Dyslexia or simple laziness?
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Medical related question, not Lounge fodder.
What proportion of the population can really claim to have dyslexia? So many people post on these forums, and while my grammar is far from perfect it really annoys me when people get things so wrong and then claim they cannot help it. We all make mistakes, but it is quite clear that many people simply could not get a sentence correct even if they appeared to try. How many are simply not willing to learn (I have two Brothers who fall into this category, they simply don't try to get things right - they're and their is a classic mistake of theirs).
Or maybe spelling doesn't matter these days?
What proportion of the population can really claim to have dyslexia? So many people post on these forums, and while my grammar is far from perfect it really annoys me when people get things so wrong and then claim they cannot help it. We all make mistakes, but it is quite clear that many people simply could not get a sentence correct even if they appeared to try. How many are simply not willing to learn (I have two Brothers who fall into this category, they simply don't try to get things right - they're and their is a classic mistake of theirs).
Or maybe spelling doesn't matter these days?
I am dyslexic, I even have a certificate that proves it 
, I had to have a proper report done for college/Police. "They" (whoever they may be) say that is is roughly 1/8 Males are dyslexic and less frequent in females. However, I think people, particularly parents whose child is not the most intelligent, are using dyslexia as an excuse. I have never used it as an excuse for crap spelling I type up the majotity of everything I write in real life and on PH into a word processor first. I regularly sit down and learn words I cannot spell and commit them to memory, and then test myself (I am a 20 year old who still does spelling tests, but it's the only way it sticks in my head).
Although I try my best with my english & grammar there are still mistakes in my stuff. But I quite often get confused with lowercase b,d,p and will use the wrong one in a word and not notice that it looks out of place. i.e. use "put" when I mean "but".
, I had to have a proper report done for college/Police. "They" (whoever they may be) say that is is roughly 1/8 Males are dyslexic and less frequent in females. However, I think people, particularly parents whose child is not the most intelligent, are using dyslexia as an excuse. I have never used it as an excuse for crap spelling I type up the majotity of everything I write in real life and on PH into a word processor first. I regularly sit down and learn words I cannot spell and commit them to memory, and then test myself (I am a 20 year old who still does spelling tests, but it's the only way it sticks in my head).Although I try my best with my english & grammar there are still mistakes in my stuff. But I quite often get confused with lowercase b,d,p and will use the wrong one in a word and not notice that it looks out of place. i.e. use "put" when I mean "but".
I have been assesed and confirmed as Dyslexic. I can read perfectly and at school got told I was just lazy and i wasn't Dyslexic as my reading was too good.
What I have trouble with is filling in forms and copying down information, this was a major problem at uni taking notes. My hand writing I have improved through practice, I used to only write half a word and leave no spaces and my punctuation was random. My punctuation and spelling are still crap and I rely on spell checks,
What I have trouble with is filling in forms and copying down information, this was a major problem at uni taking notes. My hand writing I have improved through practice, I used to only write half a word and leave no spaces and my punctuation was random. My punctuation and spelling are still crap and I rely on spell checks,
swerni said:
duncancallum said:
I have been assesed and confirmed as Dyslexic. I can read perfectly and at school got told I was just lazy and i wasn't Dyslexic as my reading was too good.
What I have trouble with is filling in forms and copying down information, this was a major problem at uni taking notes. My hand writing I have improved through practice, I used to only write half a word and leave no spaces and my punctuation was random. My punctuation and spelling are still crap and I rely on spell checks,
FFS man, it's "assessed" What I have trouble with is filling in forms and copying down information, this was a major problem at uni taking notes. My hand writing I have improved through practice, I used to only write half a word and leave no spaces and my punctuation was random. My punctuation and spelling are still crap and I rely on spell checks,
I only know cause that's what my spell checker says
Thanks for the replys guys, I'm glad nobody took my post the wrong way. All of you come across as making an effort to minimise the impact of your problem in professional (and PH) life
There appears to be a large proportion who don't, then use dyslexia as an excuse.I'm lazy and easily distracted, I would never dream of using dyslexia as an excuse! My quickly scribbled notes from lectures are terrible, there are letters and stuff mixed up everywhere.
People generally have strengths and weaknesses in all areas, I don't see why certain things get their own medical conditions. For example, people who are too rubbish at driving don't get extra time or an easier test in the too help them pass... they tend to get someone else to take the test for them or just drive around without a licence!
I have just got the Mozilla spell-checker and it's a godsend it's already told me about 10 errors in this message.
People generally have strengths and weaknesses in all areas, I don't see why certain things get their own medical conditions. For example, people who are too rubbish at driving don't get extra time or an easier test in the too help them pass... they tend to get someone else to take the test for them or just drive around without a licence!
I have just got the Mozilla spell-checker and it's a godsend
it's already told me about 10 errors in this message.Gassing Station | Health Matters | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff