Whether or not you're a fan of Glee you have to check out this clip where one of the show's new main characters is diagnosed with dyslexia in what we consider to be the biggest moment for learning disabilities on prime time TV to date.
Demi Fletcher and it's scary and hard I know that and its so so hard one if my biggest fears is that to be called up in class to read I dread it so so much
blossom Knight I always felt weird reading out loud, like I might mess up. Same thing with everything else, I had a different learning disability though. I don't remember the name, but it wasn't severe and it affected everything for me.
I have done this test three times It was so stressful, I was diagnosed with dyslexia every time but for some reason my mum kept making me do it again because she didn't want to believe it.
I remember I was diagnosed with dyslexia at the age 5. My mum would cry because she was so worried about me learning in everyday life. But now I am 22 got a degree and my mum sometimes can’t remember that I am dyslexic
@@zonefriendlykiller3881 how do you make it ? i have a degree now and i won't to Werk but i'm so afraid to tell them because they will not keep me i have a degree but i can only write words i know and even that not good 🙈🙈🙈😿🙀
Natalia Goudvis maybe it's different if you're a kid but when I was tested 2 years ago I had a Dyslexia test which also combined a ADHD test and it was 3 hours long.
When I was doing my testing I felt so stupid and it was all so frustrating. And test me on so many things and for a 12 year old kid in the summer this really was a bummer
Ashley Ciarkowski thank you. You have no idea how much I needed this. I’m dyslexic and my Chinese teaching thinks I’m stupid and not trying hard enough. Recently I studied for a Chinese test for 5 hours in total, I wanted to pass so bad. But when the test begins and I saw those questions it’s like I recited nothing . It’s like I haven’t studied at all. So my question is why do I bother even studying the test ? My classmates got nearly full marks after studying for 30 mins. Why do I even bother ? I’m stupid that’s all .
"The only secret is your brain works a little differently than anyone elses". I loved Finn in this scene, even though he didn't give Ryder a whole pep talk about it, just that little bit really sticks. I love finn.
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I'm glad that they included something like this in the show, I did some evaluations like Ryder did (not for dyslexia) and its nice to see that I'm not alone
half of the time I was in school, I was in "special class" for the special kids I feel dumb and stupid, and because of the "special class" I can't connect to the other classmate.
I have dyslexia, dyscalculia, and a reading comprehension disorder. Proud to say I graduated high school with a 4.0 with ZERO help (lots of extra credits) and got a college degree! Learned in college that I needed tests read to me because I just couldn't understand the questions reading them myself. The best grade I ever got in math was a C-. We threw a party that day!
I felt like that when I found out I had dispraxia. It's so hard when you're trying to learn something but it just won't stay in your head. Dislexia must be just as frustrating and difficult
I'm glad they brought it up, but I wished they used this storyline for Sam. His dislexia was brought up once, never spoken of again and later passed off as him being dumb.
I've been dyslexic since 3rd grade, with a lot of help and classes, I've gone from barely being able to read to, excelling in reading and writing. According to my old dyslexia teacher, I'm in shapes and phases, which means I no longer need tests read to me but it's still an option. Being dyslexic doesn't mean you're stupid, it means you have a creative mind.
Despite the fact that I’m not dyslexic this scene is still very relatable since I have a learning disability and people usually think that I’m intentionally being lethargic when I’m not always able to concentrate or to easily retain information which had always made me feel embarrassed and imbecilic.. people are quick to make assumptions but they are not standing in your feet.. they would never know how hard we actually try to understand and absorb what we are trying to learn.
