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Re: Curious about dyslexia

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Originally Posted by stewie (Post 1521684)

Just cos your a newbie doesnt mean your comments will be overlooked, unless your talking $hite of course ;)

:smt046 Not talking $h1te, honest :lol:

Re: Curious about dyslexia

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Originally Posted by joshmac (Post 1521671)

And Bear, just for the record I'm not the type who complains about it. I just get on with it by using different techniques ;)

Hmm, just re-read my post and realised I come across as a bit of a pr1ck...

Because I am...

Sorry to anyone who may feel picked on if they have a condition which affects their lives as much as dyslexia must, that wasn't my intention!

Re: Curious about dyslexia

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Originally Posted by Bear (Post 1521944)

I'm not offended and don't feel picked on in the slightest!!
Just saying I don't get other people to run around for me because of it.

But most importantly dyslexia doesn't make me love bikes any less!! ;):D

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Just read some of this, interesting debate not offended at all. If anything I have been stupid and a bit of an idiot. After having a chat with a friend I knew my attitude must change. I have spent all my life being head strong and driven and doing what I want. Even if it’s totally the wrong thing to do.

I don't need to be like that anymore I made it now, I now need to learn. No need to talk about past now, time to move and look forward to everything that lies ahead. I'm sorry if I have upset anyone, from now on I will do the best to change for better. However don't expect me to behave;)

What defines the person is how they deal with anything like this.

Re: Curious about dyslexia

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Originally Posted by stewie (Post 1520530)

I think it must have just gradually dissaperared tbh, these days though Im struggling to actually write a post sometimes, words just dont seem to appear as they should and I have to double check everything I write, random words appear, I was replying to a post earlier and when I double checked the word 'poland' was in there WTF ? its annoying cos I do read a lot and can actually spell :D ah well must be old age ;)

http://www.syn.sussex.ac.uk/

Ive just added a completely random word in a post again :confused: its like Ive got the typo version of Tourettes or something.

Re: Curious about dyslexia

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Originally Posted by stewie (Post 1521684)

Just cos your a newbie doesnt mean your comments will be overlooked, unless your talking $hite of course ;)

Just been thinking on this......

Many of us non-dyslexic people mangle rude words deliberately to fly under the U-rating/auto censor.

But are we just being really insensitive to the dyslexics ? Are we insulting and offending them with our bad language at every turn ????

:P

Re: Curious about dyslexia

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Originally Posted by ooger (Post 1520812)

I'm fairly literate I'd say, but I went to university with a certified dyslexic and lived with him for 4 years. His problem wasn't spelling or arithmetic (he was actually a numerical genius, his problem was with words, but not letter-centric - his spelling was perfect) and he helped me pass 'advanced maths' on a BSc Computer Science course. OK, I'm lazy, sack me.

His issue was getting down what was in his head onto paper / MS Word.

He still got extra time in exams and whatever, but to be honest, I don't really think it advantaged him any. He spent the time trying to find the problems he wasn't sure were there in the first place.

Spot and on! Well, for myself anyway. Always got a mate to read my assignment question to me when I was at Uni, as most of the time I couldn't understand it or read the question in a different way to what the lecturer meant.
I mainly have issues trying get what I want to say to come out (whether that's written down or spoken), and it's lead to some arguements with my girlfriend (she's had to realise that she can't always get an answer from me straight away - esp if i'm flustered).

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Originally Posted by joshmac (Post 1521671)

I'm dyslexic, but not in the sense of spelling or maths.

For me it's short term memory retention when I'm reading a long passage of text (yes I'm sure some of you will just say I'm forgetful :rolleyes::smt098), so I have to go over it a few times with a highlighter to take the information in, which obviously takes longer.

I get extra time in my A levels and have found that I've needed it in every exam this year.

I have to disagree with those who've said that it is unfair to have more time in exams; surely it makes them fairer by effectively removing the 'disability'?

I know I'm a newbie on the forum so some guys will overlook what I'm saying, but hey, Just my two cents :)

And Bear, just for the record I'm not the type who complains about it. I just get on with it by using different techniques ;)

Josh

If I was to be a little picky about this thread, I didn't start it as a way to find out whether some of us were more thick than others, who is more prone to use our condition to 'get an upper hand' over others. I haven't posted on here until now as it was getting a bit hot, and that was not what I was after. I was just interested to see if 'right side thinkers' were more abundant on here than compared to the national average (and with the blokes it does look that way).
Dyslexia is one of those terms that gets over used and abused, a bit like Autism. There is as much variety in the types of dyslexia as there are in Autism, I'm higher (or hidden) dyslexic, I don't see myself as disabled in any way, I just think in a different way to most......