Hello, I have a learning disability myself and they are not easy. Mine isn’t as bad as dyslexia but I sometimes have trouble in math reading and writing, Your best thing to do is try helping your friend. Ofter to help her study and be there for her when if she ever does bad on a test or something and just let her know that if she done her best than that is all she can do. In courage her to talk to the teacher or help her yourself when she is starting to struggle. Sometime I wish I had a friend as concerned as you are. Where I go to school they think of me as dumb and can do better. That can often put people down. I know exactly how your friend feels. It can get very frustrating when you are tying to learn something but can’t. Just always be there for her and help her when ever you can!.. She will be glad to have you in the long run.. Friends have to stuck together and to me you sound like a great one. As well I have a friend aswell with dyslexia, she has a worse problem than me and I would help her. Hers was more less with math and when ever i understood something that she diddnt I would help her and always be there for hugs in the good and bad! she has moved away now and she is doing better than I am. Learning dissabilities can cause low self estem and that is when we look for good friends the most when we are really upset! Good luck and I hope she is thankful to have a friend like you

Actually, you would probably help more if you were available to discuss the dyslexia if she wanted to. You can tell her you would like to know more if she feels comfortable talking about it. If not, let her know that is okay too.

As far as helping her, she will need to learn to deal with it. It will be with her for life. It will get easier as she grows up. She will be able to better compensate for it. Her teachers and parents should already be assisting her in ways you may not know about. She might be given more time to complete tests or to take untimed tests or fewer questions or something like that. But only she could tell you that. Her teachers will not.

Sounds like you are already doing a great job. There are different levels of dyslexia. Sometimes if you put a different colored piece of paper under the line you are reading helps. How old is your friend? Are they in special education? Teachers and adults can help. There are also adult reading programs that can help.