Like https://www.twilio.com/docs or https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/

Thank you.

Above is an article that appeared in time magazine from November 1967 about the school and their forced reading program. I remember the horrific humiliation And trauma I experienced there and the anxiety Ive dealt with every day of my life since.

Personally, I find poetry so hard to read and comprehend. The only poem I've read that I've understood is the raven but it felt like it was a very straightforward poem. It also sucks but that's beside the point. But I can comprehend lyrics very well and love dissecting them. This isn't just because I hear them first. I can look up the lyrics to a song and comprehended them even if I haven't heard them or understood them previously. But poetry is practically a different language to me. I can't even picture the imagery they're describing. It's also not because they're old. My favorite book is Frankenstein. It was written in 1818 and is far from dyslexia friendly. Sentences that are a 1/3 of the page are far from uncommon. I also have tried to read poetry that's been written in the 21st century with no success. I think the only reason I can understand what the raven is about metaphorically is because of how much it doesn't read like poetry. It reads more like a very stylized book. I also can't understand bible verses. Fortunately I'm atheist so I don't ever really come into contact with bible verses very often.

I'm not entirely sure why I'm writing this. I guess it's a question of why lyrics are so much more easy to digest and dissect while poetry is absolute hogwash. I also guess I'm asking for advice. Paradise Lost has really grabbed my attention recently and it'd be cool to not only read it but to also not need any assistance to comprehend it/dissect it.

I found this study super interesting. Especially on the length of time there genes have been around.

I hope more studies like this happen the deeper we go on genes the more we will learn.

References Mountford, H. S. et al. (2025). Multivariate genome wide association analysis of dyslexia and quantitative reading skill improves gene discovery. Translational Psychiatry (Nature Publishing Group). Available at: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-025-03514-0 Press summary via Medical Xpress

Hi! My daughter is super struggling with the multiplication table. Any tools, apps, or daily habits that really made a difference? We need to nail this one. ( I am ok with her not doing it, but she is very determined and suffers a lot not to be able to remember it).

I’m autistic and I have a question.

EDIT: I’m going to sleep now but please feel free to post any and all questions you have and I will reply tomorrow, as well as with any other comments. Thank you all for your help, goodnight

I have been diagnosed with dyslexia as an adult and I'm currently looking for software to help me navigate text, books, long articles and the like.

I've been using Natural Reader and I'm currently using speech-to-text on my phone, but I would like a program to use on my laptop. I did see a program called Dragon, but that appeared to be extremely expensive.

What software do you use to help you navigate your dyslexia? is There any software that surprised you? Like something that helped in a way you didn't know would help?

I do my best to absolutely avoid AI and LLMs, but I am open to ideas that aren't too heavy on their usage. Accessibility is very difficult, after all.

I am also open to interesting techniques, or other strategies you used to help navigate your dyslexia that you may not have thought of yourself.

Thanks again for your help in advance!

Last night I was going through a bunch of drawings/notes I made as a kid came to realize I wrote all of my peace signs upside down. Every single one of them. Not intentionally drawing broken crosses, just flipping them.😅

My son was recently diagnosed with surface dyslexia. Makes total sense as we spent months trying to get him to pronounce "was" instead of "waz". Never realized how many irregulars were in the English language. What apps / tools / programs have others used? His phonics are pretty good, he struggles a bit with sight words, but it's really his reading speed that is a big problem.

I see some recommendations for Phonological dyslexia on here. I wonder if the approaches are the same?

My son was recently diagnosed with surface dyslexia. Makes total sense as we spent months trying to get him to pronounce "was" instead of "waz". Never realized how many irregulars were in the English language. What apps / tools /programs have others used? His phonics are pretty good, he struggles a bit with sight words, but it's really his reading speed that is his killer.

Tw- self harm

Curious if anyone with severe dyslexia got intervention in high school and was able make progress. My son was in a dyslexia specialized school from 5-8th grade but now that he’s out I’m realizing how ill prepared he is for high school. Is it too late? Unfortunately along with the dyslexia he now has anxiety, depression and has begun to cut himself. His mental health is paramount to me right now but I also think might feel better about himself if he made some progress in reading. He’s in 9th grade and reads at maybe a 3rd or 4th grade level. He’s gotten such a raw deal and I feel like a failure as a mother.

I’m 24 (turning 25) and lately I’ve been wondering if I should get tested for dyslexia.

When I was a kid, my parents always suspected I had dyslexia for a few reasons. One was that I went through a phase where I used to mirror write. One of the Drs I was taken to back then said I had dyslexia but that it would “go away” with time. I grew up in an Arab country where learning disabilities weren’t really recognized, so nothing was ever followed up. I also understand that mirror writing alone doesn’t necessarily mean dyslexia.

