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What the hell is wrong with this group?
On 2013-09-10 12:51:06 +0100, Baz said:
snip My "training" to deal with dyslexia when reading, was to recognise the word and not to get bogged down trying to spell it. But writing is a different matter. Thanks to spell checker software it is quite easy now. When I was at school there was no such thing. A NIGHTMARE. My music teacher was sympathetic and taught me to read music, in a basic way. And my maths teacher was stunned that I could master to some degree algebra and trig. at age 11 when I went to the comprehensive school. My primary school teacher thought I was thick, so I never tried to impress her. I just grunted and got myself a bad attitude. My older brother tought me most things then. Thank goodness things have become better for the younger dyslexic. Baz An awful lot depended on how old you are now! One of my family is severely dyslexic and now in his fifties, another in their 30s has the problem equally badly but wasn't diagnosed for years. The different approaches, understanding, knowledge are simply astonishing. The 50 something had some kind of funny little machine that was supposed to make it easier for him to read, iirc. Luckily, he went to a boarding school where they were au fait with that kind of problem, as he was one of the earliest to be diagnosed and treated with understanding and specific assistance. At one time, 'they' thought left handed children were more likely to be dyslexic. It's hardly strong evidence but I'm the only (mostly) left handed member of my family and my spelling is near perfect ( do not be fooled by the typos). This is not because of some gift I have, it's just that I remember the construction of a word easily and almost see a picture of it when I'm using it. And I learned to read when very young and have always read a lot. Otoh, I am really, really bad at maths (not arithmetic) and my brain just glazes over when people start talking mathy things. And in that instance and thanks to *my* age, I didn't have to do maths O level and gave up maths altogether at 14. Dyslexia has absolutely zero to do with intelligence. Otoh, how people express themselves and use words, even if they can't spell, probably does! ;-) Just as a rider, when I was at school in the 60s, a friend's brother joined the Fleet Air Arm. He was horribly dyslexic apparently and his gloves were marked with 'L' and 'R'. I cannot imagine how he got away with that! -- Sacha South Devon |
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