Sean Salas, I too know those horrors. Crying to the point I couldn't see the words if I tried. How differently would life be now if they would have realized we had reading issues then.

@@molldogone8250 I remember being in the first grade, and having my teacher embarrassing me by taking me room to room having me to read to each teacher. I couldn't read then, but I tried so hard. I'm 36 now, and I can still feel the pain of that day.

perhaps you were not deficient in any way, just not ready, or not interesting, and before you managed to get a start, cruelty ensued and ruined it?

Dan Schoenharl thank you for sharing your story. I still have a hard time reading and retaining information.

Disorder is the word whoever makes it a disability doesn't know better I was told.

At 42 in Philadelphia me and my sister did not finish school, this district will pass you even when you can't read. They have reading teachers that are supposed to be specialist in teaching dyslexic children who don't believe in this. The right in the county next to us you can get help but you have to move. They are completely failing these kids like they failed us

I also had tested above average on vocabulary but to this day my reading comprehension is low. But my raw math is barely passable.

Oh yes... I agree they probably go hand in hand ..math is a string of connections.one after another..like a bridge..going from one side of a river to the other side to another world!!!

I know I can't do math.

I have math issues too. But when l try to explain to people, they usually say you used the wrong words. Thanks, but l am dyslexic. Unless you have it, you don't understand. I even had a man named Tim M something make a whole song about me. He is a big deal in Britian, yet he doesn't understand learning disablities. His big issue is having ginger hair. Trade brains with a dyslexic person Tim, and l hope you step on a rock in your bare feet. It's never smart to make fun of a million or more suffering people. Russell Brand has a bigger heart and intellectual capacity, Tim.

Agree! Theoretical math was the worst, letters and numbers ughh! I could never understand why my teachers never suspected something was wrong with me academically when I had great grades in everything but math.

Exactly! My reading is fine, but I sometimes type words backwards. My math skills suck. I'm great at problem-solving, visualizing, creating. I'm even a writer. I do believe dyslexia ranks on a scale. Milder forms are harder to determine.

I have Vision Tracking. Hardly anyone knows that term. It's like Word Blindness in the middle of a sentence. I tell people it's a cousin to Dyslexia. I didn't get a true handle on my problem until age 70. I had to figure out my own special accommodations.

True! Here’s the option with “no money” and it opened in 1999 www.EinsteinSchool.us/about-us/testimonial

I am very sorry to contradict you. But I myself come from a middle-class family. Born with dyslexia; 58 yrs ago this disorder was not known. Everyone, my parents/family/teachers/co-students said to me that I was "stupid".... Well I proved them wrong, and have a university degree. And I did that all by myself. So zero cost.....

Lol

@@MD-kg1kq what advice would you give a person struggling with dyslexia?

@@ogcapital__ I started looking at your profile, (and your video), you are very brave and on the right track! As yourself says, believe in yourself, and most of all that you are not stupid, especially not dumber than any average person. On the contrary, in the past it has been shown that most geniuses, including Einstein also had dyslexia. So my advice is: believe in yourself!

I WAS IN THE 5TH GRADE 2 YRS IN A ROW DUE TO READGIN COMPREHENISON LD! IN 1981

HAPPENED TO ME IN 1980S- HAD TO TAKE SPECIAL CLASSES IN HIGH SCHOOL STILL TODAY I STILL HAVE TROUBLE HOLDING DOWN FULL TIME EMPLOMENT EVEN AT 48 YRS OLD

I try to be totally honest about my capability so no one is surprise I'm a little slow when it comes to reading. 🤗 If you are a man I can't imagine your frustration. I feel now with today's technology we are so blessed with auto-correct on our cell phone's we can cheat better. 😉

@@ekop1778 We are about the same age, I had a note in the 2nd grade telling my parents I'm repeat the grade. It was the hardest walk (7 blocks) in my life with that note. This was the craziest thing at 1st I tested so HIGH in my IQ they thought I was bored. Then they tested me on reading and writing. 😫

I REMEMBER

If we knew better, life is like that with everything that we missed.

