Dyslexia Awareness Part 2: Module 3 - Emotional Impact

Dyslexia Awareness Part 2: Module 3 - Emotional Impact
Celebrities including Sir Richard Branson, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom and Maggie Aderin-Pocock join expert teachers from two world leading dyslexia schools to share their wisdom and expertise in these inspirational Dyslexia Awareness Training films produced by Made By Dyslexia. Millfield School UK and Schenck School USA are both pioneers in the field of dyslexia and the first schools in their respective countries to successfully support dyslexic students and focus on dyslexic strengths. These films have been incorporated into 5 Dyslexia Awareness Training modules designed to help teachers, educators and parents understand dyslexia, both its strengths and challenges, gain essential knowledge in how to recognise and support it, and create a dyslexia inclusive classroom.
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We’re a global charity led by successful dyslexics. Our purpose is to help the world properly understand, value and support dyslexia.
We believe in the game-changing power of dyslexic thinking. After all, everything from the light bulb to the iPhone was invented by dyslexic thinkers. In 2020 we launched “Connect The Spots”, a global training and advocacy programme to level the playing-field so every dyslexic child can achieve their potential.
To achieve this we have one single minded mission: to train every teacher worldwide in the next five years to spot, support and empower every dyslexic child.
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[@tami489]

Watching these videos as a 35 yr old, and I can tell you that teachers not realizing that kids with dyslexia need to be taught differently is the problem. Like damn it was hell.

[@mandlin4602]

Same happened to me, I only every hear from people who either have mild dyslexia or the correct support. It’s very isolating to have the narrative be it’s all sunshine and rainbows. It feels like they care more about how the parents feel than how severely dyslexic people feel.

[@AlwaysLime]

I am crying. I am so happy to hear adults say dyslexia made them stronger. I worry for my son’s future and self esteem more than anything. I want to help him any way I can.

[@sofiacolette3456]

What the woman is saying about “one negative comment can really have adverse affects on them for years and years to come” is so true. I’m almost a senior in college now and I still vividly remember my 7th grade English teacher yelling at me to read faster. Also, my 8th grade English teacher telling me that the essay I turned in couldn’t have been my writing, but was accusing me that my mom wrote it for me... because how could I, a dyslexic, write that well?!? I think about these comments till this day, but they negatively impacted me for so long in middle school and high school.

[@AdamNZ]

That's so sad. I hope you do well in life to prove them wrong!!

[@kirstyhepworth7343]

I hope for the future that people with dyslexia are diagnosed more quickly because girls are not getting diagnosed quickly enough and I feel for them.

[@AdamNZ]

I'm developing something and going to try change this in NZ and maybe the world. If you wanted to chat I'd love to chat about it.

[@kirstyhepworth7343]

@@AdamNZ that is great we just got to keep moving forward

[@kirstyhepworth7343]

​@AdamNZ Hi Adam sorry for not seeing your message sooner I don't know what you are developing, if it is OK if I have a bit more information about because I am not understanding very well sorry

[@hepburnphotography9850]

Thank you for these videos - We are a family of Dyslexics and I wish school would catch up with this way of thinking and stop crushing the kids confidence and potential.

[@AdamNZ]

Care to elaborate on the struggles you have with the school?

[@kirstyhepworth7343]

I hope that the Education system starts to take notes because people with Dyslexia are great people too. And we were not Designed to measured at school. But I do hope the government will give more funding to help schools because it will benefit and help schools support Dyslexic students too.

[@texasgalsprepping2065]

Oh, I love that (4:30) she says learning difference! The one thing I hated the most was when teachers would excuse themselves for not being able to teach me and just say “well, you have a learning disability”. Years later I would defend myself and tell the teacher that they themselves had the teaching disability. I got sent to the principal’s office for that. I didn’t care that I got in trouble for that. I demanded to be transferred into another classroom with a teacher that was more willing to listen and work with me.

[@brynnman]

Thank you for helping people understand what it’s like to have dyslexia...my whole family has dyslexia and we have all struggled in life but we all understand our strengths. Keep up the good work. I appreciate it.

[@elspethfougere9683]

This is so beautiful, thank you so so so much! My inner child is very excited seeing all these people speaking so positively

[@danyalewilliams9599]

This video needs to be shown to teachers all over the planet ❤

[@thatcatdraws7658]

Finelly someone said it, I am personally hesitant to talk about my dyslexia as a burden. Of course it can be, but it is also a gift in many other ways. The hardest part about having it is the way people (especially teachers) treat you differently and talk down to you.

