Comments on: Stealth dyslexia

By: Heather Kelly

Heather Kelly — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 18:29:14 +0000

I know the struggle when I was in elementary school I had gotten many awards for reading and I was praised as the smart kid. Because I was gifted they thought that nothing was wrong with me. But as time goes on I struggle more and more and no one will believe me when I say I have dyslexia, instead they say I am lazy.

By: Heather Kelly

Heather Kelly — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 18:27:19 +0000

In reply to Elizabeth. I know the struggle when I was in elementary school I had gotten many awards for reading and I was praised as the smart kid. Because I was gifted they thought that nothing was wrong with me. But as time goes on I struggle more and more and no one will believe me when I say I have dyslexia, instead they say I am lazy.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 13:41:33 +0000

This may seem stupid, and I am sorry for wasting your time, but I am kind of on the fence about whether I have stealth dyslexia or not. Like just then it took me several tries to spell whether, I kept spelling it weather. I am 13 and I have always been in the gifted program. I promise I’m not bragging when I say that since I was in 4th grade I have had a college reading level, and I’ve always loved reading, and I read a lot. But I still make a ton of spelling errors, such as instead of does I will automatically spell dose, as so forth. On my report cards I’ve never gotten less than a A, but I still mess up spelling on stupidly small words, and even more so on the long a complicated ones. I also have terrible focus, organization, left to right awareness, and I’m really bad with time. I don’t want to tell anyone because I’m scared that they’ll just tell me I’m smart and I get good grades and talk well, so of course I don’t have stealth dyslexia why would you say that? One last thing and once again sorry for the long post, dyslexia also runs in my family, would that have anything to do with it?

By: Anita

Anita — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 04:26:13 +0000

In reply to Joy Hwang. Same here, with an 8yo gifted boy, he seems to tick a lot of boxes! Did you ever find out how to get a diagnosis?

By: Olivia

Olivia — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:04:28 +0000

In reply to Olivia. Hey! Oh my gosh dude my name is Olivia as well and I'm 15 too!! I was in the honors for 6th, and I'm at an advanced early college high school despite my dyslexia! My erasers are always gone due to have many words I misspell and everything.. I totally get what you mean about people saying "oh you can't be dyslexic you're so well-spoken/smart" and that was really nice in like elementary school but it set me back because I never got the help I needed. I hope your mom realizes dyslexia is more than just not being a proficient reader and maybe you just found ways to cope early on.

By: Andy price

Andy price — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 14:57:32 +0000

This is me. A sixty year old published academic which will missread a two line email.

By: Olivia

Olivia — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 18:33:32 +0000

I’m a 15 year old in high school. I’ve been in the gifted program since… third grade, and I learned to read earlier than most kids. I was reading books to the class in kindergarten, and was transferred to a first grade class halfway through my kindergarten year because I was ahead of everyone in my class, and flew through first grade too. However, I do have problems spelling things correctly even now, and confuse words like ‘now’ and know’. Misspell a lot, I’ve probably made 14 errors so far. I also get letters switched around a lot, and have to put effort into thinking about what I’m typing or writing before I execute it, I often find my pen running around in tiny circles in the air before I write a word because I can’t recall what letter it starts with or how to spell it. I also turn singular words plural a lot, or make words past tense on accident. I also had trouble for the longest time when I was younger writing in a straight line. It’d look like a lame rollercoaster. Still happens now, but I’ve been working on it for years, and only happens when I’m not paying explicit attention to the baseline. Can’t spell descion- desions- descision- decision- FINALLY. Which isn’t the easiest, but I feel like by highschool that should be a pretty simple word. Also letter formation is terrible. I only write in pen because pencils change width size as it’s used, and that messes me up more. So I have soooo many scratch-outs and white-out stripes on my papers because a letter looks like the Minecraft font or like a Greek letter, or just a blob because I can’t form it right lmao. But I can’t tell my mother because she doesn’t beleive (oh that’s another one) believe me about anything like this. Because I’m ‘so smart and really good at reading and you speak so nicely and you’ve always been a good reader’ and blah blah blah. So. I sit here in my pit of self-diagnosed questions and chaos. o-o. Fun times.

By: Joy Hwang

Joy Hwang — Sat, 21 May 2022 07:03:35 +0000

Where and How do get Stealth Dyslexia test? I had 9 yo boy matching all this article… and we’re homeschool him, recently having real hard time for hand writing.

By: Elias

Elias — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 17:07:01 +0000

In reply to Elizabeth Glover. I am a 22 year old male and I suspect I do have stealth dyslexia. I have done well in school, but I have always had to put more effort to achieve such grades. I took Neurolearning’s Dyslexia Screening test ($40) and it said I was at high risk for dyslexia. I suggest taking this test. I am trying to get an evaluation so that I’m properly diagnosed and accommodated for academic learning.

By: Hazel

Hazel — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 08:56:41 +0000

This has been really helpful. My son is 7 and his teacher believes he has dyslexia even though he excels in reading and English. It confused me, but this article has answered a few questions for me.

By: Elizabeth Glover

Elizabeth Glover — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 13:38:31 +0000

What assessment can help identify adolescents with stealth dyslexia? And specifically how does treatment for stealth dyslexia differ from other dyslexia treatments to account for the written output challenges?