I've watched this so many times and can't watch it without crying. To anyone reading this comment who isn't dyslexic please trust me when I say that this scene describes pretty accurately what it is to suffer the burden of dyslexia. I, much like Ryder in this clip, went so long before being diagnosed. Therefore, I would like to stress the fact that it is likely you know someone with dyslexia even if it hasn't yet been diagnosed and so be kind and patient to others. Even though dyslexia is common, it doesn't mean it's an easy thing to deal with. Thank you xxx
I have dyslexia and dyspraxia and a Sensory Processing Disorder and I have struggled so badly for so many years with it. I think the hardest part were my friends saying I was so lucky getting out of class to play games or read or random stuff witch was actually to help me deal with it all and learn and no matter how hard I worked or improved they all played it down as if I was just slacking off and not working twice as hard as they we’re just to past the year. Teachers use to grade my spelling test and I will never forget when I was 8 and before I was diagnosed with dyslexia I get a test back saying 0/25 and my teacher turned to me and said “This is just terrible and unacceptable for your age and you and your parents should be so ashamed of there lazy working child” . After I was diagnosed I worked so so hard to prove all my friends and family and teachers wrong that just because I had a learning disability I could still be as smart and break the stupid stereotype that we’re all stupid and can’t read or spell . In 3months 9 year old me read a set of 10 books with 300 pages in each and yet the first thing my friends Mum said to me when I told her proud of myself I was “ Yes but I doesn’t really count sweetheart if you don’t understand any of the words “ which was utter crap. Now I’m only 13 but my secondary school has been offering me so much more help . And I think my learning support teacher sums up the perfect way to describe dyslexia, “ It’s not an excuse of why I can’t do something, it’s and explanation of why I can do it different “ ( sorry this was long and no one will probably read it , I just wanted to rant about it)
Im not that old. But, back in the 70’s growing up. There was a move to start to identify dyslexia. Problem was for me. Although I was diagnosed with it. I was treated differently. If I had to I’d myself back then. It was a Ryder and Sam in a female body . No one really took time to know me . So I was an outcast. Truth is exactly. They tested me when I was 6. I’m glad they did this episode. I about fell off my chair watching this with mixed emotions . Happy they did it and sad so many more are like me or were like me. Ashamed and shamed by children and adults. It’s worst when it’s mixed with ADHD and no one back then could comprehend it. They many times just said I was socially unskilled and put me in a corner for acting out. Love Glee !
I'm so sorry about that I know how you feel I have to too, and I think they should have this on more tv shows or movies or even have people come in schools to talk about it ect
My family found out this past summer that my nine year old brother is dyslexic and he is the most information hungry kid I’ve ever known. Thankfully my stepmom found a great dyslexic program that my brother got accepted into. Ryder is definitely not alone
Fun fact when I was 8-9 I always thought that I was dyslexic and when I found out that I was at the age of 12 I was like YAS NOW I CAN BE A HALF BLOOD LIKE PERCY JACKSON
Every time I watch this scene I cry it’s so relatable every single thing he said I said when I was diagnosed it’s one of the only shows that accurately represents dyslexia
Ya I think they would have more stuff like this in tv show or movie or even start having talks about it in school because you never know it could mean a lot to that one person like this
Look im dyslexic too. And i know people dont know anything about dyslexia and tought that it is stupedness or stuff like that but you know what, i feel blessed to have dyslexia. And i know that its not a bad thing its just a difference. Maybe people wouldnt get it but difference is a good thing. Yes, i straggle sometimes. But look at this on the bright side we have a lot of gifts. You feel shy becouse of the media not becouse dyslexia is bad. Btw english is not my first language excuse my mistakes.
I hate Blake with all my heart, but mannnn his acting was good here. I'm dyslexic and I've always thought I was just simply stupid. all of my siblings graduated from grad school, my brother is a doctor, my sister is a lawyer, my other brother is a stock broker and I'm barely making it through year 10 and I have sooo much to live up to, and so much that I want to be and everyone tells me "if you work hard you'll get there. you just need to try harder" and Finns "your brain just works differently than others" has really helped me and I think its helped a lot of people
I'm dyslexic and I know that it doesn't mean you're stupid. You just have to figure out how you learn the best. It's hard, but once you figure that out things are a lot easier.
I'm dyslexic and it's actually hard cause your teachers say "work, try your best" "WELL TRY HARDER" it's hard when there yelling in your face!! And we try our best and but they don't see that we are having problems for a reason and I only have LD classes and that's not enough for me I still have troubles and only a SE teacher in my math classes but not my reading classes and that's one of the subjects I need help with!! They just don't give me the help I need and my dad says I am but won't get me tested ☹️ I feel worthless
Don’t want to sound rude this was 3 years ago so I don’t know what up with you now but don’t say you have go dyslexia when you haven’t got tested for it even if you feel like you do. And if you are having trouble in math and not English there is a different form of dyslexia called something else I just don’t know how to spell it.
