Coping With Dyslexia

Submitted by Judy Hanning on Thu, 2016-06-30 14:10

This video features a personal story from YouTuber Maya Eshbach, who shares how dyslexia affected her learning experience, and how she lives with it. Maya discusses how dyslexia is a learning difficulty specifically in reading and writing, but it does not affect the intelligence of an individual. In fact, you can be very smart and still have dyslexia. Maya's dyslexia is hereditary in nature, as her mother also has it. 

She learned to cope up with it by practicing more, and most importantly, being diagnosed so she can understand her situation. She goes a bit deeper into how she discovered her dyslexia, and gives advice on what to do if you suspect you are dyslexic. She concludes by letting anyone suspecting they have dyslexia know that living with it is possible, and there are ways to cope and compensate.

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It hasn't affected me since I practiced...you practice more, more of reading and you just get better at it. It's one thing you have to adapt to.

Key Takeaways:

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Maya has dyslexia and shared how it affected her learning experience and how she had managed to live with it.
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Dyslexia is a learning difficulity, specifically in reading and writing.
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She learned to cope up by by practicing more and being tested.
Tweet mentions: 
@mayaeshbach