /But/ a lot of the time is see posts about ADD/ADHD and I see a lot of the things that I thought were my dyslexia. Is there, like, crossover in those two areas. Like hyperfixation and loss of time? I’m very curious to hear anything you know. Thanks!

Sorry, I haven't been on this blog for months. But yes, usually there are mant cross-overs with ADHD and dyslexia. Sometimes people diagnosed with ADHD will later be diagnosed with dyslexia as well and vice versa. However, a lot of "symptoms" of dyslexia and ADHD are the same and sometimes people get misdiagnosed!

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I know that “imho” means “in my honest opinion” but every time I see it my dyslexic brain that refuses to turn spellcheck on reads it as “I’m a ho”

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Do you know what DNA stands for?

National Association of Dyslexics

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I thought your URL was "Synth Pokémon" (synthpokemon) then I reread your URL after reading your post and I was like, hah...

One of the worst parts of being a dyslexic blogger is I keep misreading a lot of urls. Like. Not just off by one letter. But like. My brain will be convinced your url says something completely different for MONTHS and every once in a while I’ll suddenly be like “wait this users url is something coherent and not 3 random words in a row????”

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adhd is: zoning out in conversations because they have just gone on soooo long

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yeah hyperfixation can be inconvenient sometimes but when i’m between hyperfixations life is like meaningless so

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DON’T YOU

FUCKING DARE

TELL ME THAT SCHOOL ISN’T HARD

I KNOW YOU’RE GROWN UP

I KNOW YOU ARE MY PARENT

I KNOW YOU’VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THIS PART OF LIFE

BUT SCHOOL HAS GOTTEN HARDER

AND HARDER

AND HARDER

 AND TEACHERS ARE UNFAIR TO ME AND ASSIGN TOO MUCH

AND THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN I AM TIRED

I CANNOT DO WORK

I CANNOT SUCCEED ON A TEST

I CANNOT FUNCTION

BECAUSE

I

AM

FUCKING

TIRED

OKAY?

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“He was dyslexic, which meant he couldn’t learn two lines without making a mistake. That meant he had to understand what he said, to feel it. That gave him a certain strength. He never played a scene the same way twice. He was a restless presence"

- George Sluizer 

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dyslexia is a bain in the putt

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Reblog this if you reject the stigma associated with schizophrenia, DID, BPD, HPD, ASPD and NPD and fully support people with these disorders and want them to know that they are welcome and safe on your blog.

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Time blindness is the weirdest aspect of executive dysfunction and so weird as an experience to live with. It’s like you see the clock, the clock says 3pm, you look at the clock again and it’s 3:02, then 3:05, and then you look again and it’s 8pm and WHAT THE FUCK.

You don’t even need hyperfocus. But hyperfocus is like the Warp Speed:tm: version cause when that hits, it’s 3pm and then it’s the next day and why is the sun rising and when did i last eat and oh god i need to use the bathroom. And oh, also, you’re EXHAUSTED. The act of your brain tunnel visioning on something drains you (but that’s another topic).

Time blindness is…. having the general knowledge that today is Wednesday, and you need to do something on Thursday. Thursday is logically tomorrow, but the mysterious void of time is like ‘that’s like next week or something.’  It’s knowing you have to do something in three weeks on the 21st. And as the days creep closer, the 21st is stuck in a constant state of still being 3 weeks away, despite the fact it’s now tomorrow.

It’s wild. ADHD is literally living in a constant state of “There is Now. And there is Later.” and there’s no in between; no dates, no times; no hours, weeks, or months. It’s just Now and Later, and oh god why is is X o’clock already!?

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They are the worst!

Friendly reminder that dyslexia makes acronyms and abbreviations FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND

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the worst thing about being autistic is that people treat like you like a child when you want to be treated like an adult and when you’re struggling people expect you to act like an adult.

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How interesting!

What do you think of dyslexic dean? I think there’s some good evidence for the headcanon

I don’t know enough about dyslexia to be able to weigh in, unfortunately. I would need more info before I could talk about it. 

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so here’s a quick lesson about having patience with kids.

I have a 6th grade student who isn’t really interested in doing her homework (big surprise). from my experience, kids who aren’t trying to do their homework usually fall into two general categories – “this is too easy and therefore boring” and “this is too hard and therefore i’m not even going to attempt”. it became clear by October that she fell into the latter group, but most of the staff chalked it up to “she doesn’t understand it”. I didn’t really believe it because she was a very smart, emotionally aware girl and it didn’t seem like she didn’t always want to try, just that she would rather do other things than struggle with her work. 

yesterday, she got sent to my office, just so that she would have a space away from her friends to focus on her work, and she asked me to help her with two questions. I looked at them and they were fairly straightforward, simple questions about the results of using various amounts of force on an object. I did what I always do – I read the question out loud first, and then tried to help her use recall to figure it out. she did in a snap. I did the same with the second question, and before I even finished it, she went “OH!” and started writing her answer.

that’s when it hit me – she doesn’t have trouble with the material, she just has trouble reading and processing what she’s reading at the same time. big difference! I asked her and she confirmed that it was easier to hear a question and understand it than to read it and understand it. so I got her phone out, pulled up her voice recorder, and told her to try reading the question aloud and then playing it back to herself so she could process it and she looked like i had handed her the holy grail.

the moral of the story is that sometimes you have to set aside what you think is a problem with a kid and just watch for what’s easier for them. will she be able to do that during a test? maybe not, BUT now that she knows that the issue is processing reading and that she’s an auditory learner, she’s in a better position to ask for resources to help her work better in school.

so i’m off to the school counselor to let her know so she can possible get more tools for auditory learners.  

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I can't believe this.

I just unfollowed that person. How could people joke about such things? "A cure for dyslexia". It is the same if you were to write "I wish for a cure to my autism". These are not things you can joke about. These are serious topics, serious diagnosis. Dyslexia literally ruined my life and then people come up with such awful jokes. I cannot believe this.

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"Cure"? Really? @badjokesbyjeff I follow you on my main blog and I do not wish to unfollow you. Please, take this down.

Dear Satan…

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