So background, I'm 22 and am in my second year of college. Reading has always been challenging for me because I not only am autistic, but I have ADHD as well so it's always been hard to maintain focus for long periods of time. In high school, I straight up never did my homework because I got tired of having to re-read things over and over again. Since going back to school, I've been a perfectionist about grades.
Anyways, this semester all of my classes require a ton of reading, which is fine. I can focus better than I used to, but sometimes certain things just don't make sense. I don't have any intellectual/cognitive impairments and I don't have anything like dyslexia, but sometimes I read things and no matter how hard I try, I just can't understand them. It's like I'm reading another language and it's infuriating.
Does anyone else struggle with this? It's ridiculous because I can read an interesting novel in one day, but when it comes to my science textbook this semester, I feel like I've suddenly developed a cognitive impairment.
Anyways, this semester all of my classes require a ton of reading, which is fine. I can focus better than I used to, but sometimes certain things just don't make sense. I don't have any intellectual/cognitive impairments and I don't have anything like dyslexia, but sometimes I read things and no matter how hard I try, I just can't understand them. It's like I'm reading another language and it's infuriating.
Does anyone else struggle with this? It's ridiculous because I can read an interesting novel in one day, but when it comes to my science textbook this semester, I feel like I've suddenly developed a cognitive impairment.