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My character is illiterate, and the author's said that it's possible she might be dyslexic. I want to have her try to learn to read, but I myself took to reading like a fish to water, so I don't have much of a frame of reference for having difficulty with it. Any dyslexic anons out there want to share their experiences?

A good way to explain it is that what a dyslexic person will see when trying to read is going to be very similar to trying to make sense of a really complicated book when tired and sick. The person will see the words, but will have trouble making sense of them because their brain jumbles them up, rather like how your tired and sick mind will have a harder time making sense of things.

Another example of something that is similar is those puzzles where they mix up the letters of a word and you have to figure out what the word is. Imagine that being everything you read, and that is the life of someone who is dyslexic.

Also if you've learned another language and tried to read or write in it, that has some similarity as well. Or trying to read something written in a code. Even something as silly as trying to read or write a paragraph in pig latin can help you get some understanding because you have to translate each word to understand what is being said. The only difference between you and someone who is dyslexic is that will be how all writing will be to read for them.

It might not hurt to try and experience it a bit. Try writing out something in pig latin, or do some of those puzzles, or write something in a code. Even if it isn't completely the same, it will help you understand the effort reading and writing is for a dyslexic person a bit better.

Wish I could share some experiences with you, but I'm only really dyslexic with numbers. So I do understand how it works, but overall I can read and write well, though I learn far better from hearing than reading. You might want to try google though since there is bound to be some information about experiences there.

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