I have reading comphrension disability

I have this reading comphrension that I can’t seem to process in my mind when i read, so my grammar and sometime spelling sucks. I am wondering if I will have a difficult time if I went to health information tech route, I gave up accounting and decided to do health information tech.

Will I have a hard time? What can i do to help study or learn this grammar, I can’t afford tutors sadly but I want a career to be able to live comfortable and do something I enjoy.

I enjoy office related work nothing hands on so I am hoping this route will not be tough on me

Is there anything that can help me? how do i deal with my reading comphrension if i want to get into a health information tech program, some ppl say office jobs will be hard on me but this is my passion and my dream.

  1. Many colleges will have a disabilities center. If your learning disability has been documented, they can help you by providing tutors and note takers for free. They may also help you get extended time for exams and other similar things.
  2. There is also technology you can buy (sadly, it's kind of expensive) that can record a lecture while you write, so that when you take the pen back over what you wrote, you can replay that part of the lecture. It's amazing, but you have to buy the pen and the special paper for it. This can help a lot with learning the material because you can fill in the holes from what you wrote during class.

So… there are definitely resources available, especially through a college. If you are still in high school, see if you can get extra tutoring from teachers before and after school to keep working on your reading comprehension and writing skills. It’s hard work and takes a lot of time, but you can get better! Expressing yourself with writing and reading what others write is a skill that gets developed. You have a harder time with it, but you can still improve.

I don’t know very much about health information technology, but if you look at the plans of study for that major for a few colleges, that will help you get an idea of how many language-specific courses you will need to take. My guess is that there might not be a ton of writing, but probably a good amount of reading.

Good luck!

Yes, if your disability is documented or can be, do contact the disability services office to request accommodations that directly address your reading disability. You could qualify for test accommodations and reader services and perhaps others. However, unless you school has opted for a tutoring program, tutoring is not provided as an accommodation. However tutoring may be offered by the campus learning center. Why? Students must be otherwise qualified to meet academic requirements. Accommodations compensate for functional limitations, but are not used to increase your reading comprehension skills are too poor to depend on your reading skills to learn. Like many students, you may have to find out which office or offices provide the assistance you want.