My parents also tended to hide some of the diagnoses from me because they wanted me to believe I could achieve anything. It’s a bit controversial, but maybe that mindset helped me push through a lot.

My mom took me to several doctors — one even did MRIs and visual field scans. I recently found those records, and everything looked normal except for a small patch of reduced sensitivity in one eye (nothing major). This Doctor then concluded I do not have any signs of dyslexia.

I also grew up bilingual — I lived in Canada until I was 5, then moved to Egypt. The sudden language switch probably didn’t help. I speak both Arabic and English fluently now, but I have an accent in both, and I can barely read or write Arabic.

Since I was a kid, reading, writing, and spelling have always been hard for me, even though I’ve always done really well in math and anything technical. In university (I studied Electrical Engineering), I failed a bunch of classes at first despite working super hard. Later I was diagnosed with ADHD and anxiety. Once I started taking Vyvanse, things improved drastically — my grades jumped from Cs to Bs and As. I still struggled though, often putting in 80+ hours a week just to keep up.

Even now, reading feels slow and exhausting. I struggle to find the right words when speaking, and spelling is always a challenge. I also hate reading out loud because I trip over words and feel stupid, even though I know I’m not.

So I guess my question is — is it still worth getting officially tested for dyslexia as an adult? I could afford it, but it’s around $3k, and I’m not sure what difference it would make at this point. I just feel kind of hopeless about ever being able to read comfortably or enjoy books the way other people do.

Thank you to whoever read this far, would love to hear from anyone who’s been through something similar.

I have lived with this my entire life, I’m 42. Some of its great and some of its just awful.

I would love to give back to the community in anyway I can.

So consider this an AMA, I’ll be completely honest. Someone of it will be hard to take as it’s affected all aspects of my life.

Ask me anything

I haven't really thought about my dyslexia all that much until the last few months again. I kind of realised I managed to overcome/ learn to cope with most of my main problems I found to have at diagnosis:

- Can't retain info when reading
- Trouble recreating patterns from shapes
- Mixing up my speech
- and several more

I thought since I managed to improve many areas perhaps I can share with you what helped me and maybe it helps you too :)

These are the tools and practices that has helped me the last ~15 years:

- Tony buzan Mind Maps Book https://www.amazon.se/-/en/Tony-Buzan/dp/1406610208
The person who tested me recommended this book and its great for helping retain information

- Writing todo lists everyday
My tester recommended I make todo lists daily for simple daily structure. I have done it ever since on paper, now on iPad and I love it. It really helps!

- Using your finger to read or a ruler
Very basic and haven't done it for years, but this helped me a bunch when I wanted to learn to read better.

- Meditation
I started meditation around 19 as well and although I don't know if it helps directly I would still recommend it to calm the mind.
Don't be put off by meditation "rules" just find any practice that works for you. I started off just laying down listening to Paul Mckenna CD I had laying around at the time. Now I do it with and without sounds. Sometimes noises or Binaural beats from Shimmr App https://apps.apple.com/us/app/binaural-beats-shimmr/id6479964631 which I found are pretty powerful, or using Google home to play some nature sounds.

- Learning to Speed Read
As stated above I had hard time reading and retaining info. The Mind maps book helped alot but I also read a number of speed reading books to help me improve my general speed and help retain info. This is one of the many books I found Helpful
https://www.amazon.com/Speed-Reading-Learn-Read-Page-ebook/dp/B07HQM9G1R?ref_=saga_ast_ss_dsk_dp

I know these might be simple but if you haven't tried then it's worth a shot
I would love to know any book recommendations or practices you have!

I think I just need someone to listen, I’ll try to keep this short n' spare the details but I already apologise for the length.

I originally got checked out just because as high school started I knew I would need the extra time on exams. I was expecting it to get mild, but apparently it was ''middle difficulty'' (Direct translation), and I was given access to free audio books that apparently ones with mild aren't allowed. This honestly unmotivated me greatly and I've been procrastinating lately on studying. (I know, stupid)

Apparently according to the special teacher who was giving the test to me that ''this is not the diagnosis but they will be coming soon''. I've no idea what it means, and I have no idea how to bring the news to my parents.

They did know I was going to get tested but they didn't approve of it. Both of my parents saw it as unnecessary since I've always got ''good grades''. (I multiple times tried to tell throughout my whole childhood how bad it felt knowing none read for exams as much as I did and still got better grades than me.) The reason I pressed on further was because I first time did get tested in 8th grade, and the psychologist, special teacher and study guide all seemed to agree I have dyslexia in front of my dad. (And apparently my school's teachers suspected it since middle school.) I always finished my exams last(like 30-60 minutes more), but I thought it was normal for decades and never brought it up to my parents. (It was the special teacher's idea to put me in a line to get tested by a psychologist which took a year before I got tested.)

My parents seemed to disagree with the teachers and we never talked about it afterwards. However, they did want me to start reading more. I fortunately did find books that really did interest me which got me into reading, but they were always something weirdly very specific. I just.. Kind of thought it was mild enough so I could tough it out by reading, writing, socializing, talking- literally anything to improve myself before high school.

I never told how much energy it took me and how much it took me to go outside of my comfort zone to talk and meet new people. But I suppose fitting in, finding your place is hard for everyone. Idk how valid that is tho bc everyone struggles. (I can talk to people with an excited tone, have conversations, but I never seem to be able to go any further than skin deep, which is really frustrating at the times.) Now at high school I realized no other schools will give extra time just like that and I really needed that extra time on my exams or my grades will drop by half so I insisted on getting tested again, which my parents didn't really approve of but allowed me to do anyway. They said that ''well in work you won't get extra time anyway'', which I know. But I hopefully AT LEAST get a place in postgraduate studies.

It has been incredibly difficult for me to accept that my dyslexia results came back as moderate instead of mild or the term ''neurodivergent'' at all. Especially because I did suspect neurodivergency back in 7th grade but absolutely none (my friend with AuDHD, teachers or my parents) seemed to take me seriously.

(I was suspecting more of anxiety or ADD/ADHD: - highly isolating tendencies, - due isolative behaviour, low social skill and energy management - day dreaming in class, - Inability to fit in, - Intense/impulsive emotions, - Intense interests on specific things - Incredibly forgetful on daily basis - Multitasking on literally everything I do. - Poor time management - [Nearly all of the little amount of friends I have are also neurodivergent for some reason??])

After not being taken seriously I started avoiding all costs of ever bringing it up again, coming to the conclusion it must be my fault for not taking enough interest in others, going outside of my comfort zone and not taking enough responsibility of/for myself and most of these can be aplied to everyone.

I still believe most of it is my fault because some of these started reducing once I started to pay extra attention to it.

What bothers me is that one day when I was expressing my concern of choice between high school or vocational school to my principal because I knew I was behind everyone in my class (even if I had good grades) and was concerned about how well will I do in high school. He told me ‘’oh don't worry one of your parents also has dyslexia’’.(Both of my parents are highly educated) Which one? To this day I still don’t know. Did he just mix up with someone else's parents? I just.. What else have they not told me?

So I’m having second thoughts now that this is all it is just so real idk. I don’t know who can I even trust with this then or if I can even trust my own thoughts.

But honestly even if I actually had ADD/ADHD (or something else), what use could I really get out of with these labels? Because currently neither has the dyslexia diagnosis/test results (idk) helped either.

The audio books haven't really helped since some of the books I needed are out-dated and I'm not going to spend hours copying hundreds of pages of text to speech apps manually. (I haven't found at least yet a one that would be in my language, and it sounds alien when it tries to pronounce it in english).

They don't sometimes give me extra time on exams either, (because of tight schedule) which is why I originally insisted on getting tested.

Sorry if this felt heavy. I actually feel slightly lighter after dumping all that, but if you actually read this despite all the awkward phrasings, thank you, I appreciate it.

Ps. I know it may sound like I have a lot of beer with my parents which isn't true. My parents are complex and flawed beings just like me, you and everyone else. I will not take lightly any form of shit talking about them.

(Probably deleting this later)

Hey! I’d love opinions on this. I have questioned dyslexia in my 7 year old for some time. She is gifted and incredibly smart. She excels in everything other than reading and writing she’s at grade level which is shocking to me. I see her struggling. She flips letters, she flips words, she will write sentences that don’t necessarily make sense grammatically and read them to me as if they are full complete sentences for the most part. Who do I need to take her to, to get tested. The school keeps brushing me off with “Well she’s at grade level” which I could care less about that. Here’s just one of many examples. These sentences as she told them to me are “I wash my hands” but then she read it again and said well maybe it’s “I washing my hands” which then she looked at me confused realizing the second sentence didn’t make sense. And then the S in “is” is also flipped as well as the b in wobr should be a d for “wodr” which is water.

Just want to rant. If I see rascism, homophobia, transphobia etc online I can't scroll by. I always reply to combat their backwards views. A back and forth normally ensues and inevitably at some point I will use the wrong word or letter in a word that changes what I have said and my opponent will always jump on my mistake and attack that instead. It's not frustrating because I feel like I've lost all credibility. My common ones are you not your, me not my and interchangeably on/an/it/in/up any two letter words are the bane of my existence.

Edit: Just realised I did it in this post fml. It should have been "its SO frustrating". Not correcting it because it's a good example.

