Even the smartest students with dyslexia need support to continue through their education. In this video, a British physics student named Adam at university discusses his dyslexia diagnosis and treatment from primary school through the present. Though schools often do not have the capability to help students, Adam feels he got the help he needed when he started university.
Adam’s help mostly came from a dyslexia assessment (DSA), which allowed him to recieve hardware, software, and support. For hardware, he finds a recorder to tape lectures the most useful. As for software, he likes having spell check and word definition tools. But Adam really brightens when he discusses the support he receives — rather than giving him tools, he says the university’s dyslexic support teaches him skills for coping with dyslexia.
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Key takeaways
- Dyslexia can be inherited from parents who are also dyslexics.
- With Adam's experience, he only got proper dyslexia assessment when he entered the university and recieved his needed support.
- Hardware and software support are very useful, like recorded lectures, spell checking tools, mindmaps, and word definition tools.
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