Jessica Hicking Thanks Jessica, that gives me lots of hope! 🙂🙂

How come you comover that.. My kid is having dyslexia.. Plz guide

I understand you completely, I myself had this too. With the emphasis that I grew up this way, In my childhood years people did not know anything about this disorder. If someone has this and still wants to prove themselves, they will get there. Because after years your brain automatically makes the reflex to pronounce and read it correctly. The whole process takes one hundredth of a second. BTW Geniuses like Einstein also had this disorder.

@@PipingMantra Just let your child do, just don't make any comments in that direction. Just encouragement....This little person will grow up, and turn out to be a genius. Give him/her plenty of room for imagination.... Otherwise it will stifle.

It's called dyscalculia.

Scientifically, we know even more today on how to empower even more students who have Dyslexia or even those at ages 4 & 5 who are likely to struggle to learn to read: www.linkedin.com/pulse/dyslexiascience-shows-we-can-prevent-reading-age-5-tim-conway-ph-d-

This whole episode is a disservice. This is BS

Lazy and irresponsible.

alfababy I think it's called dyscalculia.

No one had even heard the word when I was going to school. Reading was torture for me, the only time I read was if I was called on to read out loud in class. I could do that easily, but no other way.

The bottom line is money. Screening entire populations of students and providing services for students who are identified would require resources that schools simply don't have. The federal government has never fulfilled its obligation of fully funding special education. In fact, qualifying for any kind of learning disability services has become more difficult over the years as the criteria is so restrictive. Many students fall through the cracks. I was a special education teacher in the 1970's-80's and there are quite a few kids I serviced back then who would never qualify now. Now retired, I volunteer as a reading tutor in my local public school. I am heartsick when I see so many students who are struggling, yet will never get the specialized help they so desperately need.

I went through school durning the same era, and my parents had to send me to special classes to learn to read. Criminals are dyslexic in high numbers because they can't fit in our computer society. So many people have deterrence to reading , and it is a career killer. Some kids have to work so hard in school. I remember my sister and brother bringing home A's, B's from school. I got notes saying Kathy needs extra help. It was not just a social hindrance, it killed my ego. But eventho it happened to me years ago, it's still happening to millions of childern. So many of those kids end up in jail, just like this news report says. It makes me so sad for all these wasted lives, and the distraction from these people's needs is shameful.

It is not $, as the screening is not necessary IF schools are forced to use ONLY Dyslexia programs that are scientifically tested and proven to be highly effective like these 15 years of DyslexiaScience research showed: The program with the strongest & best outcomes from scientific, evidence-based with large gains from Randomized Controlled Trials research (funded by NIH/NICHD) may surprise you: www.linkedin.com/pulse/concerning-phrases-dyslexics-hes-making-progress-has-conway-ph-d-

Thank you for Highlighting my comment. We all are dyslexic in different ways, no two of us are the same. I used to look at the page as patterns of black and white. It was very hard for me to learn reading, and it took me several years to be at grade level. Then l was ahead of my grade level, which shocked my parents and me. Yes, these dyslexic children can be helped. But if we do get a handle on our reading, most of us don't become bookworms. We do need to get dyslexic children the help they need to succeed in our society.💐💐💐💐💐💐🌹🌹💐💐💐💐💐💐🌹🌹💐💐💐💐💐💐🌹🌹💐💐💐💐💐🌹🌹💐💐💐💐💐🌹🌹

And dyscalculia.

Mike Jones That's Interesting. Several of the Sharks on Shark tank are dyslexic too. I have a tendency to transpose words, numbers, letters etc but wasn't aware until a boss pointed it out to me in my early 20s. It has never affected me or at least I never noticed that it did. I was always in advanced honors classes and did well in school, college and work. My only draw back was that social skills never and still don't come natural to me. I have to work at those .

