2007-10-20 11:18:54 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Special Education
Genuine dyslexia is a very difficult condition, unfortunately, a lot of people say they are when they're not as an excuse for all sorts of things, thus devaluing and confusing the issue. This makes if very difficult for genuine dyslexics who have to work at least twice as hard as everyone else .
2007-10-20 12:02:57 · answer #1 · answered by proud walker 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
As someone mentioned above, Einstein showed symptoms of dyslexia (he may have had Asperger's syndrome too), although a posthumous diagnosis is impossible. Richard Branson certainly has it, and he is far from lazy!
Anyway..., a dyslexic has specific difficulties; a person should only have a diagnosis of dyslexia if his/her abilities in specific areas relating to language are far below what his/her IQ suggests they should be; imagine an athlete who is good at nearly every sport but terrible at one.
Therefore, a person who is just lazy or dim, and equally bad at everything, would not be dyslexic (embarrassed parents might try to get a diagnosis however). A person at the top of the class in maths, history etc. who has difficulty reading and writing usually would be dyslexic.
2007-10-20 13:05:05 · answer #2 · answered by Rembrandt Q. Einstein 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"spelled?"
I am a special ed teacher, in my 50's with a PhD ( you can't be lazy and get a doctorate) and still have to concentrate while I write so my letters don't flip backwards and my upper and lower case reverse. I have tried to control it and can anticipate which words I write which I will have to go back and check because I can not always see it when it happens.
Many successful people have it and learn to proof all written work for it. I carry a spell checker and white out and check everything I write. I have to hand write comments on report cards so I always write them out first, then copy.
I end up doing more work than others because of dyslexia not less!!!!
2007-10-21 14:38:48 · answer #3 · answered by atheleticman_fan 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hm... I think in 6th grade I left out the r in Tierney. It came out Tieney. I had to write my name a hundred times. *Pouty face* Then again, that's NOTHING compared to the freakin' teachers. I went threw ALL of sixth grade called Trinity by Mr. Stafford. Just a month ago a teacher came in to my home room and asked for JEREMY! HOW CAN YOU MIX THAT UP WITH TIERNEY? I swear, why the hell does our school hire people who can't read?
2016-05-23 22:29:09 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha ha, very funny! But would you feel like this if you actually suffered from dyslexia? I'm sure for people who are affected by it, it's not something they dismiss as casually, anyway they've probably heard this a thousand times.
2007-10-20 19:30:37 · answer #5 · answered by happy 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's a physical condition, not a choice.
Laziness is a choice.
You must be a real gem of a human being to think this was a clever question.
2007-10-20 12:16:10 · answer #6 · answered by open4one 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, Einstein had it and its well documented/
However, many "lazy" people or embarrassed people use the term to hide their iliteracy.
Parents also use it to cover their childrens failings making it as umrella term for anything that isnt "bright"
2007-10-20 11:37:19 · answer #7 · answered by nutter2b 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
This asker is only trying to get a response by asking a deliberately offensive question. To all answerers: just ignore them.
2007-10-20 21:31:44 · answer #8 · answered by J 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. It's a seriously nasty form of word blindness that affects thousands of people. If it is missed then the child with it will suffer dreadfully being tormented by his or her peers.
2007-10-20 11:28:54 · answer #9 · answered by dozyllama 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I used to think I got daily sex. Then I realised I had dyslexia.
2007-10-20 11:21:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