Top products from r/Dyslexia
We found 32 product mentions on r/Dyslexia. We ranked the 35 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
1. The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain
Sentiment score: 6
Number of reviews: 8
Plume Books
2. The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
3. The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan: A Blueprint for Renewing Your Child's Confidence and Love of Learning
Sentiment score: 2
Number of reviews: 2
Ballantine Books
4. The Gift of Dyslexia: Why Some of the Smartest People Can't Read...and How They Can Learn, Revised and Expanded Edition
Sentiment score: 2
Number of reviews: 2
The Gift of Dyslexia
5. Dyspraxia 2nd Edition (Special Educational Needs)
Sentiment score: -1
Number of reviews: 1
6. Guided Reading Strips Highlight Strips Colored Overlay Highlight Bookmarks Help with Dyslexia for Crystal Children and Teacher Supply Assistant (6 Pieces)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Guided reading and cultivating interest: these reading highlights strips are simple and effective tools; The gray part shields other sentences, and the transparent part helps the reader to track each sentence, facilitate the use of it in the process of reading, and foster interest in readingGood for...
7. Upside-Down Brilliance: The Visual-Spatial Learner
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
8. Dyslexia and Counselling
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
9. The Hickey Multisensory Language Course
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
10. Ace Spelling Dictionary by David Moseley (2009-03-26)
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
11. Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
HAY HOUSE PUBLISHING
12. Bright Kids Who Can't Keep Up: Help Your Child Overcome Slow Processing Speed and Succeed in a Fast-Paced World
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Guilford Publications
13. Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Smart but Scattered The Revolutionary Executive Skills Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential
14. All Kinds of Minds: A Young Student's Book About Learning Abilities and Learning Disorders
Sentiment score: 2
Number of reviews: 1
15. How to Mind Map: The Thinking Tool That Will Change Your Life
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Thorsons Publishers
16. Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World: Unlocking the Potential of Your ADD Child
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Simon Schuster
17. Overcoming Dyslexia: Second Edition, Completely Revised and Updated
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Vintage
18. The Wild Book
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Harcourt Brace and Company
The type of work that suits dyslexic people tend to be more practical work. My husband is dyslexic and earns a good living from working with machines. My eldest is good at art and working with others in collaborative roles in practical jobs. My middle child is dyslexic and is even better at art and also a musician. My son is still young but he's wanting to go into engineering or something to do with machines as well, but he is also good at sailing and swimming. I've helped my kids explore different activities and find what they're good at, what they're passionate about, or have talent in. It's pretty important for a dyslexic person to find their niche, to stay competitive compared to non-dyslexics. Pretty difficult to beat the neurotypical people at what they don't struggle with.
I recommend you read The Gift of Dyslexia by Ronald Davis https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0399535667/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_-oUwDb70GRGBW
Please don't stress yourself out with trying to read so many hours a day every day. It may be counterproductive. 馃檨 But whatever you do choose to do in the end, I hope it goes well for you. All the best 馃
My 13yo has the same issues and also has a very high IQ - while he has been diagnosed as dyslexic by Dyslexia Institutes of America another psychologist thinks he is not dyslexic. That being said, I think I am very mildly dyslexic and I learned other ways to do multiplication tables which I taught to him. Not much help with addition and subtraction and only a little help with division but its at least something. It is very basic but once he started to use it, it seems like he got a lot faster.
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He used these methods along with fingers for adding until it somehow got easier for him - although I still don't think he could pass a timed math facts test, he can now do math facts.
When I have to add a column of numbers, I end up using little tick marks - so I'll put six dots next to a six, etc because I also sometimes have problems quickly adding in my head.
This is also an issue with people who are visual-spatial (both of us are.) Linda K Silverman and her website http://www.visualspatial.org/about.php have excellent resources. Dyslexia is very similar to being visual-spatial. If you go to the Articles on her website, there is a resource for teaching math to non-sequential learners, which uses some of the techniques that I mentioned. I highly recommend her website and her book Upside Down Brilliance. It has helped us so much!
