Danger-Mouse Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Ever wondered what it`s like to be dyslexic? Apparently this website simulates the experience/condition. If it`s accurate then it gives me a whole new level of understanding and sympathy for dyslexics. http://geon.github.io/programming/2016/03/03/dsxyliea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Sod trying to read that. Ever wondered what it`s like to be dyslexic? Apparently this website simulates the experience/condition. If it`s accurate then it gives me a whole new level of understanding and sympathy for dyslexics. http://geon.github.io/programming/2016/03/03/dsxyliea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 I don't have to wonder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salop Matt Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Same here and the worrying thing I can can read that site fairly well ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKPoacher Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Ever wondered what it`s like to be dyslexic? Apparently this website simulates the experience/condition. If it`s accurate then it gives me a whole new level of understanding and sympathy for dyslexics. http://geon.github.io/programming/2016/03/03/dsxyliea Are you KO now though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted March 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Are you KO now though? There`s always one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 I don't really believe it, dyslexia is surely more conceptual than words and letters simply physically skipping about a page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted March 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 I don't really believe it, dyslexia is surely more conceptual than words and letters simply physically skipping about a page. Maybe one of our dyslexic members can comment on that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) I don't really believe it, dyslexia is surely more conceptual than words and letters simply physically skipping about a page.There are many different types of dyslexia, as i understand, and as has been explained to me by a colleague who suffers the website is a fair approximation for his variant of the condition. He described it more as the spaces between the letters and words would move constantly so concentrating on the text becomes increasingly difficult, individual words morph into a jumble of lines and sentences become one big word/jumble. Edited March 4, 2016 by grrclark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 I'm mildly dyslexic that website moves much faster than text does for me but numbers are fine. There are methods for coping with it that slows it right down and makes it workable with hard work and help, almost retraining the brain I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsonicnat Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 My Son suffers from it, Early Signs were a "D" or "B" Backwards.. The Stick is on the Wrong Side so to Speak.. Never Asked How it looks to them, interesting question, I am seeing him tomorrow,Will ask That.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Try writing words as you speak them ,if it wasnt for spell checker id struggle .I cant seperate the 2 and even after extra lessons as a kid the problem is still there.Its got many forms and causes its own problems for sufferer,s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Biggest one for me now is merging words together so for example: The end becomes Then I read thing back in reverse to correct crazy merge but I recognise Then as a real word it gets missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Maybe one of our dyslexic members can comment on that? I'm not disputing anything, I teach and act as a supporting tutor for such people, I'm saying the website posted is simplistic, it's not as simple as letters moving about. The effects are more profound, deeper. Just seeing that page gives us no idea what it's really like to live with dyslexia, trying to learn, retain and recall info. It's a blunt tool, like a web page seeing what it's like to be autistic or colour blind, it's beyond reference. Hence it won't help any dyslexic member to comment. Biggest one for me now is merging words together so for example: The end becomes Then I read thing back in reverse to correct crazy merge but I recognise Then as a real word it gets missed. That inforces my above comment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 I'm not disputing anything, I teach and act as a supporting tutor for such people, I'm saying the website posted is simplistic, it's not as simple as letters moving about. The effects are more profound, deeper. Just seeing that page gives us no idea what it's really like to live with dyslexia, trying to learn, retain and recall info. It's a blunt tool, like a web page seeing what it's like to be autistic or colour blind, it's beyond reference. I misunderstood you so apologies if my comment following yours came across as patronising Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 strange i could read a lot of that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Welcome to my world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted March 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 I'm not disputing anything, I teach and act as a supporting tutor for such people, I'm saying the website posted is simplistic, it's not as simple as letters moving about. The effects are more profound, deeper. Just seeing that page gives us no idea what it's really like to live with dyslexia, trying to learn, retain and recall info. It's a blunt tool, like a web page seeing what it's like to be autistic or colour blind, it's beyond reference. Hence it won't help any dyslexic member to comment. That inforces my above comment Fair enough Kyska. I wasn`t aware you worked in that field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 I have the numerical version ( it has a name but can't remember it ) where reading a number over 6 or 7 digits takes ages. I can work out cubic m in my head, calculate like a QS no problem. Yet if I have to read out a phone number it's impossible. Every wall on site has numbers written in separate lines. The numbers are inseparable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medic1281 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Digger, that's really familiar to me. I'm good at maths and fine with numbers, but I really struggle to read long numbers, especially if it's several numbers repeated. Such as 000000, it would take ages for me to count how many zeros are there! I always thought it was me just being daft! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 No mate its a recognised "thing". I write the numbers in 4 or 5 digit sections much like the card number on a debit card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 I have the numerical version ( it has a name but can't remember it ) where reading a number over 6 or 7 digits takes ages. I can work out cubic m in my head, calculate like a QS no problem. Yet if I have to read out a phone number it's impossible. Every wall on site has numbers written in separate lines. The numbers are inseparable Have you tried blue paper and black print? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medic1281 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Very weird. I'm good at remembering numbers, and number sequences, just struggle to read groups. I've just been reading up on what you've said, a few of the things ring true. Like being early to everything, and struggling to work out what time to leave if I need to be somewhere at a certain time. I also struggle with facial recognition. I either think I know everyone or can't remember the name of the person I'm talking to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 It takes many forms. Years ago discalculic and dyslexia were the same thing now they separate them. All it is in reality is things taking a different path through the brain In so doing they can get muddled but also and this is an advantage it allows a different thought process as different part of the brain or engaged that can't be do readily be accessed by those with " normal" wiring This might be one reason why colour overlay sheets work for some and not others It's only a disability if you cannot access it's advantages though you still have to put up with fools who think your thick. I have never read a novel. Tried but it doesn't go in as I read the words they are just words ( can't use any imagination during the process) but I could read a technical book and remember complex stuff in fine detail. It's also been said that dyslexia has a bad effect on coordination and balance but then I was an international athlete an Jackie Stuart ( another dyslexic) was one heck of a race car driver and top level clay shot) Just don't tar us as thick. Lazy or uneducated because dyslexia is no indicator of these things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Mule Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 That page is very accurate, and I'm only lightly affected. I am also handy with numbers, but things like the 7 & 8 times tables are almost beyond me. I have serious problems connecting routes. I travel them every day, but linking one after the other is difficult. I have no sense of direction. Shifting stuff from short term memory to long rarely works. My sense of humour is very rarely understood and is often taken for being a bloody minded Scot. There is much more but the GF is taking the michael on a scale that needs to be dealt with forthwith,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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