A question I still have about dyslexia is how does it affect other subjects like math or science, would you be “smarter” in those subjects?

3. How are learning differences different from thinking differences? 

Learning differences are more in your brain that you physically can’t learn subjects like how to read or write as well as other people. A thinking difference is to do with certain subjects and not being good at them because you didn’t pay attention while you were supposed to learn them such as a certain thing in math or geography. 

Well in a way, when Skye said she tried hiding not knowing how to read I could relate because I tried to cover up being good at math since I had trouble with it in elementary school, but otherwise I couldn’t relate but more I felt empathetic for them. 

2. What questions do you still have about the reading disability, dyslexia?

I wonder even if there is a grown adult when they're learning they still have to go back to basics like ABCs and simple words. 

Learning differences affect how you learn, not how you think. Many incredibly smarter people may have dyslexia, and while it does affect how they learn, it does not make them any less smart than others.

Question #2

They understand and think more in that creative way so does that mean that their right side of the brain is much stronger and why so?

3. Learning differences are different from thinking differences because thinking is a form of creativity. Learning is developing information being taught to you, while thinking is something that is creative and free. People with dyslexia are often much more creative and are out-of-the-box thinkers, so thinking is not at all like learning. Though they are similar, 

Dyslexia Response

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There are things that are still being discovered about learning disabilities. These are some of the questions that I would like to know the answers to: What causes these differences? Are they always genetic? How common are these learning disabilities? What percentage of people that experience learning disabilities are aware that they have dyslexia?

Sometimes people have a hard time distinguishing learning disabilities with thinking disabilities. I think that these two differences are two very distinct things. Learning differences can make it difficult for some people to learn how to read and/or write. People with learning disabilities sometimes have a hard time understanding and learning specific topics, but they can think, and communicate like any other “normal” person would. Thinking differences disable people from thinking the same as most of the population. They may have a hard time communicating with others, or even understanding things that are told to them. Sometimes everyone needs to just accept that everyone is different.

Dyslexia Response 

I thought I connected to one of the boys with dyslexia. He said that after a hard day, he unwound while drawing pictures. I can relate. Drawing makes me feel calm. I like to draw objects around my room. He also said he was a visual thinker. I like to picture directions out in my mind to get a better understanding of what I have to do. For me, it’s easier to visualize things than write them down. 

After watching this documentary, I still have a few questions about dyslexia. First of all, I wonder if dyslexia can be passed down from generation to generation. In the video, the dad’s daughter had the same learning differences that he had. But other times this wasn’t the case. Another question I have is how dyslexia affects speech. Does it change the muscles in your mouth or just the signals to the mouth? I also wonder if you can grow out of dyslexia over time. Can people find a way to pass the obstacles? 

    There are a few differences between learning and thinking differences. With learning differences, it doesn’t as much affect your brain the way you learn. With thinking differences, it changes the way you take in information. Dyslexia is a common learning difference, but it doesn’t mean it's a disability. 

Learning is different from thinking so if you have a learning difference does not mean that you have a thinking difference.

2. What questions do you still have about the reading disability, dyslexia?

Do people have it worse than other people, Can it get worse over time 

  The documentary i saw, i learn that having a disability is actually a good thing. The reason is because having a disability you learn things in a different way than other do. I relate to this because i know people that have dyslexia.


2. What questions do you still have about the reading disability, dyslexia?

  

How do they see the words when they are reading, or how they look at the book when they read. Do they read per word or the whole word. I also wonder how is just effects in reading, writing not in math or science.

2. What questions do you still have about the reading disability, dyslexia?

I wonder what actually happens when people with dyslexia look at words, what happens to their brain, and how it thinks what those letters say. in the book that I read the main character has dyslexia, but her brother can’t read either, I was wondering if it would be genetic or just kind of random

3. How are learning differences different from thinking differences? 

I think that they are different because learning things is different from thinking about things, if you think about your cat, you are not learning about your cat. Thinking differences can be like your whole brain works differently. But with learning differences, just the learning part of your brain is changed.