I've felt the say way he's felt but I don't have dyslexia I have autism but I'm different like everyone else my brain is wired differently than others I never thought I could do anything with a disability I was afraid it would have ruined my life then take my capabilities to do things in general but then I realized autism doesn't control I control it which is why it makes me a few times smarter as some average people people are,even though I'm a weird computer geek with high standards my friends and family members don't really care about my condition cause they still love me and will always support me regardless so that right says that disability is partly a gift in some ways cause it can make you a lot smarter in my ways.
And yet they passed Sam out as dumb... I like Glee, but the fact that they just dropped Sam being dyslexic and wrote him as a dumb blonde for comedic purposes makes me so sad...
I just got diagnosed with dyslexia to me it was amazing knowing I am not dumb that I just have a learning difference. I don't believe learning has disables they just learn differently. Everyone learns differently especially people with learning differences. I also have ADHD which is what helps me on days I can't read when I have bad reading days. I am a highschool sophomore and I just got diagnosed.
I'm dyslexic too it is hard I'm from UK and I taken me up my second year of college to pass English and know I'm still in college for my fourth year getting my final degree but I'm still doing maths. You just have to try your best it may just take you a bit longer . I'm a very creative person so I'm a visual learn I can't learn by a textbook me teacher do a hole creative thing to help me in my class and I can't thank them enough what they have done for me give me extra time in exam have a reader to read the question for me and puting me in a different room with a small amount of other people to help take pressure off it all . I can say I have will have three different degrees then I finish college in the summer which are a extend certificate in art and design, extend in creative media production , vrq diploma in hair media makeup and now doing diploma in theatrical ,special effects hair and media makeup
I got this at school All the time I'm badly dyslexic. It sucks having this learning disability. I still get picked on for it. I got told by a teacher that I would never go far in life cos of it.
This is the cleverest, funniest comment here yet no one even notices it and just has their same pointless, childish arguments. Or comments which make it all about themselves.
I don't understand that Ryder thinks that his father will think he isn't good enough for him. I'm dyslexic myself and both my parents have a PhD. My parents are proud of me, that I gratuaded both from highschool in 5 years (I'm from the Netherlands and the schoolsystem is different there. It's acceptable to graduated from highschool in 5 years) and I've got my bachelor degree in 4,5 years.
im dyslexic and it is vary hard to do normal things theres times that i just brack down crying for not knowing what im reading or i dont understand somthing and i read out loud in class bc i'm forstedbut then at lunch and stuff people come up to me and say that i'm stupid and i should be in 1st greab and i should not be at this school and it sucks... for anyone reading this and if your not dyslexic and u know someone that is plz help them bc if there are anything like me then they might feel allown and vary stupid
What I hate is I know his pain only in some ways of course I don’t think quite the same I know that growing up and having people say you need to do better work harder apply yourself more that feeling I know well having people make fun of you for poor spelling and slow reading and writing hurts quite a lot I know this is acting of course but it hits close to home to me
In middle school a kid called someone else a dyslexic b*tch and my friend started laughing and I was so pissed and walked away but when she asked why I didn’t say anything I was very passive aggressive about it
We dont appear in media much because we dont exactly get in many writing rooms. And when do appear it's normally as a charity case something to be pitied the sad story of the week I would like a show were a main character had dyslexia and it's mentioned like once then only occasionally brought up so it's apart of who they are but not the defining feature That said maybe this show is like that I dunno never watched it.
i asked my parents a few days ago if i could get testing they havent orangized anthing, i rlly hope they do my mum doesnt think i am and i think my dad is too
I have a,ways found it hard to read and rite and sometimes I add extra letters or miss out letters I'm always stupid I took someone sevays online and they all say I'm dexlectic but I'm to afraid to ask anyone to know for sure :(
Its weird that they made sam have dyslxia and then they just dropped it and then the same happend to rydar and they dropped it. And when i seen this sence i started cyring having dyslexia