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I remember when I found out during my last year of high school. Very emotional but freeing at the same time. It was nice to know countless others struggle with the same difficulties. You begin to appreciate the way you think as time goes on and find special gifts and abilities that stem from your dyslexia. I highly suggest this book It really help me understand my strengths and weaknesses with dyslexia. Good Luck!!
(the book also available in audio!)
It usually isn't cover by insurance but they'll often apply the cost to your deductible. You mentioned your deductible will be met so you'll probably want to discuss that with your insurance company and the person doing the evaluation to know for sure. The last time I looked it was around 800-1200 USD for an evaluation.
I highly suggest using a provider from here: https://dyslexiaida.org/ida-accredited-provider-directory/. If you don't use a provider from that site then you should at least educate yourself on what should be done during an evaluation: https://dyslexiaida.org/dyslexia-assessment-what-is-it-and-how-can-it-help/.
Is it worth getting tested? It's not like there's a cure so what's the point? You can get accommodations depending on the country you live in for one. Personally I have found value with having objective information about what my strengths and weaknesses are. I also wanted to know for sure whether or not I was rather than speculate. There's a lot of benefits to be being dyslexic. I haven't read this yet, or more likely an audio version of it, but I've heard very good things about this book: https://www.amazon.com/Dyslexic-Advantage-Unlocking-Hidden-Potential/dp/0452297923
Please feel free to pm me if you have more questions.
This is a copy paste of an email I've sent a couple of friends. My child has dyslexia and I found these resources useful. The Amazon links are not affiliate links or anything, just links to the books. The first two books were especially intersting and useful, and will apply even as an adult!
Dyslexic Advantage - by Brock and Fernette Eide
Overcoming Dyslexia - by Sally Shaywitz - the first part of the book is the most interesting - it's the science of dyslexia - the second is strategies for teaching/learning
Some other books:
I read them all - at least mostly - but I can't separate the info in my memory to remember which was best at what
Some good websites:
The only thing that helps me read and I can't fucking read either is getting a PDF of the book and highlighting one sentence at a time and changing the color every now and then just to give it some background. It also helps me if the book has a movie I watch the movie first then I go read the book then I can kind of put pictures to the story and then reading comprehension happens. I can't stand audio books I just zone out and Miss half the story and then when I try and come back in and it's helpless. I've tried to use the dyslexic font that's supposedly supposed to help and it didn't really change much for me anytime I try and look at a bunch of words together I just only see the spaces in between the words and it kind of looks like a cool lightning. https://www.amazon.com/Highlight-Bookmarks-Dyslexia-Children-Assistant/dp/B07QNSGBJN I use these a lot when reading books probably the only thing that helps me hope it helps you
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Also I found this article to be true for me
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kindle-nook-e-reader-books-the-best-way-to-read/
I share many of your symptoms and I have a mild case of dyslexia. The only way to know for sure is to get tested. It seems like you are well adjusted but its always good to know for sure. A good book to read to give you a bit more insight on dyslexia and its many variations is 'The Dyslexic Advantage'. It might give you a clearer picture of your breed of dyslexia or if you even have it.
Engineering, a field with a lot of dyslexics because of their natural strengths : ) Maybe you can help me out too, I have heard that engineers write in all small caps (specifically because of the high number of dyslexics in the field, it helps with b/d and other letter reversals), is there any truth to that?
I guess your first step would be to pinpoint the specific area(s) that you feel are weak. Ben Foss has a book called The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan, that might be helpful. He also has a website where you can chart your dyslexia to better understand your strengths and weaknesses.
Have you read The Gift of Dyslexia?
I haven't read the Dyslexic Advantage, but I can say that the Gift of Dyslexia was an awesome read.
The neurodiversity view is that dyslexia is a different brain type, with an atypical set of advantages and disadvantages, rather than simply a defective brain.
Many dyslexics find they are unusually good at certain things. For me, I can spot patterns or solutions in situations that are so complex that most people find them intractable. But, I struggle working through linear, systematic tasks. The hard stuff feels easy to me and the easy stuff feels hard.
