Imagine feeling scared really scared your stomach in knots and your heartbeat racing and you know as the teacher scans the room she is going to pick you. Imagine the fear of reading out loud fumbling though sentences and missing words and even lines. Imagine the anxiety and humiliation. This is the reality for people with dyslexia.
Usually when people hear the term dyslexia they associate it only with word and letter reversals, slow learners or that thing my mate had for a while. Almost everyone heard that reading, writing, spelling and math can be all jumbled but not every many people really know what it’s like, how it feels or what it means to live with dyslexia.
Just like how you and i are different, no two dyslexic people are the same. This means there are so many different ways dyslexia can affect people for life because of this there is no measurable scale or identifier but the general rule is, individuals with a poor reading accuracy, fluency, and writing skills that do not

ok so in hella dyslexic and i just when though this all and have ended up doing a speech to the teaching staff on it. firstly its not realy a what is it kind of thing its more of a how. how dose it effect you ? and for everyone it changes.Watch this:https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-aCSFD3xro
from about two muites is where you come in, so our system one is diffent some how we have a system that dosent want to process phonics so we send it though system two and as we use 2 more it be comes stronger so we are smarter .
ok so i was actually going to explain it but then i was like no im dyslexic and dont like writing but i did watch that video and it made me feel smart ( hope you do too)
and i just remembered that you need to have at or above intelligents to be dyslexic

The Learning Disability Association of Ontario has a site for students and teachers http://ldatschool.ca/ (Canadian) and Understood is an American site is very helpful for people with Learning Disabilities and their families https://www.understood.org. Also, Richard Lavoie's video "How Difficult Can This Be" is a great tool to get a glimpse into the life a student with a Learning Disability. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIaNxmG9JOQ

Hi Adam,
I agree with you whole-heartedly about the need to inform EVERYONE about dyslexia, including those who have it.

If you'd like to learn more, this is my favorite website for people with dyslexia. It's by the Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity, and it has lots of information that is geared towards people with dyslexia. http://dyslexia.yale.edu/index.html

Specifically, this page is called, "I Have Dyslexia. What does it mean?"
http://dyslexia.yale.edu/Stu_whatisdyslexia.html

I also appreciate that the webpage is chock-full of written information, but with an option to Listen to the text on the right side of the page! It takes a moment to load up, but it's an actual person, not a weird robot voice with inappropriate intonations.

This is not my area of expertise, but here are two nonprofit organizations that will probably have lots of online resources:
http://www.american-dyslexia-association.com/
http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/dyslexic