[@angharadd5618]

Yes i compeletly agree because i used to.cry my eyes out when it.came.to maths i still do at 30 years old !! It used to be quiet painful when my friends used to play card games like 21 and rummie. It used to put a lump in my throat and tears would come down my face !! I didnt have self esteem no confidence to speak off and now i still find it a bit hard to embrace my dyslecxia but im better ish

[@kirstyhepworth7343]

I struggle with my dyslexia and When I don't get it right the first time I completely lose it.

[@kirstyhepworth7343]

@jason cutler thanks I will look at that

[@lauridevenuto8992]

I have friends and I had helped children with Dyslexia. . By helping the children with Dyslexic ,I helped the children out by slowing the children to break down the words ( for an example I had taken pictures of words to help the sound out the syllables ). I like to thank all the actors that spoke out about Dyslexia . In my eyes, schools should have workshops like this so people should understand that Dyslexia is no laughing matter.

[@uniquedylexic1038]

I tried to hide my dylexic problem from my friends I prrtend to be fine for 3 years Whivh caused me to emotional numbness My writing is full of circles and question mark 🙃 My friends don't even knos i struggle jn school (esp understand) They were always amazed that i forgot every learning stuffs I believe after my complusory education, i will prove to everyone that a dylexic can survive in society with an ideal job (Less written words...) Even i did not do well in school

[@kristinwest2739]

I used to get in trouble with my resource teacher, because I wouldn't stop writing all my numbers 1-100 all backwards. And at home my parents never accepted me for being dyslexic. Life has been very hard for me. I always thought I was in resource classes for being stupid. But I'm finally finding myself in my 30s.

[@leigholding1397]

Hearing this is causing my inner child to have a panic attack. Its like Ghost pains. It's okay child, let's integrate not being heard, cause you're actually doing life now.

[@livingdream2284]

I can relate 😢

[@creacionesmili2963]

I found your channel today thanks for the information my beautiful girl 👧 has dyslexia several 🥺 and it’s hard 🥺 . They detected when she was on 3 grade the school 🏫 elementary and middle school has been doing a very good job helping my girl and today we meet the Hischool transition and I am so happy for all the help that my girl getting ishe’s happy and she wants to be a fashion designer 😌😌😇and I now that she can do it

[@chiclids]

This is very meaningful. I remember as a child I am dyslexic. I’m still am as an adult it was really hard for me to keep up with education and I wanted to go to college\university but I was turning it down because my confidence of going for an educational area. It was just so scary but I’m so happy that the future generations are going to understand how important it is..

[@regulastolz5923]

I have dislexia but my grandfather was very understanding. My Mum till these day she denays it . In the 70s in Switzerland we got put into a special class , but these dose not helped very much. In these days im stright forward, and tell my employer what is going on.

[@jehovahrastafai5135]

I think in every country in the world should have assisted technology for adult people with dyslexia help read and write mandatory. In school, All kind of libraries, courthouses, State House, government buildings, trade schools, organizations that help you find jobs, Banks, credit union colleges. I believe we got far in with helping dyslexia people but not enough for the adults that's dealing with it everyday

[@AdamNZ]

This is the truest comment I have ever read. How can I help you?

[@brittanywinn3955]

Thank you for these videos. This positive slant on dyslexia is so great!

[@miriambourke4505]

I have Dyslexia. I learn through writing.. I wrote for eight hours to learn one day. I pushed myself. It felt good after a good rest. I m so determint and i not giving up. I m now in control of my learning.

[@penein]

As the Mother of a dyslexic child. Knowing and trying to get the teachers to understand is a nightmare.

[@ger5221]

But how about if you are being stoped to develop your potential because people know you have dyslexia, that you yourself never heared about such word until you have reached your adult age? It has really been a struggle to find your strength in a field. It is indeed a trial and error. The individual has to break thick walls to come to a point to be able to use its full potential. What I meant by this is by finding ways and tools how to teach yourself to reform the information in order to process them faster for your brain. The room you wanna reach in you is a room where you are able (a level) to bring out your abstract thinking into our reality in any form. But before reaching such level, you can't go around learning, meaning we learn slow but we never stop learning and our long-term memory helps us to make learning easier over time.

[@TinyWorldsAus]

Yep, so true.

[@gc2161]

Do not ignore your child when something does not seem right. Get them assessed as early as possible and pay attention. They can suffer in silence. And as a parent that is the last thing you want your child to go through.

