http://www.wikihow.com/Beat-Adult-Dyslexia
This article has gotten a lot of comments over the years requesting that it be fixed. I think the title may be a misnomer, since I don’t know if it’s truly possible to “beat” adult dyslexia. Also, it would be good to add some information specific to dyslexia (how to improve your reading skills etc.). Even if someone could recommend some good sources, I’d really appreciate it. I will probably check out medical sites like WebMD and Mayo Clinic on Sunday to see if they have any good information to offer.
Hi @WarriorOfEden
! I actually think that Collaboration Corner is a good place to discuss it, since it is a forum area where you can ask for help with fixing specific articles. It’s great that there’s a place in General Chat to discuss autism and other learning disabilities, but I don’t understand how it can be used to fix the issues with the adult dyslexia article. Would you consider editing the article directly?
@Elocina
- I looked on the free part of uptodate.com
which has given me a lot of great information on medical problems in the past, but found little on adult dyslexia. There is, it seems, something available as indicated by this abstract
. If you want to get serious about researching the current literature, this site is not too expensive and it contains most of the recent research.
@Serendipitee
Thanks for the information. I will look at the site tomorrow. I will also see if there are any medical databases available through my library.
@WarriorOfEden
I am familiar with dyspraxia, because I was diagnosed with it at the age of 6. I haven’t had a lot of problems with reading, writing or spelling past the age of 8. Most of the things I have had difficulty with are mostly motor skill issues. So, I don’t think experience with dyspraxia is exactly applicable, or at least, not my experience. I read some articles saying that there is overlap, but only 52% at best. While it’s great that you want to help, information taken from anecdotes about your experiences with a similar condition may not help fix the article. There’s already a lot on coping with the stigma of dyslexia etc, but not a lot of information specific to the reading, writing and spelling issues with dyslexia.
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I know how to help but this is not really a good place to talk about it… I have a thread dedicated to this sort of problem and others like it in the general chat category, go and find it and I can help. If you don’t want to, that’s fine… leave a message on my talk page to say you don’t want to
It is called Autism and other learning disorders/disabilities, you might find it useful to come over and chat about itYours Sincerely Taylor
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@Elocina
I am not sure if I can edit the article directly, it is a chat for all learning disorders and disablities so you can come along and chat anytime. If you don’t want to, that’s fine… I don’t mind You could come even with adult dyslexia! I have something similar to it and it is commonly mistaken for it too. It is Dyspraxia, uncommon in girls like me I created the chat as soon as I joined Wikihow, by the way and I am still finding how to do stuff on here
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I see… I understand To help with the reading issues, go to your library and look for books based on Dyslexia, they should be there, ask for them if you cannot find any. Read them on a daily basis and it will help you improve, it helped me when I was younger and had reading issues. The spelling issue can easily be solved by carrying a full-sized or a pocket dictionary with you all the time. Writing, now this is a problem for both Dyspraxia and Dyslexia and I have still have it. To help you with this one, just keep improving by keeping a notebook or 2 with you and practicing it, it will improve eventuallyMy writing is messy at times, one common thing i tend to do is rush my work. Take your time when writing, don’t press down with the pen/pencil and keep calm! Anger sometimes causes my writing to be messy too… I hope this information will help you