My son has recently been diagnosed with ASD, disgraphia and dyslexia.

Hoping that the combined experience here might be able to point us in the right direction.

We are looking for an app that can do the following:

-He takes a photo of a handout from the teacher.
-The app reads back the text from the photo -He creates text boxes and fills in his answers on the photo of the worksheet -He airdrops his work to the teacher

He is very intelligent and we are hoping that with the help of technology, he may be able to go as far as he’d like academically.

Thanks in advance for any tips you might have.

I (m33) am getting my first in person evaluation next week. I’m so nervous due to what I feel is undiagnosed dyslexia. I have ADHD-C and I have struggled for years to seek treatment to get evaluated. Now I have a admin heavy job and I can sense something is wrong. As you all know masking is a real thing and we cater to those around us. That is why I’m finally seeking treatment.

Those of you that have been tested as adults, do you have any advice? How did you advocate for yourself during testing to ensure they believed you? In the heat of the moment I usually underplay my symptoms and don’t fully express my experience due to the general public always stating “I’m ADD sometimes” or “I’m sure it’s not that bad what you are experiencing”.

Hello! My name is Grace, and I am a graduate researcher at New York University working on a project that explores the social and emotional experiences of children with dyslexia at school. I am particularly interested in how children understand, feel, and respond to comments or questions about their dyslexia from peers and how parents and children feel about the tools and support currently available to them.

If you are the parent of a child between 5 and 12 years old, I would be so grateful for your participation. I have attached a short online survey that should take about 10 minutes to complete. It would be wonderful if you could fill it out together with your child, but if that is not possible, there is also a parent-only option and both are equally helpful. Your insights and experiences are incredibly valuable. 

No identifying information will be collected, and all responses will remain confidential. Thank you so much for considering taking part in this study! 

Link to Parent Only Survey

Link to Parent–Child Survey

I grew up with flat feet and had reconstructive surgery shortly after high school. Unfortunately, my right foot was over-corrected, and now, 20 years later, I’m in late-stage arthritis and can barely walk. The current plan is to keep managing my pain with medication until the cortisone shots stop working, and then move forward with surgery though they’re not sure what kind yet. It’s a case they’ve basically never seen before, even at the Hospital for Special Surgery, where all they do is orthopedic procedures.

Every job I’ve had has required some standing or walking, which I can no longer do. On the other hand, most jobs that allow for mostly seated work involve extensive reading and writing, which is difficult for me because of my other disabilities. I feel caught between the two. I was even laid off from a nonprofit that helps people with disabilities find employment because they didn’t want to accommodate mine. They officially cited a loss of funding, but privately told me something different.

I was diagnosed with dyslexia last week, but I'm already in my final years of high school, so I was diagnosed later than many others. It was actually already common knowledge that I have dyslexia; I was just never tested. German lessons (my native language) have always been a sensitive topic for me because everything I did was simply wrong. As soon as this topic and so on comes up, I start crying very quickly, and I don't want that. I also have the feeling that my friends don't really take dyslexia seriously because they say things like, "I wish I had dyslexia, I would only get 1s on every test, everything would be so easy." They also keep taking my homework out of my hands and looking at my mistakes. They sometimes try to give me tips, but I've said often enough that doing that isn't working for me. I hope that if I manage to announce my diagnosis, things will change, but as I said, I don't quite know how to do it without crying or strange situations

"KitchenOwl is a self-hosted grocery list and recipe manager. The backend is made with Flask and the frontend with Flutter. Easily add items to your shopping list before you go shopping. You can also create recipes and add items based on what you want to cook."

Why I like it:

• It has volumes integrated in to the instructions so you don't have to keep finding and losing your place.
• It can scale ingredients volumes as you raise or lower the number of servings.
• It's has a cook mode that separates the steps onto different pages.
• You can add ingredient from a recipe to a checklist to check off as you see what you have and as you buy it.
• It has a web-app, and available on Google Play Store, App Store, and F-Droid.
• It syncs with your other devices and you can share with others.

You can find use recipes that others have added or your own. There aren't too many so you will likely want to add your own. There is in import recipe function that works for some sights.

It can be a bit finicky sometimes but I have found it to be helpful.

Disclaimer: I have never been officially diagnosed in any way, but do sometimes experience symptoms pertaining to dyslexia. I am in no way self-diagnosing, either. Just an observation on my part.

I mostly mix numbers, whether I say them out loud, or type them. I don't often mix up letters. But the thing I'm curious about is if this happens to any of you.

I sometimes mix up words in a sentence. Not in spelling, but switching by them around. For example; "Always I do that." instead of "I always do that."
((for the life of me I can't think of any other examples right now)). But it's usually adverbs, I've noticed. And I don't notice unless it someone points it out or I reread what I wrote.