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Originally Posted by CatherineStewart
My husbands spelling is atrocious not due to him being dyslexic (in all reality he has pretty much adapted perfectly to being dyslexic). He works in sales and deals with the written word and numbers all day and does great. But he has this constant label in his head that "I'm dyslexic so that will be too hard for me to do" when it comes to other things i.e.: reading a book, organizing things, sorting, etc (which is complete crap because when he HAS to do it, he does it wonderfully and it takes him no more effort than a non-dyslexic person).
But the spelling. Oh lord the spelling! I think it's because he does not make a conscious effort to learn/remember the difference between (their,there,they're) and (we're, where, ware) etc. He just googles, or asks me all the time and I tell him the answer. Which really, he should make an effort to learn, and I know READING would help out in that area too. Hey, it can't hurt right?
I guess I'm just looking at the other benefits for him (to help encourage him to try) as to why it's a good idea to try and read something other than just magazines about boats, etc. I know my husband. I know he would enjoy it once he sinks his teeth in, I just need to get him past this fear that "he can't" or it's "too hard" or "too daunting". And I really think the suggestion of short stories is a fantastic way to start.
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I hate to say this but you sound like my husband he too doesn't understand how different a dyslexic brain works. Get him some audiobooks with good voice acting to start with. See if he can find a genre he enjoys. Reading should never be pushed on someone as a task. If they don't enjoy it then they aren't going to want to read. Once he finds an author to enjoy he may want to read the print version to comprehend better or he may not.
It actually hurts I'm talking headaches to eyestrain to just your head feeling funny to relearn grammar and spelling for a dyslexic. It takes time and effort so you need to realize that he will never use his brain like you do. He will never think the same way you do. Our brains are wired differently.
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