Dyslexia - Literacy series - video Dailymotion

Angus Lange, 18, with his mum Sarah Lange talks about his struggle with dyslexia in school.

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00:00 Hi, my name is Angus Lang, I'm 18, I have ADHD and dyslexia.

00:05 It's been a bit of a struggle through my younger years to learn how to read and write sort

00:11 of a thing, but after you find a tutor that's suitable for you then it's a lot easier because

00:18 they break everything down for you, it makes more sense and you kind of get a hook onto

00:23 it.

00:24 Before I had my diagnosis I was a bit of an adventurous kid.

00:28 I would get up out of my seat all the time, I'd get quite a lot of trouble because I was

00:32 out of my seat, I was getting in trouble because I was not doing my work and because I was

00:37 like running around and my teachers would have no idea why and I was just like really

00:43 wanting to help everyone else but help myself.

00:46 I was getting in quite a lot of trouble for that and yeah.

00:50 I didn't really like reading aloud until about year 7 because every time I'd try and read

00:55 aloud I would get words mixed up, letters would be placed into words that don't actually

00:59 exist or I would start reading and as I'm reading another word would be put in that's

01:05 not even in the book to make it make sense in my own brain.

01:08 My own mind would read sentences, I'd read sentences ahead of it and there'd be words

01:12 that aren't even in there that I'd put in to make it sound and go much better than what

01:15 you would read on a piece of paper.

01:18 So there'd be a lot of 'ands', 'that', 'it', 'what', all that kind of stuff would be in

01:23 the sentences that aren't actually there and my brain wouldn't comprehend that and would

01:28 just put it in there and make it so it flows a lot easier for me or if there was big words

01:32 my brain would completely skip it and just try and figure out another word that would

01:35 go for it or I'd try and sound it out and just completely give up on it.

01:39 And then after I started tutoring at about year 7 is when I started to realise that I

01:45 can actually read out loud, I can actually read properly, I can properly learn and I

01:49 can probably contribute to my classes.

01:51 It's something that can be picked up early on and for it to be picked up and flagged

01:55 early on the educators have to be, have those, the tools themselves to know what the flags

02:02 are for kids that have got learning disabilities.

02:05 So basically it comes down to the university level where teachers, educators, I mean at

02:10 TAFE are being, who look after children especially even in daycares and sort of preschool settings

02:20 to have the flags of what to look for and how to teach in pure phonics because that's

02:27 what dyslexic kids need and everyone can learn with pure phonics, breakdown of phonics.

02:33 Teacher education is really important so at the university level so not only do they need

02:37 to learn about the specific learning disorders including dyslexia which is the main disorder

02:43 in that group but also other neurodiverse conditions as well.

02:49 I think it's really important because every single teacher will come across children with

02:53 these conditions throughout their, you know, throughout their whole schooling.

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