Dyslexia or just dumb?

I'm Dyslexic. I was assessed when I was 15 in the 1st year it was recognised by the exam boards. at the time it was all new info and nobody understood it, least of all schools.

I've been re-assessed recently as my GF wanted to practice as she was doing her assessors course.
One of her definitions of Dyslexia is when the proven intelligence doesn’t match the written or reading ability, this is what Highlight it to assessors and they then work out with further test where the problem lies and come up with a plan to help.
Personally it’s never held me back (well except when the RAF recruiters wanted me to go into Air traffic control, which could see being a problem if I got a call sign reversed ) Dyslexics work around the problem and create answers. That’s why in some company’s actively recruit us for jobs that require thinking outside the box.

Dyslexia didn’t stop me becoming a Top IT consultant for a Major International company. Even though writing Tech Papers was a real pain and took me twice as long as most people. But then I could have just handed my notes to a grammar Nazi admin staff to sort out. :-)
 
Why do we have to brand people to be mentally disabled in one form of another when they are clearly just made of the wrong stuff?

Perhaps our schools would achieve more if the kids with a sub 100 IQ were taken out and placed in classes specializing in remedial tasks because that all these people will amount to anyway.
 
Serpantine said:
Why do we have to brand people to be mentally disabled in one form of another when they are clearly just made of the wrong stuff?

Perhaps our schools would achieve more if the kids with a sub 100 IQ were taken out and placed in classes specializing in remedial tasks because that all these people will amount to anyway.
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Smart post. :rolleyes:
 
Serpantine said:
Why do we have to brand people to be mentally disabled in one form of another when they are clearly just made of the wrong stuff?

Perhaps our schools would achieve more if the kids with a sub 100 IQ were taken out and placed in classes specializing in remedial tasks because that all these people will amount to anyway.
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Well .. judging by that post shall we nominate you as the trial sample?
 
My spelling is pretty awful - I've just never made a concious effort to learn how to spell certain words :o

The only word I have ever made an effort to learn is 'necessary'.
 
MrLOL said:
theres a lot of posts like that in here

Apparently theres nothing wrong with you and you've just made it up to get an easy ride / sympathy / free laptop *

*delete as appropriate.
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This is pretty much why I don't like these threads. Just becasue these people don't understand it, it can't exist. Stupid *****s. (Excuse the lack of capital letter there but it would show which swear word I was writing. Against forum rules. :p)

P.S. Despite my Dyslexia, yes I can spell. I make mistakes quite often though, but the reason my posts generally come across quite well written is because I read through them once or twice before actually posting. :D
 
MrLOL said:
. One thing it wont do however is solve my problem of my brain thinking one word, but then typing a completely different one, correctly but utterly out of bed, i mean place. If you get my drift ...
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I to this a lot as well can be ultra annoying as I have reread official stuff like job applications many times to get it all correct, so what would take a normal person a few mins can take me a hour some times and I have the added bonus asperger syndrome as well as my Dyslexia to boot.

It dose annoy me a lot when the "Grammar Nazi's" in the forum or anywhere else have a pick at your spelling for just to make them self feel big about them self s rather than honestly pic out a mistake, 99% of the time they just post to point out the mistake and not comment on the thread subject it self.

I did find it rather funny bit the Starcraft 2 Art Book. There is a comment on a drawing of a Adjutant basically saying they should speak sounding emotionless and "empty" like someone with asperger syndrome, good thing I'm nether and not a soulless computer lol.
 
Thanks to dmpoole those who are genuinely interested in this condition may have a better understanding of dyslexia.


I would never have been brave enough to post my own report in an internet forum for fear of ridicule. As can be seen dyslexia is not a simple condition it’s not only about being able to read and write properly or not, it’s a very complex topic.


I don’t view my own dyslexia as a disability in actual fact I see it as far from a disability at all. Yes there is movement when reading black text on white background somewhat like placing the paper in a running stream and trying to read it as the water rushes over it, however it can be controlled quite easily with a filter, mine is also blue :D.


Yes I can write a perfectly spelled and grammatically correct paragraph of text only on repetition to produce the exact same paragraph looking more like a Martian translation of the former.


