I have mild dyscalculia, but ive always been fine with words. Reading was always my strongest asset in school. I suck at math though.

I was wondering how big a detriment mild dyslexia is. I know a “NEET of 8 years” who basically won’t try at anything because of this. I kind of feel like its an excuse to be lazy, but I can’t say for sure.

  • Canopyflyer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    My oldest has moderate to severe dyslexia. The poor kid finished 1st grade at just a Kindergarten reading level. He was going to fall behind very quickly as he progressed through school. Fortunately in our hometown there is a very good program for Dyslexics, and other learning disabilities. The tutoring program used the Orton-Gillingham method.

    Fast forward 13 years and he was just accepted to Northwestern for the next fall quarter. Northwestern uses a quarter system rather than semester. He read the first 3 books of the Stormlight Archive (~630,000 words each book, or longer than Lord of the Rings in its entirety) in the span of about a month. He has turned into a voracious reader and had not had to make use of any of the accommodations afforded to him as being a diagnosed dyslexic.