# My daughter is dyslexic. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 8, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-dyslexic/556526 "2010-10-08T19:18:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-dyslexic/556526/21 "2010-10-12T01:05:01Z")
> [@sisu](#): > > Glasses, my daughter is dyslexic when she doesn’t wear her glasses. No… no she is not. Dyslexia is not something that comes and goes with glasses. Dyslexic kids can focus just fine but their brains don’t process it correctly. Unless your child has a diagnosis by a trained professional please don’t spread ignorance like this. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-dyslexic/556526/22 "2010-10-12T01:31:17Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > I don’t have any citations at my fingertips, but it does provide advantages in group problem-solving situations, because a dyslexic member will go about solving puzzles in a different way from the rest of the group… makes the group as a whole more intellectually fit, I guess you could say. > > Something’s telling me that dyslexic people have a higher-than-average chance of ending up in creative and artistic life pursuits, but again, I don’t have a citation. :smack: OMG, you just pointed out something I have done most of my life. When given a graphic puzzle, I usually come up with an answer that is different from “the only possible correct answer” and is also usually correct. This stumps the speakers/trainers all the time. I don’t think I am brilliant. I must just be approaching the problem differently. Back in school, I scored abysmally low on “abstract reasoning” until something fell into place in my brain and I shot to the top of the list. Since then, things have evened out somewhat. I’m not going to rock the world with my thought process, but it’s nice to know I’m not quite as abnormal as my older brother would have me think. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-dyslexic/556526/23 "2010-10-12T01:49:33Z")
There was no such thing as dyslexia when I grew up, so even though I was good at reading, a couple of my friends/classmates really struggled, and they were diagnosed as having lower intelligence. And yet, as became clear, they had no such thing, and were very bright at almost everything else (except Maths, but nearly everyone struggles with that). Years later, when dyslexia was being recognised as a real condition, everything my friends experienced made sense to me, and presumably to them too. They all turned out all right, probably in better shape than me. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-dyslexic/556526/24 "2010-10-12T02:23:38Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > > [@sisu](#): > > > > Glasses, my daughter is dyslexic when she doesn’t wear her glasses. > > No… no she is not. Dyslexia is not something that comes and goes with glasses. Dyslexic kids can focus just fine but their brains don’t process it correctly. Unless your child has a diagnosis by a trained professional please don’t spread ignorance like this. Yes she was diagnosed as dyslexic, the glasses help her. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-dyslexic/556526/25 "2010-10-12T03:24:58Z")
> [@sisu](#): > > Yes she was diagnosed as dyslexic, the glasses help her. That is quite different than what you posted before. If this is the case, your daughter is dyslexic… period. She is dyslexic when her glasses are off, and she is dyslexic when her glasses are on. Glasses may help her see the words better, but dyslexia is not a vision issue, it is a mental processing issue. If it helps her though thats great! Sorry, I don’t mean to jump on you, but I’m sure you understand that for every kid who is professionally diagnosed there are a dozen or so “self diagnosed” kids. Those of us who have fought this fight get really tired of people saying the kid just needs to … Try Harder, Concentrate, Focus, Get Glasses, Pay Attention, Study More, be checked for ADD, Accept that they just aren’t that bright, etc. ---
**Author:** ![sevenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-dyslexic/556526/26 "2010-10-12T11:46:07Z")
> [@Galanthus](#): > > Actually the only thing about this that really upsets me is that in the past I have told her off and punished her for things she probably couldn’t do anything about. Hey, welcome to parenthood. We all suffer from that particular guilt, and it has nothing to do with dyslexia. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sevenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-dyslexic/556526/27 "2010-10-12T11:51:26Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > Dyslexic kids can focus just fine but their brains don’t process it correctly. OK, minor nitpick here, but one that’s very important when you’re dealing with someone who is fighting dyslexia. Dyslexics don’t process visual information **incorrectly** , they process it **differently**. In the days before the ability to read was commonplace, they probably had an advantage over the rest of us. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-dyslexic/556526/28 "2010-10-12T13:47:09Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > I don’t have any citations at my fingertips, but it does provide advantages in group problem-solving situations, because a dyslexic member will go about solving puzzles in a different way from the rest of the group… makes the group as a whole more intellectually fit, I guess you could say. Many dyslexic individuals think and learn visually, and apply inductive reasoning. However, not all highly visual learners and inductive reasoners are dyslexic. Just wanted to throw that out there. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-dyslexic/556526/29 "2010-10-12T14:22:00Z")
Hee hee. That was me, not **carnut**. The board does weird things with quotes… it’s a bit dyslexic that way. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-dyslexic/556526/30 "2010-10-12T14:39:49Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Hee hee. That was me, not **carnut**. The board does weird things with quotes… it’s a bit dyslexic that way. Dang. I “corrected” something into being wrong. Never change your answer! Sorry.. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-dyslexic/556526/31 "2010-10-13T01:31:01Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Hee hee. That was me, not **carnut**. The board does weird things with quotes… it’s a bit dyslexic that way. Thanks Sattua. I didn’t remember typing that bit. And that’s not a lysdexic problem. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-dyslexic/556526/32 "2010-10-13T03:48:44Z")
> [@sevenwood](#): > > > [@Spud](#): > > > > Dyslexic kids can focus just fine but their brains don’t process it correctly. > > OK, minor nitpick here, but one that’s very important when you’re dealing with someone who is fighting dyslexia. Dyslexics don’t process visual information **incorrectly** , they process it **differently**. In the days before the ability to read was commonplace, they probably had an advantage over the rest of us. A nit well picked… I agree completely. It was a bad choice of words on my part. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-dyslexic/556526/33 "2010-10-13T06:59:52Z")
I teach high school English. Several of my students have dyslexia, and I have to say that this is one place where technology has really made a positive difference. See what aids your school district has available and what works for your daughter - remembering that kids with dyslexia are just like all the other kids: different. She will still have a harder row to hoe than many of her classmates, but things are better than when we were kids. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-dyslexic/556526.md?page=1)