repper
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| posted on 24/10/07 at 07:25 PM |
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dyslexia
to all who have not worked it out yes I am dyslexic.
I know some off my posts my be hard to read but I try my best and even a small post like this can take me up to 45min to right.
I left school in 1990 hardly able to spell or right my own name now 17 years on I am a fully qualified automotive diagnostic technician for bosch.
Yes I still can't read,wright and spell as well as my 7 year old daughter but I think I do just fine.
As for the small minority out there that don't understand dyslexia
i've got well used to all comments over the years and its like water off a ducks back - so no offence taken. 
(edited on 24/10/07 by my wife)
[Edited on 24/10/07 by repper]
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andyharding
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| posted on 24/10/07 at 07:36 PM |
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What I want to know is why it's called Dyslexia which surely must be the hardest possible thing for a Dyslexic to either say or write?!?
Are you a Mac user or a retard?
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graememk
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| posted on 24/10/07 at 07:40 PM |
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your quite lucky really as you have Dyslexia where as i'm think and have no excuse at all.
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Agriv8
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| posted on 24/10/07 at 08:07 PM |
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yup Me too but not bad.
I had not read a full book by the time I left school ( where as now I have read all of the Discworld Books Very Very slowly !!).
I know look after computers for a pension fund.
Regards
Agriv8
Taller than your average Guy !
Management is like a tree of monkeys. - Those at the top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. BUT Those at the bottom look up and see a
tree full of a*seholes .............
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donut
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| posted on 24/10/07 at 08:29 PM |
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At least you have an excuse for your writing!! 
Don't worry as you will make it up in other areas. I expect you are a wizz at maths?
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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pewe
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| posted on 24/10/07 at 08:30 PM |
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Repper, U2U. Cheers, Pewe 
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Mole
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| posted on 24/10/07 at 08:44 PM |
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Alcohol is usually the cause of my bad spelling. I admire you for sharing this although I'm a little surprised at the need. Your spelling never
came across any worse than anyone elses although I love the avatar.
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NeilP
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| posted on 24/10/07 at 09:20 PM |
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Jim,
Where did you find the t-shirt? Gotto get one for my brother-in-law...
Cheers, Neil.
If you pay peanuts...
Mentale, yar? Yar, mentale!
Drive it like you stole it!
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VinceGledhill
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| posted on 24/10/07 at 10:22 PM |
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Dyslexia rules KO  Well done mate.
Regards
Vince Gledhill
Time Served Auto Electrician
Lucas Leeds 1979-1983
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 25/10/07 at 07:54 AM |
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Humm, people might have guessed but I'm yet another one... Bit of a problem as writing takes a lot longer than is should and it's still
not quite right!
Dan
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 25/10/07 at 08:05 AM |
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Few people realise the range of effects Dyslexia may have. My whole family is dyslexic (apart from my mum), inherited from my Dad (yes it is
genetic!). In actual fact we took part in the research projects in the 70's which proved this.
My brothers both suffer with their reading and spelling, however i am more or less fine in that respect. My dyslexia manifests in that i cannot do
mental arithmetic. It took many years before my teachers realised i was incappable of remebering my times tables! however, once they stopped trying
and moved on to more complex maths i was fine! (in fact part of my degree was based on mathematical modelling).
Other recognised effects of dyslexia include poor organisation and tardiness! which explains a lot
It's very rare for girls to be effected by dyslexia so i think my daughters are safe
[Edited on 25/10/07 by DaveFJ]
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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D Beddows
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| posted on 25/10/07 at 08:21 AM |
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Dyslexia is one of those thing that, until you come into contact with it, doesn't really register with most people but there are LOADS of people
out there who struggle with it to some degree or another. As I mentioned in the thread that started all this off my wife struggles quite badly with it
and my youngest step daughter has problems too.
Getting schools to acknowledge there may actually be a problem and that the child isn't just thick is one of the hardest battles as they think
it's going to cost them money so they don't want to know. When I first met my stepdaughter 4 years ago (she was 8) she really
couldn't read or write at all and her school wasn't doing anything about it. However Mrs Beddows had found out that if you can find an
optician who is up on dyslexia they can test the symptoms and prescribe glasses with coloured lenses (everyone has a different colour/shade which
works for them) which mostly stop the words on the page jumping about or have flashing lights around them. The transformation in Rebecca has been
astonishing, from being almost illiterate 4 years ago her SATs results last year were just above average for her age group and when she was tested
last month by her new school the results were pretty normal for her age group.
Luckily we knew what to look out for and are able/willing to pay for the tests and glasses and were willing to put the time in helping her to catch
up but there must be loads of kids out there who's lives and future prospects could be hugely improved with simple, relatively cheap, things
like that.
The glasses work for all ages btw so if you struggle with reading because the text seems to move about or flash it might be something worth looking
into
Oh and you aren't necessarily going to make it up in other areas eg maths - doesn't work like that unfortunately all the people I know
with quite bad dyslexia struggle with maths as well as reading
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westcost1
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| posted on 25/10/07 at 10:37 AM |
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I also am dyslexic and my spelling is bad my reading is getting a lot better now. Coloured glasses didn’t work for me but do work for others I do
find white text on black back ground easier to read. Dyslexic brains are actually fiscal different from a normal brain. The parts of the brain that
deal With organisation and sequencing develop later in life. Affecting reading tidiness ect and can get better as this part of the brain develops.
