07/01/2013 Newsround


07/01/2013

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Hello, welcome to Newsround. I'm Ore and we are talking about

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something that affects around one in 10 of us, dyslexia. It can make

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it difficult to read or recognise words, letters and other symbols,

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and it can make life hard, especially if you do not get help.

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Just like it was for this guy, Dom Wood, AKA Dom from Dick and Dom. He

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has told Newsround that growing up with dyslexia was tough, especially

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as he was not diagnosed until he was 15. At 5 o'clock today, we have

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got a special programme called My Dyslexic Mind, which you can see

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here on CBBC. It is presented by Ben who is 12 and dyslexic. For the

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programme he got to chat to Dom who told him all about his experiences

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with dyslexia. Until I was 15 I just thought I was thick. I could

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not understand why it because I tried so hard. At school, it was

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all about if you were academic. But there are thousands of jobs out

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there which do not require academia. It is not a disadvantage being

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dyslexic. In some ways it is a positive thing. If it was not for

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being dyslexic, I would not be where I am today. Fantastic to hear

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from him. Someone else who knows exactly what

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they are going through is 11 year- old Lauren, who is also dyslexic.

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How did you find out you were dyslexic? I did not know much about

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it then but I was taken out of the class. What makes it hard for you

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at school? You need your teachers to help you, don't you? Probably

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sitting in class. When I stop, people do not see me. And what

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about your friends? Did they treat you differently? Yes, when I say

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things wrong they correctly. It puts me down every time. Because

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they are telling me what to say and what to do basically. How does that

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make you feel? It makes me upset because I say, I know what I am

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doing, I can speak. If I do not need you to speak for me. Are we

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heard from Dom from Dick and Dom and he said he would not be the

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same person without dyslexia. Have you learned to embrace it? The yes,

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because with dyslexia you always have something else you are better

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at. I really like football and I would not be good at football if I

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did not have dyslexia. We have a star in the making. And England

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star of the future. Thank you. Well, lots of you telling us online

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how dyslexia affects you. Masum in London says I have dyslexia and it

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The question is, what can you do if you think you have got dyslexia? I

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am joined by a Dr Anna Pitt. We will see you in the special

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programme at 5 o'clock as well. What is the difference between a

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dyslexic mind and another mind? The science park, if you like. We found

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a lot of neurological differences which are happening inside the

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brain of dyslexics and how they function differently. The reading

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problems and things, the reading and spelling problems, they tend to

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be the symptoms of what is being caused inside. We are looking at

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things like how they understand sounds or how they can use their

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eyes. So it means they are not stupid, they are just different.

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For those people who are worried, what can they do? The first thing,

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talk to their parents and teachers. Find a teacher you trust because

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that makes a big difference. And understand that it means it will

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