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why cant i read well?

im in grade 10 and i read way below grade level. i read around 60 words per minute. what could be the problem? i always write backwards and put stuff if the wrong order. Please help?

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  • 9 years ago
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    Please speak to someone at your school, because you may have dyslexia or some other learning disorder and the only way to know for sure is be tested, I think I answered a similar question of yours a while ago where your mother wont have you tested.

    Unfortunately without an assessment, your going to continue to struggle at school, so you must speak to someone at your school.

    By talking to someone at school they can check your academic levels and see if there is a need for you to be assessed for a LD, especially if your behind your peers in reading, writing, spelling, maths etc. If your mother refuses, I think they can over ride her, if its clear you have some sort of LD.

    Without a formal assessment you wont be entitled to additional supports while at school, such as note takers, tutoring, extra time for exams/tests, access to specialized computer programs that can help with reading, writing, spelling etc, and classroom support strategies.

    Dyslexics do not write everything backwards, but they do reverse some letters, such as p, q, w, m, b, d etc, and they do have trouble with sequencing which means placing letters or numbers in the wrong order. Along with difficulties with reading, writing, spelling, maths, memory, transposing of words such as was to saw, omitting words and difficulty pronouncing words, especially unfamiliar words, and confusion between left & right and difficulty reading maps etc.

    If the school does agree to have you assessed, with your mothers permission, you will need to ask if the assessor is qualified in dyslexia assessment. Because not all assessors can test & diagnose dyslexia, neither can optometrists and doctors.

    Both my daughter and I are dyslexic, and its is incredibly frustrating, when teachers don't understand what dyslexia is, why we reverse some letters or numbers, transpose words or have trouble with memory etc. When I have reversed or transposed a word when teaching, I have a bit of a nervous giggle at myself, but because I am acutely aware of my difficulties I try hard to not make mistakes, thankfully most of my students are very supportive, strangely its young people who are the most supportive, and a few have said its cool that a teacher with dyslexia is able to teach.

    But as a teacher I have made a point of being very proactive in supporting students with LDs & dyslexia, and I am often asked by teachers for support strategies to help the dyslexic student.

    Source(s): Youth & Disability support worker and teacher, with a special interest in learning disorders, especially dyslexia. http://www.dyslexia.com/library/symptoms.htm http://www.dys-add.com/dyslexia.html http://www.helpguide.org/mental/learning_disabilit...
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  • 9 years ago

    Its most likely dislexia

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    sounds like you have dyslexia

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