Comments on: Is it possible to get dyslexia suddenly at 20 years of age? http://www.stars4kidz.com/dyslexia/is-it-possible-to-get-dyslexia-suddenly-at-20-years-of-age Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:20:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Adavis http://www.stars4kidz.com/dyslexia/is-it-possible-to-get-dyslexia-suddenly-at-20-years-of-age/comment-page-1#comment-169 Adavis Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:27:59 +0000 http://stars4kidz.com/dyslexia/is-it-possible-to-get-dyslexia-suddenly-at-20-years-of-age#comment-169 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!<br><b>References : </b><br> 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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]]> By: Whatever... http://www.stars4kidz.com/dyslexia/is-it-possible-to-get-dyslexia-suddenly-at-20-years-of-age/comment-page-1#comment-168 Whatever... Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:43:59 +0000 http://stars4kidz.com/dyslexia/is-it-possible-to-get-dyslexia-suddenly-at-20-years-of-age#comment-168 hah hah! 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.<br><b>References : </b><br>I'm dyslexic ;] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auditory_learning hah hah!
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

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