Hiya, I've been thinking about getting an e reader for over a year or so now. But I am a slow reader. I am dyslexic, ive heard people say an e reader can be helpful for front size, spacing etc.

Im between the Kobo Clara and kobo libra colour.

Many of my friends are non-dyslexic and are extremely adept at remembering the meanings and spellings of words. They often correct me for misusing words, though they feel so correct to use.

I struggle to remember people's names, but how they smelt, words we shared (Usually paraphrasing them), the interactions we had, they come very easily. Though, they aren't as 'impressive' as remembering someone's name, and then listing their crowing achievements.

I seem to find myself polarizing towards people that find it important to 'prove' their intelligence constantly, and it's often done through being able to name things. They usually like to throw in the neurodivergence diagnosis to make it appear that they are fated to be intelligent.

I struggled a lot in school because of it, and gave up once on life for years (Drug addiction). It felt cruel that I am by coincidence friends with people who were either the valedictorian of the school, or the top of whatever course they were doing every semester.

I have to sit back and just watch their mouth move, and hear what I struggle with be something very easy for them. My struggle makes them feel more special and intelligent, and me stupider and beneath.

I can't help but think they're friends with me because me being lesser, makes them more appreciative of their own life.

It makes me want to give up on life and accept I'm just bound to be stupid and unable to do things. I am struggling with not giving up on my ambitions. I don't want to, and I need the help.

a watch made by a dyslexic for people with dyslexia

The watch’s 32-millimeter round dial has a distinctive design that looks a bit like a dart board, with 12 pie-like slivers that are numbered slightly off-center to help the wearer discern which one is being indicated by the hour hand. Small numbers, from one to 59, run around the edge of the dial and are indicated by the larger minute hand.

The steel design, powered by a Miyota 2035 quartz movement, is offered with gray, pink or royal blue dial highlights and matching straps, but all three also come with a white strap. It sells for 95 pounds ($130 in the United States) and is available through the brand’s website and at the Time+Tide London Watch Discovery Studio, a boutique that has carried the watch as its sole children’s timepiece since July 2025.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/fashion/watches-dyslexia-darren-sher.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zlA.Bvsv.b_0XXtoxcLD1&smid=url-share

Hi, I hope you are doing well.
Parents of dyslexic kids or dyslexic people, i want to ask if these kind of activities work or not, or what else can be done in order to help children with dyslexia. which of these kids actually enjoy? and are these age specific or can be for any age with change in vocabulary?

1. Blend the Sounds - kid hears a word broken into pieces like "c... a... t," pushes the sound pieces together until it becomes "cat," then taps the matching picture.

2. Break the Word Apart - opposite of the above. Say a word out loud, kid taps how many sounds are in it. Later gets harder, like "say cat without the /c/" and they figure out what's left.

3. Made-Up Word Reading - kid reads silly nonsense words like "blorp" or "kesh." Since they're not real words they can't just guess/memorize, they actually have to sound it out.

4. Beat Your Score - app reads a short passage out loud first so they hear how it should sound, then the kid reads it, then reads it again to beat their own time/score. No competing with anyone else, just themselves.

5. Word Building - building bigger words out of smaller chunks, like snapping "un + lock + able" together to make "unlockable," so big scary words feel less overwhelming.

6. Spell What You Hear - reverse of the blending one. Kid hears a word and drags letters to spell it instead of just reading it.

Is it common to struggle pronouncing words with this type of learning disability? Half the words im being told i "say funny" I firmly believe thats how its pronounced and cant even prounce these words properly if my life depended on it. Theyre pretty simple words from "wong tong soup" to "apocalypse" apparently I butcher words like these. Does anyone else struggle with this and if so how did you correct your speech?

Hi there. Did anyone have a 9 year that struggled to read but now is older and read wells? How did you do it and what did you do? Looking for success stories

Hello. I am wanting to hear from some people who have IEP's for kids with Dyslexia. What has your experience been? Do you feel like there is a stigma or bullying for kids with IEP at the junior high and high school level? Has the IEP helped or do you still have to use outside tutoring? Thank you!

I am not a diagnosed dyslexic and can't get a diagnosis at least for a while but I think I have it, sorry if I am not aupost to be here without a diagnosis. I just want to know if anyone has any avice for getting through school without a diagnosis specifically english. I read at 100 to 130 wpm to myself have horrible spelling and comprehension with reading mix uo words and letters. I have to do English 10 20 and 30 as a failed a placment test cause I spent half the time trying to read a 6 page short story and coulnt remeber the names of the characters names never mind the literary techniques and stuff so i fail3d and o lyrics had 11 out of 30 questions so I got put inot the lowest grade cource that was possible. I dont know how an ofical Alberta english cource is like as i was alwayse homeschooled but I am worried that i am going to fail as i still wasn't very good at writing or reading beofre switching to online achool but I had my mom grading and helping me edit my shitty writing and honestly I am worried I will fail english. If you have any suggestions for getting through wnglish with dyslexia it would help. Again I dont have a diagnosis and can't get one so sorry if I am not supost to post this but I just dont really know what to do. Sorry for the spelling mistakes and stuff I couldn't edit this very kuch.

