Do I have learning disabilities?

By all means have your eyes checked to rule out ay visual problems, but Optometrists DON'T know much about learning disabilities.

To be diagnosed with a LD you need to see a Educational psychologists

Developmental psychologists, Clinical psychologists, Educational psychologist or a Dyslexia specialist.

LDs are dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia, non verbal LD, and Central Auditory Processing Disorder, Dysphasia/Aphasia, Visual Processing Disorder.

Dyslexia causes difficulty with reading, writing, spelling, maths, memory, sequencing skills, omitting words and difficulty pronouncing words, especially unfamiliar words, and confusion between left & right and difficulty reading maps, reversal of letters, p, q, b, d, m, w, and some numbers, transposing of words such as was to saw, including comprehension of what they have read or heard (spoken language).

Signs of LDs;

Difficulty with learning to read (word identification/word decoding) and comprehend what has been read

Difficulty with comprehension of what is said (spoken language)

Difficulty with writing and spelling

Difficulty with mathematics calculation & mathematics problem solving etc

Retention of what is being taught (memory)

A LD can be mild to profound in its affects, and LDs do not affect a person's intelligence. Most people with a LD will have issues with self esteem & self confidence, and even depression, especially if they have not been diagnosed with a LD or are not getting the correct supports put in place to help them.

http://www.dyslexia.com/library/symptoms.htm

http://www.helpguide.org/mental/learning_disabilit...

http://www.helpguide.org/mental/learning_disabilit...

The word & letter movement sounds like Irlens syndrome. Meares Irlens syndrome is; a visual perceptual disorder, where words and letters, move around or merge etc. Irlens also causes problems with fatigue, headaches, nausea, blurring or words, light sensitivity, spelling, reading & writing problems etc as mentioned above with dyslexia.

Some people can have both Irlens & dyslexia, both Irlens & dyslexia does NOT affect a person IQ.

The overlays and tinted lenses work by reducing the glare of the white page, therefore reduce fatigue, headaches, helps with tracking, clarity of printed text etc. (I use the overlays, my daughter has the tinted lenses).

http://irlen.com/

http://specialed.about.com/od/disabilities/a/Irlen...

Both my daughter & I have a LD dyslexia & Irlens, we also have ADHD.

Before my daughter was diagnosed I took her to a optometrists who was supposed to specialize in specialize in learning disabilities and he had KNOW idea. I had to take my daughter to see a Educational psychologist and a dyslexia specialist and a Irlens clinician.

I would highly recommend going to an eye doctor as soon as possible, eye doctors can help a ton when it comes to learning disabilities, I'm dyslexic so I completely understand what its like being called stupid and other mean things. I flip words around left and right, and I can't spell very well and doing math it a joke. but you know what? I am almost done with college! which is incredible considering the learning problems I have. so its not the end of the world if I can get through it so can you. so here's a list of things I would start accomplishing if I were you.

1: Make and eye doctor appointment and talk to him about the problems your having.

2: find somethings that help you break the habit of talking so much about stuff that inst true. (my friend has this problem). maybe make a bracelet and wear it as a reminder to slow down and stay honest. or try a stress pill and see if that will maybe help with the anxiety of speech.

3: Tell a teacher you trust at school and see if they have any connections for you.

4: see if your school has a learning center where you can get a tutored rather then rely on your dad who obviously isn't helping.

after you've done some of these you should be able to get a good idea of whats going to help. but trust me, the eye doctor is the first place to go they can help a lot with learning disabilities, they helped me out a lot.

and so you know you are not alone where's a video of someone talking about their journey with learning disabilities

You sound like you have a problem (or problems), but I'm no expert and you should probably seek professional in-person help to properly identify if you need special accommodations.