September 12th, 2009 | 
Author: I am in college. I really struggle to understand a topic from a book. I mainly depend on my teacher’s help. I need 3-4 days to understand something from a book that my friends can understand in 5 minutes. My doctor says that I can’t have dyslexia as people get it at 3-4 years instead of 20. But I am not convinced.
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Dyslexia is something your born with; it’s like a special wiring in your brain. Dyslexic is a word to describe difficulties with written language, organization and short term memory, and is usually diagnosed within a childhood – although for me, it took until I was 11 for my school to finally get there act together. You cannot stop and start dyslexia, it’s for life.
I think that maybe you struggle to understand things from a book because you are auditory learner, meaning that you learn best through listening to the teacher.
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Dyslexia is something your born with; it’s like a special wiring in your brain. Dyslexic is a word to describe difficulties with written language, organization and short term memory, and is usually diagnosed within a childhood – although for me, it took until I was 11 for my school to finally get there act together. You cannot stop and start dyslexia, it’s for life.
I think that maybe you struggle to understand things from a book because you are auditory learner, meaning that you learn best through listening to the teacher.
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I’m dyslexic ;]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auditory_learning
While it’s true that you can’t "get" a learning disability like dyslexia since they are something you are born with, it is possible that you were never diagnosed. I would say the chances of this are even higher if you went to a public school, since they may not have a large enough learning services staff to find minor cases. All US colleges have a learning services department that should be able to evaluate you and get an accurate diagnosis if you do have a learning disability, and if you do have one, offer you tips to manage it, and any accomodations that the school may offer. While I don’t have dyslexia I have been through the various systems due to ADHD which was never diagnosed since I got good grades in grade/high school, so I know from experience that this kind of thing can be missed, even if it has an impact on you. Good Luck!
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