[@katsteen2415]

Project work was a great way for me to show my full ability. The Canadian school system seem to be the best for me. South Africa prior to this chose to hold me back a year. At age 10. This was the first experience of low self esteem and deep sadness I experienced. I still struggle. I am a Health Care Assistant now. Although I have struggled with the pressure of getting the care certificate done and working on the ward at the same time. On a practical sense it was impossible to do the online training and booklets on the ward. As often short staffed. I will find a way back hopefully.

[@penpinappleapplepen7190]

I was diagnosed in early primary school but I felt like in a way that label hurt me more. The stigmas behind it in my experience made me feel like I was incapable of doing things because I’m dyslexic. Others including my parents and teachers took one look at me and my work and just passed me off as dyslexic and didn’t fully understand or take the time to understand me and my work. I am in my final year of high school and am a A student but still believe I am dumb despite my results showing otherwise.

[@mandlin4602]

Oh I was fed the “you can do anything line” and that was more reason to call me lazy…

[@amaarkshiir9289]

I am suffering with interviews. I have to say a lot but it's unorganised thoughts and the interviewers can't understand this. In India, there is no awareness about neurodiversity and rejection sucks.

[@anishapaul4721]

Dude. I am suffering from the same shit.

[@AdamNZ]

I'm working on something, hopefully can help out your country soon.

[@genuinedelusionsmusic]

I got called stupid from a teacher by the time I was 9. Changed my self-esteem in school forever.

[@sfkid57]

blab,blab, tell me something new? i am clean N sober with A.A. for 32yrs and maybe you can learn from how they support each other. every video i have watched say the same things over and over, but no steps on how to recovery.

[@AdamNZ]

There is only learning to manage it, its with you for life.

[@ZacharySchroeder]

A chef, actress, actor, dancer, and a rugby player. No engineers, doctors, computer scientist or any thing related to STEM? Quit sugar coating everything. If you are dyslexic you will have to work twice as hard or harder than anyone else.

[@alice_air]

Great Video!

[@cynthiabasil8356]

I wish I would have been supported like this. Instead I was openly abused by teachers. Yes I still have issues with depression. From 1st grade they knew and were horrible. My 3rd grade teacher was particularly abusive. I remember the devastating things she would say. How I didn't want to exist anymore.

[@squirrelbrains2197]

While I agree that diagnosis is very valuable, I disagree about teachers suddenly becoming accommodating. In my experience a lot of older German Teachers have no training regarding dyslexia. They don't know how to handle the learning differences. Some will do their best to ignore "the problem", others will lash out at the dyslexic child.

[@miriam4235]

I don't think you need to pick out dyslexic children and give them special attention. I think we need to fundamentally overhaul the education system that fails a lot of children.

[@quakeprincess7753]

200th like 😍❤️🙌🏼✨

[@heatherlowe9240]

PLEASE HELP!!! What jobs are you all getting these days that you are good at??? I am always working laborious jobs because any bit of paperwork or counting(cashier) for me is a mistake waiting to happen.

[@AdamNZ]

Teaching, Hospitality, Visual arts, Sales and marketing, Landscaping/gardening, Social Work.

[@ichimarutetsu]

I am a chef. Minimum reading, just a few lines on a ticket. I absolutely love cooking and playing with ingredients. Following recipes is hard sometimes but if you get shown how to make something it is easier.

[@leigholding1397]

Nuronic holding patterns in the body. Oh there goes my lumber muscles again.

[@mandlin4602]

What happens when you’re caught quite early, for me I was 12, and no one give a flying fuck? What if you’re still humiliated daily, what if you don’t get support, what if you’re still deemed a dunce in school? Why is the narrative that once you’re diagnosed everything f is fixed when teachers don’t give a shit about you!! The assumption too that the perants care, not the case a lot of the time. It’s more than a sheet of paper and a name for it, you need to not be constantly limited by your dyslexia. You need to not be constantly called lazy.

[@m.k.s.7417]

Hi, I would - Love to: "Spread all the [very]_ -possABLE_Awareness, of/about:_ -dyslexia etc." to/for: Africa [+ Asia].

[@RipperBlades]

Nothing! Nothing ever on how it effects adults. I look and look and nothing. Kids become adults that are still affected. I have major communication issues and almost no help on getting people around me to understand my pain or give a dam. I’m treated as if I’m just a moron. Slow and dim witted. Yes I get great praise as an artist but people close to me think of me as a jackass.