[nabs-l] perceptual awareness

Tue Oct 13 18:34:13 UTC 2009

Ashley and all,
It is quite possible for a totally blind person to have dyslexia.  My 
fiancée's mom believes he has Dyslexia. In a totally blind person it would 
be known a Auditory Dyslexia  since they can't necessarily see in the 
traditional way.
Jessica
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From: "Adrianne Dempsey" <adrianne.dempsey at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] perceptual awareness


> Ashley dyslexia is not a visual disorder, though that is a common thought, 
> because it is usually associated with reading and righting only.  This is 
> where it is most common I think but I read brail and have the same problem 
> as sighted people with reading and righting so it is not visual.  I read 
> very slowly because I have to decode everything in my head as I am reading 
> it.  Letters either switch places with in the word, or flip upside down 
> and because it's brail becomes a different letter, so that is annoying. 
> But I also notice it when I type or dial phone numbers.  It is not always, 
> as I am a pretty fast typist, and I know the numbers on a phone but once 
> in a while my brain malfunctions or something and I hit the wrong button 
> or key.  It is different then a typo, as it isn't necessarily an accident, 
> for example, sometimes even though I know the keyboard well I will hit F 
> instead of J or T instead of V or something like that.  It is very 
> frustrating but I have learned to deal with it and have learned little 
> tricks as to how not to make as many mistakes or catch them more quickly 
> so other people don't notice as much. I still hate reading out loud 
> because I sound like I don't know how to read and that is not true, it is 
> just that I don't always have the pattern right and have to decode.
>    Because I don't know what causes my other perceptual problem I am only 
> guessing that it may be dyslexia but like I said I don't know.  As I said 
> before it is not constant it is random and the time of temporary confusion 
> last some times for just a second or sometimes for a few minutes it just 
> depends on the, well I don't know what it depends on.  I don't know what 
> causes it or if what factors if any make it worse.  You can get tested for 
> dyslexia but it is very hard to find a psychologist who uses non visual 
> tests.  If your truly interested in finding out if you are or not they are 
> out their you just have to search a little harder.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ashley" <cumbiambera2005 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 6:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] perceptual awareness
>
>
>> Hi,
>> Well, it feels good to know I'm not as weird as I thought--I also
>> experience something similar to this, though not exactly the same. I
>> tend to get disoriented quite a bit, even in places that I seem to be
>> familiar with. Naturally, it happens more often in places that I am
>> unfamiliar with, however, I have known it to happen in small areas
>> that I should have easily been able to find my way around. I also used
>> to think that this meant i was crazy or something, but I'm kind of
>> starting to realize that it may be a lack of concentration--or at
>> least that's what I thought at one point. Then, I started to find that
>> even during an O and M lesson where I'm concentrating, I still get
>> lost, and think i'm somewhere, when I actually end up somewhere
>> totally different from where I thought I was. I know this isn't the
>> exact same thing as what you're saying, but I am also curious as to
>> how this happens, as it happens to me quite often. I was told once
>> that this type of disorientation is associated to the cause of my
>> blindness, which may be a possibility, though I don't even believe
>> that I have whatever this person said I do. Can't think of the name of
>> it at this point--lebers or something or other, forgive me if I
>> misspelled that.
>> Also, as I'm typing this, something else occurred to me. My family is
>> dislecsic, but I was told that only a sighted person could be.
>> However, I've even noticed that at times I have done things like
>> writing things backwards etc, so wondering about that as well.
>> My problem is, I do know how to recognize patterns, but I'm wondering
>> if my problem may be something else.
>> So there were my thoughts on the matter.
>>
>>
>> On 10/13/09, Adrianne Dempsey <adrianne.dempsey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I am wondering if any one has experienced this or something like it and 
>>> if
>>> you have any ideas as to what causes it or how to fix the problem.  At 
>>> the
>>> risk of sounding silly, I sometimes have some sort of perceptual 
>>> problem.
>>> It may be because of blindness, but I believe it has something to do 
>>> with my
>>> dyslexia.  I am not really sure what to call it, but it is similar to
>>> vertigo, though I am positive it is not the right word.  I sort of lose 
>>> my
>>> sense of direction.  It is especially terrifying when I am in a place I
>>> already don't know, but it even happens when I am in a familiar area. 
>>> When
>>> it happens in a familiar place I can adjust after a moment or to but it 
>>> is
>>> still frustrating.  Basically what happens is everything around me is
>>> different from the way it was a second ago.  I am fully aware that the 
>>> room
>>> didn't actually change, but my brain no longer recognizes the pattern. 
>>> I
>>> mean I could be in my kitchen, and I know my kitchen-I cook in and clean 
>>> it
>>> every day with no problems except those random moments when all of a 
>>> sudden
>>> I suddenly don't know which way I am facing or what the proximity of 
>>> matter
>>> around me is.  When this happens I feel like a crazy person because I 
>>> know
>>> my house, and it doesn't happen all the time and it never lasts long, 
>>> but I
>>> feel so lost when it does.  I know it has nothing to do with orientation
>>> because it has nothing to do with  learning an area.  I use to think it 
>>> did
>>> as it happens allot more when I am in a big open area but it happens in
>>> places I am very familiar with as well.  I started thinking it might be 
>>> a
>>> blindness thing, but I don't know many other people it happens to if 
>>> any. I
>>> was diagnosed with dyslexia, and that is your brains inability to 
>>> recognize
>>> patterns.  It shows up mostly in reading and righting, and it defanatly 
>>> does
>>> that for me, but I am wondering if it extends farther to spatial and
>>> directional perceptions.  If anyone has any thoughts on this  please let 
>>> me
>>> know as I am curious as to  it's relationship to dyslexia or if it is
>>> something else entirely and any thoughts on how to remedy it.
>>>
>>> Thanks so much.
>>>
>>>
>>> Andi
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