I do not have it, but am glad to see it has not held you back. As long as you can see your dyslexia as something to deal with rather than a problem to hold onto you should be of help to other dyslexics Most schools would benefit from someone with first hand knowledge of a multitute of conditions





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I too am slightly dyslexic , it affects my spelling and I really have to stop and think which way round b and d go. My Dad has major problems with it, to the extent that he strugles to write a birthday card. At school he was just labled 'thick' ((55 years ago) and this affected his confidence in many ways, my mum has to deal with nearly everything from form filling to writting out a cheque.
I work with reception and year1 mainly and usually find I am ok at most of the spellings for them but one thing I think I am good at is teaching them to read, I can give them all the different stratergies that I have learnt to use to help them. Oh and I allways have a dictionary on my desk
The collage I attended asked if it would affect my collage work and would I need extra help doing my course work, and in fact were extremly helpfull. I am sorry that yours didn't seem to be at all.

hi!!

i have worked alongside a deaf support tutor who is dyslexic, and im sure many others i have worked with too are dyslexic. He used different strategies to help him, such as coloured paper for handouts and computer programs

if you ask at your college there should be support for you as a dyslexic student, i know as i work in FE..there is no way a tutor should be questioning you on this, they should be suppporting you. Our college has a disability policy which includes dyslexia, as it is included in the DDA

you need to go and tell them , they should be assisting you in this, any problems then email me, but i suggest you find your Learning Support team and ask them as soon as you can, even if they put the tutor on the right track with strategies and support for you

let us know how you get on

Thinks for all the repleys

I also use overlays and my laptop it is a great help as i can change things so easy on it, but this does not help me with having for work as im 2 embrassed to say i have it and the fear i have about losing my job, which is a new job i start on Monday

As for my college im doing my NVQ3 on my own from home and my tutor comes her or i go to college to see her , when she gave me my 1st lot of work it was all set out diff to when i did the 2 and 1 so i emailed saying can u put my work like im used to but she was slighty weird, her answer to if i have trouble with course work is she can tape record me but it dont help if u have aessay to do and have a **** memory like me and she also wanted me to do this so she did not have to mark my work
So i now do my work on laptop and she always has pages off work from me and my other half checks it incase i have repeated myself and i some how get by.
I think the worse thing i have to deal with is the way my course work is wrote as i dont always get wht they asking from me i need it dumbed down as i say so i get wht they saying lol
And as you can tell i have not checked my grammer on this lol

under equal opportunites you cannot lose your job because of your dyslexia, so if you get the chance to say then tell them, there are lots of teachers etc who are dyslexic

there is always someone here to help with what is being asked, so just pop in and post a question, there is also a lot of info in here already to read through

if you want someone to read through for you that can be done too

and never worry about making a mistake with grammar and spelling here, we dont!!!!

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hi!!

you dont have to put your work on here for everyone to see, you can email it so it is private but it is up to you, im sure it is not as bad as you think

Hopefully chatting on here will give you more confidence to do so more openly in future. My best friend has dyspraxia and a little dyslexia she says the best thing she did was to stop covering it up and 'coming out'.

One of the big things I learnt in the early days of TAing in that everyone is different, you, me, the children, the staff, the parents, everyone.

I did tell my deputy head once I found out. He was surprised. We talked through a few things. I've told some teachers too and they've been helpful too.

Hi babybugs,

Just to say that i have 2 friends who have worked as teaching assistants in secondry schools and are dyslexic. They were both really good at their jobs.

It sounds like you are doing really well- just that you've have some ignorant tutors who don't know anything about dyslexia! It must be tough but you've already proved that you can do it- so don't let them get you down- what a brilliant role model you are for any children with dyslexia too!

hey babybugs,

Just to say that I've always been able to write backwards. I could write backwards before I could write forwards so often when I'm writing normally, I still get my letters the wrong way around.

I don't think its dyslexia but it just shows you that everyone is different and learns how to write and read in their own way. Its obviously not stopped you achieving so be proud of yourself!

Bobette xx

Hi babybugs, I'm dyslexic, I've been working with children over 15years, been TA for 7 years in a school for special needs pupils. I do 1-1 liteacy and language support. I can empathise with the pupils and know how they feel, they dont feel embarrassed working with me, especially when I have to get the dictonary out to help me spell, they laugh and feel more relaxed. I've completed my NVQ 3 and at first she picked up spellings and grammer mistakes so this made me proof read it and I asked a teacher to look over the first couple of units till I got into the swing of it. I'm thinking of doing HLTA now but not got my level 2 in Maths and English so I may have to take them again which makes me feel physically sick. Need any help with NVQ let me know.