I have dyslexia. Mostly aural, which is pretty weird. I have a lot more trouble with spoken language than written language, particularly anything a bit unfamiliar. (Music, people saying strings of numbers, trying to learn a foreign language etc). Of late though, I have been having more trouble with written language, or perhaps have been more aware of my trouble with written language... mostly because I've been back at school studying programming, and all of a sudden its noticeable that I get letters mixed up, and can't remember acronyms/abbreviations.
Anyway, things that help that might help you, that helped me and my brother (My mum, me, and my uncles are all dyslexic... my brother is OFF THE CHARTS scientists-want-to-study-him dyslexic)
- Balance exercises. e.g. Fitness balls, wobble boards, balance beams, juggling, rubbing your belly and patting your head... all that stupid kids stuff. It helps a surprising amount. My balance has deteriorated since I stopped doing my exercises, as has my ability to tell apart certain letters.
- Console games with a game pad. Preferably fast paced platformers. I *suck* at platformers with a game pad that has analog sticks. My girlfriend always yells 'NO GO STRAIGHT, YOU HAVE TO JUMP THAT STRAIGHT AHEAD! HOW HARD CAN IT BE TO RUN IN A STRAIGHT LINE?'. Really, really, really hard. Anyway, my games of choice are Assassins Creed and Prince of Persia. I can't get past the first hour or so of game play... but hey, one day right? If you don't have any trouble with game pads, then eh, this probably wont be something that helps.
- Find a font that works for you. Something that you enjoy looking at, and seems to be nice to read. Just make that your system font on your computer. Turn up the font size a bit. Don't be afraid of comic sans. I know its a shitty font, but its actually been found to be one of the easiest for dyslexics to read. (Perhaps that's why its so popular among the semi-computer-literate masses?).
- Print your reading material on pale blue paper where possible. Avoid yellow, orange or red paper. Those are the most common colours, but something different might work for you. Experiment. Pale blue transparent plastic over reading material in cases where you can't get it printed.
- White space is your friend. Spread things out. I am a BEAR in group assignments for people following my formatting rules. I'm pretty sure it makes life easier for others too so I don't feel too bad about being such a dictator.
- Use 5mm grid ruled books instead of line ruled books. I love being able to line letters up on a grid to figure out what order they are supposed to be in.
- Practice navigating under someone's verbal instructions using left and right turns without looking at your hands.
Thats all I can think of off the top of my head. Hopefully something in there will help.
Funny dyslexia story: At one of my workplaces I screwed up really badly cos I got a 6 and a 9 mixed up. It was quite devastating for one of my colleagues and unfortunately only a couple of days before I was scheduled to go on leave, so I couldn't even help fix all of my mess. Anyway, when I got back from my leave I found my office PLASTERED with learn to count paraphernalia from Sesame Street. When my boss found out he freaked that I would be upset, but I thought it was HILARIOUS. There were post it notes on my key board pointing out the difference between 6 and 9, and pictures of The Count and Big Bird. Anyway, everyone got their revenge, had a good laugh, and the situation all came good in the end.
Also, sometimes I stare at dwarf fortress and think 'How the fuck does this make any sense to me, when I can't answer a simple programming question correctly if it has too many single letter variable names?'
Its a freaking mystery.