I must admit that i disagree with your 3 first statments and agree with your last. 1st and 2nd statment: Dyslexia, can be overcome and Those that do are training their minds to work extra hard. Dyslexia can't be overcome, since it's way the your brain works. it's posible to learn to live with it. And you can still learn how to read and write, and this will indeed train your brian and you will need to work extra hard for this. But you will never be able to read the same way as a non-dyslexic person. You can't overcome Dyslexia, you are and always will be a Dyslexic no matter what you do. 3rd statement: These people are extra intelligent, it has nothing to do with intelligent (IQ). Dyslexia doesn't affect IQ. A dyslexic person can range from a low to high IQ just like any other person. It's not about IQ, But about will power. Those who are able to learn are extremely tough mentally/psychologically. Your 4th and last statment: The dyslexia advantage. It’s thinking outside the box. I agree with it. your brian works differently (you think differently), not by any means worse. It's and will always be a huge advantage to think diffrently. Just like in sports were left handed people have a hugh advantage against right handed. Because Right handed are trained to compete againt right handed people. where left-handed people are trained to compete againt right handed people. So left handed people will always have an advantage. Dyslexic people are trained to compete againt nondyslexic people and nondyslexic people are trained to compete against nondyslexic people. So in a socialt dominated by nondyslexic people. Dyslexic people will have an hugh advantage. i don't mean to be rude in any way. I just wanted to say you can't get rid of it. And that it has nothing to do with IQ, if you ever learn to read. It has only something to do with willpower or good conditions. I have Severe Dyslexia myself. You don't have to agree with me, if you don't see it, in the same way that i do.

Marc Pagan say it louder maybe cbs would listen 👂 I wish it talked about spelling and the people who suffered with reading out loud in class

Excellent points Marc & science has shown to to improve spelling and handwriting too, but CBS is not interested in the scientific caliber of their reporting, only going for a popular piece and then on to cranking out the next story. FYI - these may interest you: www.nowprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Dr-Tim-Conway_SPD_presentation_2015_FINAL.pdf & www.nowprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2015-ProLiteracy-conference_Is-it-EVER-too-late_Library-Literacy-Services-for-Adults-with-Reading-Difficulties-or-Dyslexia_Dr-Tim-Conway.pdf & www.linkedin.com/pulse/5-scientific-facts-dyslexic-adults-tim-conway-ph-d-

Did that term even exist in common circles back then? (I'm 63.)

This is America. Poor, black, uneducated.... good enough to profit off his body in bondage

i found out i was dyslexic around the time this video was uploaded in 9th grade

Jen Binkley, I think I understand what you are saying. It's like a head start before beginning to read. Actually hearing what you are about to read?

@@molldogone8250 basically- I think that when we look at reading we focus so much on print. However, before children can tackle print they have to have strong phonemic awareness skills-hearing sounds in words-etc. We know now that children who demonstrate low PA skills have a 90% of having a reading difficultly later in school. So I think it's helpful when looking at difficulty in reading to also address the need for prior skills/intervention needed before tackling the print skills.

Thanks Jen

Great question. The answer is no, students should not be forced to rely on inefficient guessing of shape of words, especially when we have this high caliber research showing we CAN do far better for those with Dyslexia or even before the students falls grade levels behind in reading & spelling: www.linkedin.com/pulse/dyslexiascience-shows-we-can-prevent-reading-age-5-tim-conway-ph-d-

Having difficulty reading should not keep you back from achieving your dreams today. There are computer programs which can read any print to you. There are also reading specialists who work with adults. Perhaps you are depressed - get help. You are young enough to create a good life.

Tweety Byrd, Why on earth didn't teachers know about this. I suffered from both. Did they know and didn't want to be bothered with us? So irresponsible of them. Thanks for the information.

@@molldogone8250 I really don't know why it gets ignored. Perhaps there is a shortage of mathematics and special ed teachers but I'm no longer perusing education because I didn't feel like I had adequate resources to provide a quality education, and I couldn't live with myself knowing that I would be a part of the reason for so many failures. The few who may have succeed was just not acceptable to me.

Tweety Byrd, Very valiant of you to take this kind of stance. I'm sure you had the best interest of the child in mind. Best of luck to you in your future endeavors.

@@molldogone8250 Yes. And ty :)