Dyslexics are very strong creative problem solvers with visual minds and a strong minds eye or imagination (do you think in words or
pictures/imaginary 3d modles?) also usually having a very holistic approach to a project being able to come at a problem from many different
perspectives and are able to see patterns and trends often having a entrepreneurial streak (Richard Branson for example). These trats of dyslexics are
why I would not be surprised that 50% of the people on this site are dyslexic to some degree. (After all you would have to have something wrong with
you to even attempt to build a car from scratch lol) I did my dissertation on dyslexia in design. And there is a good book (I now a BOOK) that is
worth a read In the Mind's Eye : Visual Thinkers, Gifted People with Learning Difficulties, Computer Imaging, and the Ironies of Creativity.
Available from amazon.
We are defiantly not stupid just because we find the “easy things” hard reading writing ect doesn’t mean that some thing much more difficult like
building a car cant be easy and enjoyable. Two of My best friend are also dyslexic and I find it funny how we all have the same interests and think of
things in the same way we have long conversations about little projects and what we are building this week. I feel I am very lucky to have people
around me that are also dyslexic as I think we lead a more exiting and forfeiting life because of our (special needs).I am a building services
engineer fitting duct, pipe, and electrical services in to hospitals so I use my dyslexic talent to complete some almost imposable at times large
scale 3d puzzles great fun! I feel that modern education is missing out on a large rescores of very talented clever people buy concentrating on the 3
rs they are important but if you are not good at them it can discourage you from acheving your true potential when there are many things that the
dyslexic can do better than a “good reader”. Mostly the things this country was built on design engineering and creativity.
[Edited on 25/10/07 by westcost1]
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pajsh
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| posted on 25/10/07 at 10:45 AM |
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Similar to DaveFJ my eldest had maths problems at an early age that was picked up by the Junior School and he went to special needs classes. At
Secondary School special needs comes out of thier pot and so he got diddly squat and ended up in the bottom set.
At parents evening his maths teacher wrote him off as a never amounting to anything.
He worked damn hard to get a C GCSE (was originally predicted an E) and is now 20 and working for BAe doing an Engineering Degree.
Credit to the teachers at the Junior School that picked it up. One day he's going to back Secondary School with his degree rolled up to shove it
up his Maths Teachers.....r².
SWIMBO is badly dyslexic so we know it's from her side. It is hereditary as her dad was too.
It is a wider problem than people think and nobody really talks about it much.
ATB
I used to be apathetic but now I just don't care.
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JC
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| posted on 25/10/07 at 11:14 AM |
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My better half was formally diagnosed with dyslexia 2 years ago. She went to a specialist optician and got tinted glasses. The difference it has
made to her life has been incredible - reading for pleasure for a start! If you have dyslexia and haven't tried the glasses route - do it! My
wife was put in touch with the optician by the British Dyslexia Trust (or something like that!).
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wilkingj
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| posted on 25/10/07 at 12:25 PM |
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Repper (and others), Well done for putting your hand(s) up..
Despite the P*ss taking and joviality on here, most people are very sympathetic, and will help out when you have a problem with the car, or even
anything else.
I dont think that anyone on here is malicious on purpose ie with intent.
As you say it takes a long time to compose a post, have you thought about drafting it out in MS Word or similar, where you have the spell checker and
other tools to hand. Then when you are happy with the result, cut and paste it here. Just a thought.
Chin up chaps... and keep on with the cars.
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 25/10/07 at 12:55 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by wilkingj
Repper (and others), Well done for putting your hand(s) up..
Despite the P*ss taking and joviality on here, most people are very sympathetic, and will help out when you have a problem with the car, or even
anything else.
I don't think that anyone on here is malicious on purpose ie with intent.
As you say it takes a long time to compose a post, have you thought about drafting it out in MS Word or similar, where you have the spell checker and
other tools to hand. Then when you are happy with the result, cut and paste it here. Just a thought.
Chin up chaps... and keep on with the cars.
Mozilla Firefox has a better and more functional spell checker (albeit American) than outlook express.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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westcost1
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| posted on 25/10/07 at 01:48 PM |
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yes i do my posts in word then copy past them in to here
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ceebmoj
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| posted on 26/10/07 at 07:37 AM |
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Just typed out a long post that appears to be missing so will try again.
Hi also very dyslexic.
As others have said I have heard the whole range of insults. I however do find it hard posting on line however as the only part of a person you see is
there skill with English just because some one can spell does not effect the validity of the position and yet it is so often used in that way it
really annoys me
quote:
Originally posted by wilkingj
As you say it takes a long time to compose a post, have you thought about drafting it out in MS Word or similar, where you have the spell checker
I can only speak for my self but unless im not using my pc (has some good phonetic spell checking software ) I always spell check but you will
probably just think my spelling goes from really bad to crap (it also pisses me of that my spoken vocabulary will not reflect my written vocabulary as
I just wanted the word atroshes as in really bad ) the problem is I do not know witch words are right and witch are wrong.
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pewe
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| posted on 27/10/07 at 11:00 AM |
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My son is severly dyslexic and despite chapters and chapters of set-backs he has recently gained a B.Eng in Cybernetics.
At his pre-course interview he brought up the fact that he is dyslexic and was told that half the students and lecturers were also dyslexic! So for
anyone wanting to go into that sort of higher education try taking an HND in a related subject (his was Electrical and Electronic eng.). It's a
good stepping stone and he was miles ahead of fellow students in most areas across the three year course. He is now a development engineer in the
Electronics industry.
Cheers, Pewe
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NeilP
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| posted on 27/10/07 at 12:16 PM |
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There was loads of really good voice recognition software around about 5 years ago - Surely that is the answer moving forwards?...
I haven't got Dyslexia but I do have fingers like bananas and a job that means a lot of email so I'd love the chance to drop the keyboard.
If you pay peanuts...
Mentale, yar? Yar, mentale!
Drive it like you stole it!
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