why do people always look down on dyslexics just cus we cant spell or read properly?
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Firstly congratulations on not caring what people think!\n\nAnd secondly sadly it is human nature to look down on the people we think are different or not worthy of our time and respect. It depends how people are bought up, with what values and in what environments. I was bought up in a mixed race, mixed ability school with a deaf unit attached and I feel I am a better person because of it. My parents also bought me up to value people and not their labels. Sadly dyslexia has over time gained the label of stupid just as Downs Syndrome has gained the label disease and people who have Downs are thought of are worthless as they will never achieve anything. \n\nHowever I work with a child who has Downs and he is the most amazing kid ever he's cute, intelligent and very capable of making his own decisions. Later on he will go and live semi independently which is more then most people think he and other like him can do.\n\nThe thing that bugs me most is whenever I take him out in his buggy (he is 6 yrs old) people see him and give me sympathetic looks. I want to say now he has never given me much trouble and it is his brother who gives me the most trouble trying to get his on way.\n\nAlthough there will always be people out there who look down on dyslexics remember there are always people who look at them as equals, myself being one of them. People with learning difficulties are no different to any other person and just like other people if they are willing to work hard nothing will stop them.\n\nEven when people are told about a person being dyslexic there can still be problems. My friend declared she was dyslexic but it didnt stop the bullying and although not everyone looks down on dyslexics still quite a few people do.
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*checks spelling,punctuation and grammar*\n\nYep,I think so! I do know what you mean though.It doesn't make a very good impression if we look like we can't spell.I hope your question makes an impact!
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Don't feel like you have to be like everyone else.  I'm slightly dyslexic (or more precisely, dysgraphic; I have problems writing, but not reading).  God made us this way to teach us something, and to trust him in the midst of our weaknesses.  \n\nWe shouldn't think we're less valuable because there are some things we can't do very well.  I'm sure there are some things you do very well.  For example, you express yourself more clearly than many people do on Yahoo! Answers--And that's with writing.  So I imagine you can communicate pretty well verbally.  That's a good gift to have.  Thank God for it.
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Maybe they don't like how you spell.
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It's a bastardizing of the English language.  People seem to judge you on your ability to spell as a measure of your intelligence.  Most doctors are bad spellers.  So are we saying we are risking our lives to unintelligent people?  Of course not.  Some of us love the English language, phonics and such and we wish it to be properly executed.
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I find it frustrating to understand people sometimes.  I wish they would use less shortcuts like b4 and actually spell out the word.\n\nAlso people wHo TyPe LiKe ThIs should be removed immediately!!!
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Many of the worlds most intelligent and famous people throughout history had special needs. One example is Albert Einstein.  He was doing very poorly in school and the teachers did not like him and thought he was just a slacker. His mother had to take him out of school and decided to home school. He was a genius. \n\nMost people who are special needs eg. ADD,ADHD,DYSLEXIA, etc usually have 'above' average intelligence. The can have memory problems and seem out of it but anyone who knows them, is aware that this is not about intelligence.\n\nPeople who do not understand them tend to 'treat' them poorly and unless they get 'a lot' of strong support elsewhere they can fail at life because of their very low self esteem - but not because they are dumb. \n\nSo it is mistreatment that leaves them winding up in prisons, correction facilities etc. Many are already convinced that they are 'losers' in grade 'one.' They have been destroyed while still babes - unless there is intervention. Public abuse because of ignorance is their real downfall.  \n\nDon't listen to the comments about SPELL CHECK. Everybody makes mistakes, and your question was 'perfectly' understandable. Only a moron would have trouble understanding it. The others are just being cruel.
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YEAH, WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES AND PERSONALLY I KNOW THIS IS TRUE.  THAT IS WHY I GO BACK AND READ MY ANSWER TO INSURE THAT MY TYPING IS AS ACCURATE AS I CAN MAKE IT.  SPELLING IS A PET PEEVE WITH ME.\nSOME PEOPLE ARE JUST QUICK TO MAKE FUN OF OTHERS SHORT COMINGS.
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Dyslexics of the world...UNTIE!!!
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can anyone say dyslexia? lol\n(just pickin on ya!)
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Some ppl just treasure the English language and find it so annoying that other ppl refuse to speak properly. It's like one of those things that just really gets to them and they can't help it.\n\nFor me, it can be a little confusing to try and understand what they r trying to say. But as long as they're understood i guess it doesn't really matter.
