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Originally Posted by zing
now I do not like Brown and I do not think he can run the country. However having a learning difficulty and not being able to write and spell often does not measure my intellect. If it did do you think I would have the rep here I do? does the fact I can not write make me dumb? you yourself as a dyslexic should already know the answer to that
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You don't have to tell me what being dyslexic means.
For a start during exams at school I wasn't allowed to write illegibly or incorrectly and still get a score. I was given extra time to re-read questions and my answers but that's it. I'm not excused for poor english, content or presentation. For more serious cases of dyslexia students are allowed tools to help them but they still have to provide presentable, correct work.
He has word processors, dictionaries and staff - some of whom I imagine have a rudimentry grasp of english - on hand. He could have typed out his letter as a draft, spell-checked it and then hand-wrote it out. He could have had someone proof-read his letter after he wrote it. Even the most junior of admin staff would have said his letter is a shambles.
Being dyslexic for so many years I know my mistakes and can correct them after the fact. If he was dyslexic (and its not been confirmed he has AFAIK) then he would be similarly be aware.
I am doing a presentation at the moment for a job interview. If I have a load of spelling mistakes and spell one of my interviewers incorrectly on the hand-outs, I doubt claiming dyslexia would get me the job.