Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #Dyslexia
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A gentle reminder.
I'm #actuallyautistic and like many of us, using a telephone is not something that's top of our list when it comes to communicating.
For me, auditory processing disorder makes it difficult to hear and parse the content. And there's a component of sensory
I'm #actuallyautistic and like many of us, using a telephone is not something that's top of our list when it comes to communicating.
For me, auditory processing disorder makes it difficult to hear and parse the content. And there's a component of sensory
Processing difficulty for me when it comes to talking on the phone as well.
But like many #actuallyautistic I have several co-occurring conditions.
2 of them, #dyslexia and #dyspraxia make things quite a struggle for me.
One of the biggest ways they effect me is
But like many #actuallyautistic I have several co-occurring conditions.
2 of them, #dyslexia and #dyspraxia make things quite a struggle for me.
One of the biggest ways they effect me is
Communication.
Communication for me as an #actuallyautistic #Dyslexic is like a living jenga puzzle. At any second a learning or physical #disability is moving those pieces on me and one wrong move and it all comes down.
Thank goodness I live in a time with so many various
Communication for me as an #actuallyautistic #Dyslexic is like a living jenga puzzle. At any second a learning or physical #disability is moving those pieces on me and one wrong move and it all comes down.
Thank goodness I live in a time with so many various
In the last 24 hours or thereabout, a particular video of the Nigerian Inspector General of Police surfaced online. This has sparked up interesting conversations around the topic of Dyslexia on social media.
I will attempt to talk about this from a purely medical perspective.
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I will attempt to talk about this from a purely medical perspective.
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While there has been arguments in support and in criticism of the Police boss, one that I find amusing is the suggestion that the gentleman has dyslexia. Just from the video, twitter fingers made a diagnosis of dyslexia.
Sadly that’s rather unfortunate.
Let’s talk on this.
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Sadly that’s rather unfortunate.
Let’s talk on this.
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What is Dyslexia?
Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty which causes challenges with reading, writing and spelling.
It's a "specific learning difficulty", which means it causes problems with specific skills used for learning, such as reading and writing.
#Dyslexia
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Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty which causes challenges with reading, writing and spelling.
It's a "specific learning difficulty", which means it causes problems with specific skills used for learning, such as reading and writing.
#Dyslexia
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