No, but my spelling is generally terrible. Sometimes on OCUK you will find a post of mine when I have written the same point twice or have repeated a phrase twice in a sentence because I forget I have already written in when in 'autopilot' mode, but I think that's just me being a spaz.
I'm not fond of people that use it as an excuse for everything. I understand that it can make things in life more difficult but down right stupidity or lack of common sense isn't dyslexia.
Seems I touched a nerve.
It was a joke anyway. I'm well aware that Dyslexia is a recognised problem for some people, but at the same time people just blame their poor spelling and grammar and general attitude to writing on 'dyslexia'.
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I haven't a clue if I have it or not.
I'm got awful at maths and struggle to read out loud.
I'm probably just dumb. I've accepted that I am throughout life but it would be nice to blame it on dyslexia! Perhaps I need to be tested!
I'm got awful at maths and struggle to read out loud.
I'm probably just dumb. I've accepted that I am throughout life but it would be nice to blame it on dyslexia! Perhaps I need to be tested!
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Yeah I apologise, I may have got you completely wrong.
In general, it's often abused but more often misunderstood. I never really knew I had a problem until my mid-20's. By this time, there was more help and I took it. Understanding the problem myself gave me a better perspective and a chance to at least face the problem head on and accepting it.
So I never used it as an excuse. Nor have I ever really made a big thing of it because my strengths lie elsewhere. However, it can hold you back at times as you have to stop and think about everything you read and write so snide comments and grammar police can knock your confidence but I tend to treat this as ignorance whereas 10 -20 years ago I would have taken it all quite personally (until today it seems
)Fortunately, I’ve found over the last ten years I've greatly improved. The internet has become a useful tool and has helped me enormously. The forums in particular have also helped my confidence. I accept I can’t read books. The information becomes scrambled and I miss information so it’s pointless. I tend to stick to magazines because they tend to be short, straight to the point and informative. Writing isn't such a problem for me. I’m quite creative but I’m never too far from an open word document and a spell checker...
my dyslexia effects me bad and 'forced' me into IT, which im grateful for.
my pitfuls
1. there their - cannot grasp the meanings or recall them when i need to
2. cannot read out aloud and struggle in my head, however fine on a computer screen
3. b & p always confuse the two.
4. can't use the words i want in my head without a spell checker.
5. can't get my left & right or directions
6. can't say the alphabet
7. can't spell dyslexia
8. miss words out of paragraphs and sentences
my pitfuls
1. there their - cannot grasp the meanings or recall them when i need to
2. cannot read out aloud and struggle in my head, however fine on a computer screen
3. b & p always confuse the two.
4. can't use the words i want in my head without a spell checker.
5. can't get my left & right or directions
6. can't say the alphabet
7. can't spell dyslexia
8. miss words out of paragraphs and sentences
9. Capitalisation.
in the 3,313 post you have spammed out in a year i struggle to recall one that is of any interest, mainly just one word remarks, some people are slightly more forgettable than others.
do we really need capitals on a forum?
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Allegedly I was diagnosed as having dyspraxia when I was a kid. In a similar way to dyslexia it's a specific learning disability, although it affects coordination and spatial memory more than anything else (anecdotally speaking, it took me until I was 10 to learn how to ride a bike without supports despite having tried for several years). I'm not convinced it affects me in any appreciable way, although that's probably because I got a lot of help with it when I was younger.
One thing I find interesting is that I can read out loud fairly well (putting emphasis on words in a 'correct' way that properly conveys the meaning of the text, speaking very clearly, to the point most of my media class insisted I should be a news reader) but I frequently find when I read passages of text in my head, even if quite simple, the meaning can be completely lost on me. I think I may just be a bit thick, though.
One thing I find interesting is that I can read out loud fairly well (putting emphasis on words in a 'correct' way that properly conveys the meaning of the text, speaking very clearly, to the point most of my media class insisted I should be a news reader
) but I frequently find when I read passages of text in my head, even if quite simple, the meaning can be completely lost on me. I think I may just be a bit thick, though.
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Why do most people think dyslexia is only about reading, spelling & writing?
My youngest daughter is severely dyslexic but has no problem with the above (well only slightly).
Her dyslexia is all about understanding and things related to that but she still came top of her 2nd year Uni class.
My youngest daughter is severely dyslexic but has no problem with the above (well only slightly).
Her dyslexia is all about understanding and things related to that but she still came top of her 2nd year Uni class.
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This may be of interest to some of you which shows the results of a proper test and shows it isn't all about reading, writing & spelling -
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