Reading with dyslexia

[Tiramisu]

Aww, so sweet that you notice the little things.

[DianaB]

I'm a reader, a lot like you, Lindsey, and my husband struggles with reading which is hard to understand when someone loves to read as much as I do. My son was diagnosed with a reading disability when he was in grade school and the things that I learned about him also applied to my husband. My MIL got really upset with me once when I implied that Glen also had a reading disability but he's the first to admit that he hated reading in school.

The good news is that Glen now reads. Not a lot but definitely more than he used to. I found that having books or magazines with short stories laying around make him more likely to pick one up and read a story or two. Reader's Digest is a really good one to have. I keep them mostly in the bathroom. In the last several years he's actually read books! Not a lot but that in itself is a huge accomplishment!

Good Luck!

[Lindsey]

I'm glad I'm not the only one dealing with this! I did tell Scott that he is free to borrow any of my books. I suggested The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom... it's very short and easy to read. But if he gets through the books he picked out himself, that's great too!

[DianaB]

Out of my four children I only have one that likes to read like I do. None of the others enjoy it and don't read much at all. It was really difficult when they were little because I just assumed that they'd enjoy reading like I did. I do enjoy discussing books with the one that does like to read. We share books back and forth all the time. I get so much enjoyment from books that I wish the others of my family did too.

[Lindsey]

My dad and I are the readers in my family. When I read a good book, I usually take it home for him to read. He really enjoyed Marley and Me My mom and my brother don't really care for reading.
In my research today on dyslexia, it turns out that many people believe it is genetic and runs in families just as color blindness does... I guess Scott got the short end of the stick since he is both dyslexic AND color blind!

[gja1000]

I love to read too - but don't have too much time to read anything other than things I have to read for work. That's OK, because I love the things I have to read for work.

Anyway, my husband didn't read at all when he was working, but now that he is retired, and doesn't feel like doing a lot, I find him reading magazines pretty regularly. He doesn't seem interested in reading a whole book, but he will read several magazines a week, and is often more up on current events than me! Shhhhh, don't tell him I told you, but sometimes I buy him the Star and People!

[DianaB]

My FIL always said that he was dyslexic but I don't think that it was actually determined that he was. He must have had something that my husband and son got passed down to them though. I don't know if any of my husband's brothers or sisters struggled with reading like he did or does. My MIL was always advanced and actually skipped a grade or two when she was little.

Glen is like Scott in the fact that he spends so much time trying to sound out the word that he loses the meaning of the sentence or paragraph. Then he has to reread it, sometimes more than a couple of times. It really fustrates him especially if it's not very interesting in the first place. I'm just glad that I can see that he's improved over the years. I firmly believe that reading is so very important.

Another thing......Glen has some problems with color blindness too! I think that it's green/blue.