So how would you explain that the prevalence on this forum is significantly lower than the national prevalence just out of interest?
Dyslexia or just dumb?
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So how would you explain that the prevalence on this forum is significantly lower than the national prevalence just out of interest?
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You can't fake dyslexia when being properly tested. The only way you could fake it is if you were quite intelligent to begin with because you have to be good in some areas and bad in others. It's not a simple case of doing bad in everything they put infront of you. You have to do well in other things as well and end up proving that you are bi-polar in your abilities. The only way to do this is to either be dyslexic or intelligent enough to be able to do well in some aspects and then forcibly bad in others and know which ones they are and be convincing about it.
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I've been diagnosed with dyslexia and on the lower end of the autistic spectrum (whatever that means), as someone who has been diagnosed with the above I also am dubious as to whether or not I really have this 'condition' or that I may be just more stupid than the average person.
That being said though simple things like not being able to easily gage left from right or know the difference from horizontal and vertical plains, or even being able to remember something as simple as the alphabet makes me think that maybe their is some merit to my diagnosis.
I've even went to evening school to try to brush up on my spelling but the same simple words I struggled to spell as a child still perplex me today without reason, sometimes I felt like hitting my head against the wall, it's just at times I find it so hard to understand such simple things.
Either I'm stupid, (although I'm sure even a 'stupid' person can easily discern from their left or right etc), or I'm retarded in some way which tbh I have put some serious consideration into before, or I may be dyslexic.
That being said though simple things like not being able to easily gage left from right or know the difference from horizontal and vertical plains, or even being able to remember something as simple as the alphabet makes me think that maybe their is some merit to my diagnosis.
I've even went to evening school to try to brush up on my spelling but the same simple words I struggled to spell as a child still perplex me today without reason, sometimes I felt like hitting my head against the wall, it's just at times I find it so hard to understand such simple things.
Either I'm stupid, (although I'm sure even a 'stupid' person can easily discern from their left or right etc), or I'm retarded in some way which tbh I have put some serious consideration into before, or I may be dyslexic.
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Autistic Spectrum Disorder is just that "a spectrum" everyone in the population has Autistic Spectrum Disorder to a greater or lesser extent - some people however are pathological enough with it to warrant a diagnosis. We all exhibit some of the manifestations at times the people who get diagnosed a) get spotted b) have enough manifestations to get spotted. This is why people will always score highly on such tests as the Cambridge one - because they are all traits we exhibit - it is when they impede our day to day living and impact on other people that they tend to get acted on. We have only really looked for it recently hence the amount of people "missed".
My spelling is ok, grammar is not so great.
My dad has severe dyslexia and is always mixing up letters in words and reading things wrongly. My favourite mistake he always makes is to write an email to my uncle Brian, and type it Brain.
Makes this mistake everytime haha.
My dad has severe dyslexia and is always mixing up letters in words and reading things wrongly. My favourite mistake he always makes is to write an email to my uncle Brian, and type it Brain.
Makes this mistake everytime haha.
ditto, also most of my posts are now from an Iphone. With its silly auto correct and is very hard to edit a post.
I've said it before, people don't get jumped on if they can't draw or struggle with physics. Languages are no different some people excel at them and some people struggle.
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i suffer from dyslexia, the spell checker is my savior and it regularly takes me an age to post replys as i have to go back over everything adding punctuation etc in afterwords.
My main issues are with reading, lines skip order when moving form line to line, i get lost moving down the page and have to reread sentences for the meaning to sink in, the actual reading of the words doesn't suffer atall but the meaning or structure of the sentence or paragraphs as i read them doesn't sink in, if i hear the the same sentence in conversation its not an issue only from paper and to paper.
when i was younger i would mix letters replacing one with the other, b's and d's being the main offenders followed with m and w i was given extra help through my first years of proper schooling which helped massively but later on in middle school it was overlooked as laziness and just hindered me more than anything.
dyslexia is very frustrating to deal with, your mind understands the correct way but it seems unattainable, id love to read decent books but the shear trial and hassle of the exercise make it a chore and very tedious, i absolutely love audio books as i can experience the story as it was intended, reading a book and struggling to digest the content your taking in really doesn't leave much room for the mind to create the world the writer intended.