However we dyslexics are often compensated in other ways. My forte is three dimensional space :D which was handy studying physics, incidentally Einstein was also dyslexic he had real problems with his calculus. Dyslexic Architects with similar talents for example are highly sought after and can often command extraordinary salaries. Another bonus for me was that I found it extremely easy to learn to play musical instruments. There are many more that I shall refrain from stating here so as not to beat my own drum, too loudly, so to speak.

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Weaver said:
My forte is three dimensional space :D which was handy studying physics, incidentally Einstein was also dyslexic he had real problems with his calculus.
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Sidepoint, but as far as I can tell there seems to be very little evidence to suggest einstein was dyslexic and it seems to be somewhat of an urban myth.
 
Weaver said:
Thanks to dmpoole those who are genuinely interested in this condition may have a better understanding of dyslexia.
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Thanks for that - I can't believe how many idiots there are but to be fair I thought the same until I experienced it with my daughter.

Like you said about being good in other areas -
My daughter didn't have help at school or college except for 'answer her questions'.
During school and college she never handed work in that was less than A+ or A, how many of the non believers could boast that?
 
bibalasvegas said:
Sidepoint, but as far as I can tell there seems to be very little evidence to suggest einstein was dyslexic and it seems to be somewhat of an urban myth.
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In relation to your point, there exists more evidence to suggest that Einstein was in fact dyslexic than there is to suggest he was not, which would also suggest the urban legend unfounded since it dose not meet the requirements.


The University of North Carolina published a paper about 20 years ago that showed evidence that Einstein had certain traits, such as strephosymbolia, which is indicative of dyslexia. You may wish to contact them for a copy of that paper.


Rodin, Patton, Edison, Wilson, Einstein: Were They Really Learning Disabled?


I also tracked down another reference paper entitled:


A Future of Reversals: Dyslexic Talents in a World of Computer Visualization.



dmpoole said:
Thanks for that - I can't believe how many idiots there are but to be fair I thought the same until I experienced it with my daughter.

Like you said about being good in other areas -
My daughter didn't have help at school or college except for 'answer her questions'.
During school and college she never handed work in that was less than A+ or A, how many of the non believers could boast that?
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It does not surprise me in the slightest that your daughter hands in strong work. I often found myself in debate with examiners as being dyslexic allows them to mark up a paper within 3-5% if needed. It is conceded that this may be necessary however my argument was if this is the case why should it be discarded in the event of a clear pass surely the pass percentage is equally affected? Fortunately in my case I didn’t need to worry and sailed past to ensure a 1st.

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Weaver said:
In relation to your point, there exists more evidence to suggest that Einstein was in fact dyslexic than there is to suggest he was not, which would also suggest the urban legend unfounded since it dose not meet the requirements.


The University of North Carolina published a paper about 20 years ago that showed evidence that Einstein had certain traits, such as strephosymbolia, which is indicative of dyslexia. You may wish to contact them for a copy of that paper.


Rodin, Patton, Edison, Wilson, Einstein: Were They Really Learning Disabled?


I also tracked down another reference paper entitled:


A Future of Reversals: Dyslexic Talents in a World of Computer Visualization.
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Posthumous diagnosis is in itself a controversial thing. 2 papers do not = more evidence for dyslexia than not. There don't seem to be any records of einstein struggling at all at school - indeed he topped his class and excelled at reading and maths.
 
bibalasvegas said:
Posthumous diagnosis is in itself a controversial thing. 2 papers do not = more evidence for dyslexia than not. There don't seem to be any records of einstein struggling at all at school - indeed he topped his class and excelled at reading and maths.
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In my experience I've found that ill informed opinion can often lead to statements like your last. Yes its true dyslexia can manifest itself as you have pointed out but it is not always the case.

In my case I sailed through primary and secondary school which is often the case for dyslexics with an above average IQ scoring. However it doesn’t mean I’m not dyslexic!

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bakes0310 said:
No im not, i dont get what your comment means please explain:)
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Poor handwriting is a separate issue to dyslexia, you might have poor handwriting and be dyslexic or you might simply have a latent talent for writing like a doctor. :p

To the best of my knowledge I'm not dyslexic although I've never been tested, since I generally don't have any problems with reading or writing it would seem a little redundant to test for.
 
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