Hi! My son is going into 6th grade come August 18 and has been diagnosed with dyslexia for the last three years. I recently did an evaluation with Scottish Rite hospital where they diagnosed him with severe dyslexia severe dysgraphia and moderate dyscalculia and on top of that he has ADHD. He has accommodations at school and when tested at school he tested 40 which improved to 53 when he was tested at Scottish Rite and for dyscalculia he scored a 83. I’ve been looking at other school alternatives for him as he can barely read at a kinder level and their goal for him is to read at a 5th grade level by the time he graduates HS. I can’t afford the in person dyslexia school here is too expensive but also 1.5-2 hours away twice a day is not feasible when we also work and have other children. I found Bright Microschool online who said he would need to be in special education course which is a certificate of completion not a HS diploma but if he catches up he could go into their general education and get a diploma. Has anyone used them specifically the special education one?

I just found out that my dad has dyslexia, and I've been diagnosed already with ADHD and autism. A lot of my family is also very ADHD/ autistic, however, only a few of us [mainly my cousins] have been diagnosed.

I was searching up dyslexia, only to find there are multiple types, and then saw about rapid naming deficit dyslexia, when you struggle to name things that you see, or struggle with word retrieval. Which I do constantly. I read a few of the symptoms online but they seemed quite general and I wasn't sure to the degree which it applied to me. So this is what I've experienced, and I'm wondering if anyone with rapid naming deficit dyslexia thinks I have it/ is it worth it to get checked out?

My experiences:

• Often forget people's names, even if I live with them, have known them for ages, or worked with them.
  • In my head, when I think of the person I think of them visually, and in order to retrieve their name, it's like I have to do this manually. Some people's names are more attached to the visual idea of them, but for a lot of people it's not.
  • For instance, I would forget my step-brothers name in conversation and call him [and others] thingie. I would frequently forget coworkers names, even if I had worked with them for months and had a lot of conversations with them. Sometimes I wouldn't see them in a while and then realise I had forgotten their name, only to have to think for a few seconds what it was and then retrieve it. Then again, I also talk quite fast so maybe it's just that.
• Say thingie or not remember the words for things a lot. I remember at work as well I would often forget the word for a particular thing and try haphazardly to gesture what I was talking about, like trying to 'draw' a box in the air, to my coworkers. Same when I'm in the house and indicate to something, but again idk if this is me just talking quickly, being impatient/ wanting the thing, or not caring if I sound silly. It's like I wish I could just send people what I see visually but I have to put it into words. I also use the word 'like' A LOT.
• I struggle as well if people spell out words, like, if someone says 'A-P-P-L-E' I have to first visualise it in my head/ spell it out first and then can respond. Likewise, if I see a visual equation written on paper, i.e. 8 x 7, I can process this quicker than if someone said out loud 8 x 7. Same with other oral instructions -- I can only seem to 'catch on' to it if I've 'written it' down in my head or repeated it back to myself or explain it back to the person to make sure I have it all correct.
• I often forget the words for specific things -- and am a writer/ like writing -- and so often I know the word but would have forgot it. I think I've gotten used to this now though, as at the start I remember it happening all the time, but now it happens and eventually I'll find the word or it'll come to me. Kind of like when you're doing something and then you forgot what you're doing, but then it comes back to you in a few minutes.
• I struggle to explain what I've seen in my head out loud, but idk if this is more anxiety with the attention being on me and being aware of this, or not knowing where to start. Or just not being particularly eloquent in conversation, but I can be more eloquent in writing, when I have time. Again, I'm a fast talker and often feel like I'm not entitled to 'hold' the conversation.
• Slow/ find it hard and have to devote a lot of brain power when it comes to written assignments. I loathe essays because of the amount of readings you have to do, and then you have to convert what you've read into an argument. I attributed this mostly to my ADHD/ autism and anxiety surrounding this, but still, there is definitely some impairment here when organising stuff. Though again, this could just be the aforementioned other disorders/ differences.