And yes it has taken me half an hour to write and check this post, still probably leaves much to be desired
My main issues are with reading, lines skip order when moving form line to line, i get lost moving down the page and have to reread sentences for the meaning to sink in, the actual reading of the words doesn't suffer atall but the meaning or structure of the sentence or paragraphs as i read them doesn't sink in, if i hear the the same sentence in conversation its not an issue only from paper and to paper.
when i was younger i would mix letters replacing one with the other, b's and d's being the main offenders followed with m and w i was given extra help through my first years of proper schooling which helped massively but later on in middle school it was overlooked as laziness and just hindered me more than anything.
dyslexia is very frustrating to deal with, your mind understands the correct way but it seems unattainable, id love to read decent books but the shear trial and hassle of the exercise make it a chore and very tedious, i absolutely love audio books as i can experience the story as it was intended, reading a book and struggling to digest the content your taking in really doesn't leave much room for the mind to create the world the writer intended.
And yes it has taken me half an hour to write and check this post, still probably leaves much to be desired
As I suggested to another member earlier, try the kindle with adjusted line spaces, it helped my gf a lot, she's pretty bad with her dyslexia, most of her words are spelt incorrectly, often phonetically. She has trouble with her left and right too as someone else here mentioned.
Its her typing which keeps her from frequenting forums such as these, it took her almost 4 years to get over texting me and being embarrassed!
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I feel you buddy, it really is such a pain at times, especially when you get into a good debate (or rather argument
), although saying that I still think that forums are a saving grace for people like us as they do generally allow us to commutate fairly competently via text, live chat rooms on the other-hand are usually very scary for me as it's practically impossible to keep up or engage in conversion with people without my text turning into gibberish 
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I know all about this, the Ipad does stupid things with auto correct as well. You don't need to be a language expert to get by these days. With more and more people using computers to write, often you don't even pick up on those words that you spell wrong time and time again as they are auto corrected.
Pick up a pen and paper and all hell breaks loose.
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i know what you're saying, very hard for people to take you seriously if you cant get the words down on the screen to express your point, i find it frustrating as well being corrected and remarked at as if im stupid, annoying thing is if i can digest the information right i grasp complex things/ procedures, i spent a few months teaching my self basic electronics and the theory behind it, i could only do this by writing the information down carbon copy from the web page and then proceed to read it back to myself, twice( takes longer if im reading and listing to the same information).
Languages are different, they are the main form of communication between humans. Not being able to communicate sufficiently leads to major drawbacks in life. People with poor literacy skills usually end up in low paid, low status jobs.
Not knowing the equation of linear motion or not being able to draw, does not have the same effect.
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I don't think anyone on these forums has a hard time communicating. You do not need to be anywhere near perfect to communicate.
As for low paid jobs, that's rubbish as well, just look at most teachers, doctors and scientists. All are renowned for there poor English and terrible handwriting.
Well, no, grunting is communicating, but communicating at a high level requires good literacy skills.
That is purely anecdotal. Do some research and you will find that poor literacy equates to lower social status in the majority of cases.
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True in some cases but for someone like myself a lot of it is do with fear/anxiety when applying for jobs that requires at least 'competent' English reading & writing skills, sometimes the most simple of things that other people take for granted can be quite stressful, like for example filling in paying in slips at the bank in front of people, I find that extremely hard, I'm sure that many people with 'dyslexia' don't suffer on this level but there are those that do including myself.
That's because poor literacy generally means poor education. It's not always like that. It's no more than a casual link.
Everyone knows people with poor spelling and high paid jobs. Because a load of jobs do not require intensive writing.
Everyone knows people with poor spelling and high paid jobs. Because a load of jobs do not require intensive writing.
You don't need high education results to have a high standard of writing skill.
Like the other thread where I mentioned I know a few people who got A and B grades in school would not even get a C today and going by the way they write on their emails and Facebook messages it's pretty clear how much they've disregarded language skills.
On the flip side though there are people who did poorly education wise but today are actually much better because they've put focus on reading lots of literature and becoming familiar with language in general.
Like the other thread where I mentioned I know a few people who got A and B grades in school would not even get a C today and going by the way they write on their emails and Facebook messages it's pretty clear how much they've disregarded language skills.
On the flip side though there are people who did poorly education wise but today are actually much better because they've put focus on reading lots of literature and becoming familiar with language in general.
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