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Everyone's different.  That's the main thing.\n\nI was diagnosed as dyslexic when I was eight.  I'm in college now.  I take all my own notes, and make good grades (or did last I checked, which was semester before last - don't ask).  I've never liked to read, and generally can't make myself do it for more than a minute or two.  I run into problems just trying to read a few sentence word problem for physics, let alone 50 pages of Greek history, but I've learned ways to do well without doing much fo the reading.\n\nSpecial classes may have helped you.  I was in mainstream classes my whole life, though, so that's certainly not the only way to adapt.  But my mom is a psychologist with a lot of experience with learning disabilities, so that helped a lot.  To me, one of the main things was just that I've known since I was little that the reason I had trouble with certain things was that I was dyslexic, and not that I just wasn't smart enough.  I would think that being in special classes might have done the same thing for you (depending on the classes of course - being put in special classes can also have exactly the opposite effect on kids).\n\nDyslexia varies a lot in it's severity.  It's not really an all or nothing thing - there are different degrees of it.  Dyslexia is diagnosed basically based on a failure to learn certain skills (most notably reading) where there's no overall cognative deficit.  There are other diagnostic criteria that can be used, but the most common reason a kid is diagnosed as dyslexic is because based on their overall intelligence they should be reading at or above grade level, but they're significantly behind.  The thing is, there are a million and a half different physical anomilies that could cause that, so not all dyslexic kids are the same.\n\nShe might be more severely dyslexic than you are.  She may have given up trying when she was little because she was told she was stupid, rather than that she was dyslexic, so she's further behind now.  Or, as politically incorrect as this sounds, she may just not be as bright.  Also, some people do use it as an excuse to be lazy and get out of doing work.\n\nI'm rather tired right now, so that wasn't nearly as coherent or comprensive as I'd like it to be, but there's lots of information out there on dyslexia if you want to look for it.  One website I've come across that I like is:\nhttp://www.dys-add.com/index.html\nThere are even whole books written on dyslexia.  I don't know any off the top of my head, but I can find some titles when I'm home over Thanksgiving - just email me if you're interested :)
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hehe. Dyslexics untie!
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as long as the first and last letters are in their appropriate places, we can usually decipher the intended words fairly easily. just a function of the language processing power of our brains.\n\nedited to add: which is why it's much harder to read the answer just above mine than it is to read the original question.
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my brother has dyslexia. he is 40 now, but was fortunate enough to have a good teacher that was able to get him into a special school.  he still has it, it doesnt go away, it has made his life more difficult and downright painful at times, but he overcame it.  he is a surveyer, graduated from a University, and owns his own surveying company. he still has a more challenging time reading and spelling, but he reads a lot and keeps his mind fresh.\ni am so proud of Him.
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Dyslexia is an impairment in your brain's ability to translate written images received from your eyes into meaningful language. Also called specific reading disability, dyslexia is the most common learning disability in children.\n\nLearning disabilities affect about 5 percent of all school-age children in public schools in the United States. The majority of schoolchildren who receive special education services have deficits in reading, and dyslexia is the most common cause.\n\nDyslexia occurs in children with normal vision and normal intelligence. Children with dyslexia usually have normal speech, but often have difficulty interpreting spoken language and writing.\n\nTreatment for dyslexia may involve a multisensory education program. Emotional support of your child on your part also plays an important role.\n\nDyslexia can be difficult to recognize before your child enters school, but some early clues may indicate a problem. If your young child begins talking late, adds new words slowly and has difficulty rhyming, he or she may be at increased risk of dyslexia.\n\nOnce your child is in school, signs and symptoms of dyslexia may become more apparent, including:\n\nThe inability to recognize words and letters on a printed page \nA reading ability level well below the expected level for the age of your child \nChildren with dyslexia commonly have problems processing and understanding what they hear. They may have difficulty comprehending rapid instructions, following more than one command at a time or remembering the sequence of things. Reversals of letters (b for d) and a reversal of words (saw for was) are typical among children who have dyslexia. Reversals are common for children age 6 and younger who don't have dyslexia. But with dyslexia, the reversals persist.\n\nChildren with dyslexia may also try to read from right to left, may fail to see (and occasionally to hear) similarities and differences in letters and words, may not recognize the spacing that organizes letters into separate words. \n\nA learning disability is a condition that produces a gap between someone's ability and his or her performance. Most people with dyslexia are of average or above-average intelligence, but read at levels significantly lower than expected. Other types of learning disabilities include attention difficulties, an inability to perform well at writing skills, and an inability to perform well at math skills\nsound out the pronunciation of an unfamiliar word.
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great idea.\n\n((my friend is dyslexic and he is also cross-eyed so he reads perfectly fine))\n\nlol