Idk if any of this is relevant but:

• I'm a visual learner and can remember visual stuff fairly easily -- in fact as a way to remember scripts in drama in high school I would write it out over and over so I could 'read' the words in front of me almost.
• I find it quite easy to learn new words and understands the prefixes/ suffixes, even finding the Latin names for animals, plants or fungi not to difficult to remember [it helps I quite like Latin/ Greek words for things though lol, and a lot of biological names for things AND biological terms have prefixes/ suffixes that make remembering stuff easy].
• I'm also VERY good with faces and can recognise actors within a split second, by voice, even by side profile, or increased age, and can recognise them from stuff I've watched years ago, and this comes back very quickly. I can usually pinpoint where the actor is from at the exact point I recognise them too. It's irritating for instance when I recognise an actor but can't quite remember what I saw them in, since this normally happens instantenously.
• I would also say I'm the opposite of having aphantasia -- I can see things very clearly in my mind.

So yeah, is this anything at all? Or is it just the autism/ ADHD? Does it even matter since I have diagnoses for those and thus this could be explained by them, or rather, I wouldn't need support for rapid naming deficit dyslexia because I already have support for ADHD/ autism?

i do online school and have trouble with letters and words. what are some FREE apps that are good for reading out text.

If you are dyslexic or raising a child who is, do you think it affects food preferences? Some of you may think this is a stupid question but it is grounded in experience. My son is an adult but from an early age he resisted most any food unless it had texture, think chicken nuggets and French fries, or hot spice like wings in hot sauce. Or sometimes pickles. His pediatrician said just make sure he takes his vitamins. In school, his teachers were trained in the Orton-Gillingham multi-sensory method which indicates to me that sensory input is processed differently by dyslexics and other neuro-atypicals (correct term?)What I am really looking for are diet recommendations that offer nutritional value but meet his needs.

Hello!

I’m currently developing a small puzzle game and wanted to include an accessibility option for people with dyslexia.

I don’t have dyslexia myself, and I’m not even sure if what I’ve done is really relevant. That’s why I’m asking here whether I should keep this feature or not

Here are two screenshots: one with the default font (Alike Regular), and the other with OpenDyslexic (regular and bold). I’ve seen that OpenDyslexic isn’t necessarily the best font for people with dyslexia, but I wanted to give it a try.

Do you have any advice? Is this really useful?

Hello,

I'am dyslexic and I had a question on dyslexic friendly books, i did some research because I'm looking into buying some books.

Since I have to order some I thought it would be nice to order a book whit dyslexic frendly fond but on the listing's they don't show how the fond looks on the inside of the book.

So I wanted to ask if someone has a Dyslexic frendly book or if someone has experiences whit these types of books.

And if possible maybe could show the inside of the book as en example of word spacing fond sice ond sutch.

Thanks

I’m going into my last year at school in the uk. I was screened for dyslexia at the start of the year by school and the results came back with a profile typical of someone who is severely dyslexic. I am not sure if I am or if it just other neurodivergence traits (diagnosed autism, suspected dyspraxia and ADHD(trying to get assesed as school doesn’t care)) so I’m not sure if I want to go private due to costs. My school offers as much support as I really need however due to no diagnosis with any learning difficulty (suspected but really hard to get assessed) I won’t be able to get support so I would really benefit a diagnosis. I did some research and due to my screening school should have some guidance about assesment however I got nothing. Is it worth to reaching out to my school or will they tell me it’s my problem to get privately assesed? Thanks

My son is diagnosed as severe dyslexia severe dysgraphia and moderate dyscalculia. He is going into 6th grade but is struggling reading at a kinder level. He scored 53 on his evaluation for dyslexia and dysgraphia and 83 for dyscalculia. He has had accommodations for his dyslexia for the last three years but is not making much progress. I want to send him to a private school that is for neurodivergent learners but it is quite costly. Was wondering if anyone qualified for disability (SSI benefits) because of these. If we can qualify I’d like to try so I can afford the school for him! Thanks!

I think one difference between neurotypicals and I when it comes to reading long, dense texts well is that I fail to gain traction. As in other students, if serious in intent and putting in undivided attention, can go into a psychological flow state and smoothly read, analyze, and retain the information in high-level readings smoothly, while I try to read and then zone out. Now, other people may say what I'm experiencing is laziness, a lack of drive, or even physiological issues (e.g., needing fresh water, going for a steady walk, getting sufficient sleep). Although those aforementioned causes can make it hard to zone in and gain traction during deep reading, I'm pretty sure dyslexia (and other similar conditions such as ADHD) cause difficulty in sustained reading when none of those previously mentioned causes are happening.

For context, I recently graduated college in one of the humanities (after years of turmoil and money spent), and I have been trying hard to research what career paths can fit me. Although I came up with a plan to take some classes at a local community college to pivot to a different field, I still struggle with gaining traction in difficult readings or similar activities. Can anyone here relate? Take care.

I honestly don't really know how to start.

I have always struggled reading, I honestly don't know how to explain it, when I read books it's like the second I read a word it disappears from my memory. Another thing is how odd words look when they're super small, I'm not sure if that's anything to do with dyslexia or my eye site.

I'm horrible at deciphering my left and rights, everyone tells me to do the thing with my hands. But everytime I do it I question which way an L is written.

I just got out of high school, I was a straight A student, except for English. I barely passed each year. I haven't passed a single essay in my life, and everytime they gave us books I could never read them. And that brings me to the question of maybe I just needed help?

I'm not sure, I'm scared of going to get diagnosed and it turns out I'm not at all and just stupid.

I am realizing that a lot of my emotional issues are related to the belief that my achievements are due to luck while my failures are due to my own inabilities, which is a mindset that is apparently super common for people with dyslexia. Has anyone else delt with this and do you have any advice for shifting your mindset and self image?

sources if you want to learn more:

https://www.ldonline.org/ld-topics/reading-dyslexia/social-and-emotional-problems-related-dyslexia

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6662921/

Queria participar de algum grupo de encontros em sp. Fazer amizade e compartilhar papos :3

I mean, ig if its not obvious what I mean, its okay to want me to clarify.

But I feel like I often experience that I spell a word as another word but in the context I feel like it is obvious what I mean and often in group chats most people understand but then there is one guy that feel the need to say I spelled something wrong. Sometimes even to make fun of it.

I feel like the only exception, other than when genuinely not understanding what I mean, it is if you are my VERY close friend, then I am okay if they make a joke about it, since we often joke with eachother like that. But else, it genuinely makes me upset, but the people pleaser in me just laughs along because I dont want people to think im uptight.

Maybe its just because I am late diagnosed, and spend my whole life getting comments, jokes and critigues on my spelling without having a explanation. Idk, anyone else feel that way?

Hey can someone give me advice??

My friend is really struggling from dyslexia (I am also dyslexic) and can't read pages from books 'cept from comics and messages. I really wanna help but neither of us know how. Do any of you have tips on how to help or have/is having experience like this?

(They're trying to get into collage or is getting a diploma so I'm trying to help them as best as i can T^T )

Edit: Thanks everyone for your input! I'll try them out!

This happened in the US. I already posted it to r/legaladvice, I'm more so looking for any similar experiences?

I was hired as a cleaner for a laboratory. Part of the training for this position was to read (if I had to guess) a couple hundred pages of operating procedures on a computer. No videos or pictures, just text, which was occasionally kind of blurry and the font would randomly change between documents.

I can read, but it takes me a very long time. With the amount of material I had to get through, I knew it was going to take me longer than the given time for training. I asked for one of the following:

1. A loaner laptop to take home so I could do it off the clock

2. Permission to come in earlier and/or stay later during training

3. TTS function so I could listen to the documents.

They told me that they couldn't do any of those things. So I added an OCR + text reader extension on the company computer (Microsoft web store). There was nothing preventing me from doing so. I told the trainer and she said that was fine.

After I went home, they texted me I'd been fired.

> After caretully reviewing our business needs and organizational structure, we have made the difficult decision to eliminate your position due to a reduction in headcount. As part of this process, we also evaluated the evolving requirements of the role and determined that we needa different set of skills and experience to meet the organization's current and future needs. Today will be your last day of employment. You will receive 8 hours for today's shift on your Paycheck deposit on 7/23/26.

Salut à tous,

J'ai plusieurs amis dyslexiques et dyspraxiques, et en discutant avec eux je me suis rendu compte que les outils qu'ils utilisent au quotidien pour les cours sont souvent dispersés, pas toujours adaptés, et qu'il faut jongler entre plein d'applications différentes selon les besoins (écriture, maths, organisation des idées...) et que les designs sont souvent vieillots.

Ça m'a donné envie de réfléchir à un logiciel tout-en-un qui rassemblerait plusieurs outils en un seul endroit, pensé spécifiquement pour les personnes dys plutôt que des solutions génériques adaptées après coup.

Avant d'aller plus loin, j'aimerais vraiment avoir vos retours :

• Est-ce que ça répond à un besoin réel pour vous, ou existe-t-il déjà des solutions qui vous conviennent bien ?
• Quelles fonctionnalités seraient prioritaires selon vous ?
• Qu'est-ce qui vous frustre le plus dans les outils actuels ?

Merci d'avance pour vos retours, même critiques, c'est justement ce que je cherche à ce stade !