This isn鈥檛 just anecdotal. There is research to back in up. Dyslexics perform well above average on certain tests and below average on others. Check out The Dyslexic Advantage:
https://www.amazon.com/Dyslexic-Advantage-Unlocking-Hidden-Potential/dp/0452297923/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=1IG4B9XQWBL7H&keywords=the+dyslexic+advantage&qid=1556288038&s=gateway&sprefix=the+dyslex&sr=8-1
I'm in my 40's and if anyone, friends or colleagues I know, tries to correct my spelling I jokingly say 'do you always pick on the disabled, remember I'm dyslexic. You look the sort that would, do you tell people in wheelchairs to try a little harder to walk' and laugh it off.
Have a look at this book The Hickey Multisensory Language Course Third Edition https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1861561784/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_DupVzb9YQG1PE
It's a little expensive but it's designed to teach children to read and write through multisensory lessons and it really helps. It's an hour a day where they get to learn about a single letter and it's sounds etc. They get to use playdough or other things to create the letters in their hands and each session you run through the previous letters through index cards the child has made themselves.
You could perhaps build your own system or suggest your school invests in it and a teaching assistant used to take any dyslexic students out of lessons 1 to 1 during the week.
I struggle with basic math (but oddly not advanced math concepts) on account of my dyslexia, too. A few resources that I have found handy are:
Other books I have found helpful include Ray's Arithmetic (an 8+ volume set of schoolhouse math books from ~150 years ago; Mott Media has reprints readily available on Amazon. Also, any book you can find on the basics of numbers and counting might be helpful. For me at least my math problems boil down to a subtle bug in my brain's ability to skip-count.
Thank you very much for the upside-down brilliance link. I'll check it out.
I was exactly the same as /u/Ismith946, diagnosed in university, never picked up through school. But looking back it was pretty obvious all the signs were there, I just had the "skills" in place to cope with mainstream education. It was only when the education requirements increased that I struggled and was unable to cope.
Reading the [Dyslexic Advantage] (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dyslexic-Advantage-Unlocking-Hidden-Potential/dp/1848506392) has helped me in numerous ways, most importantly, dyslexia really is only a disability in modern education, thinking differently is possibly an advantageous mutation. It also helped explain how the brain is different in dyslexics and this in turn helped me have a starting point in how I may struggle and what I can do to help myself.
I also have the theory that school education is very repetitive, you're there 6hrs+ a day doing the same things, reading, writing, and as you grow older you do these things less. Think about your handwriting after having the summer off when you were younger! So by not doing these repetitive things you're having to make up ground to get back to what you class as normal.
If you're worried and struggling, do homework, practice your left and rights ( I still always look at my hands, left hand makes an L with thumb outstretched), practice writing, do a bit of reading, build it up.
Don't worry though, you'll get there with a bit of time and patience.
I had some help from about 15 but it wasn't until I discovered this book that I really understood dyslexia.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1861563957/
But, you want to try and see a professional if you can. "Dyslexia" is quite the umbrella term and knowing (through the tests) exactly what aspects of your personality are affected really helps.
The book they were pushing in the interview is amazing. It changed my life forever and made me understand my brain:
http://www.amazon.com/Dyslexic-Advantage-Unlocking-Hidden-Potential/dp/B005IEDKQO/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=
I would recommend that you get something like [this] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/ACE-Spelling-Dictionary-David-Moseley/dp/1855034786) if he has trouble spelling. I haven't actually used one, only heard about it not long ago.
Here's a video explaining a bit how it's used
read/listen The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain
you have dyslexic powers
https://www.amazon.com/Dyslexic-Advantage-Unlocking-Hidden-Potential/dp/B005IEDKQO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1523536040&sr=8-1&keywords=dyslexic+advantage
https://www.amazon.com/Dyslexic-Advantage-Unlocking-Hidden-Potential/dp/0452297923
Check this out:
https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Book-Margarita-Engle/dp/0544022750
Spatial and memory issues are often co-morbid with dyslexia and dyspraxia. Some researchers believe this is related to stunted growth of myelin sheaths over neurons during infant brain development--this book on dyspraxia goes into the mechanics of that while still being reader-friendly.
I am not dyslexic but words do move around on the page when I'm very tired. Words and sentences will move closer to me or further back and then drift into other rows, forming nonsense phrases and making me think I'm hallucinating. It may be an exhaustion or stress issue, or even related to my astigmatism.