Reading from a different page: dyslexia in the college transition #dyslexia

Submitted by Judy Hanning on Tue, 2017-03-14 09:00

Northwestern is a large, prestigious college. Nearly two hundred students are listed as having a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or ADHD. Many students with dyslexia aren’t sure if they will be able to be successful in college due to the extremely high amount of reading that is required in each class.

In the words of AccessibleNU Director Alison May, “students here don’t talk about when they’re having a difficulty. So then the many students who have disabilities think they’re the only ones, and it’s all the more isolating.”
~ Alison May

Students with dyslexia at Northwestern face stress and isolation.

Feeling isolated is a common complaint. Many students with learning difficulty don’t talk about the condition that they struggle with. This leads to students feeling like the only one that can understand what they are going through. It is important for students to stick together and to help each other when they are faced with a learning difficulty.

Key Takeaways:

1
Transitioning into college is hard for every student and especially so for those with dyslexia.
2
College students with dyslexia exhaust faster and often do not take breaks and they burnout.
3
Eye to Eye pairs college students with dyslexia and high school students as to not fall into the same pitfalls.
Read the full article here:
http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/story/reading-from-a-different-page-dyslexia-in-the-coll/