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That’s so true. I have been developing the habit of proof-reading everything I send, at least once. I have yet to do this and not find some mistake, misspelling, missing word, or confusing sentence. I have convinced myself that the extra thirty seconds or so is not a waste of my time. It’s the having to send a second, or even third message to clarify what I meant that is a waste of my time. And it wastes the time of th people receiving it.
It’s not dyslexia, it’s just not paying attention.
But I can appreciate the challenges of dyslexia. In fact there are different types of ‘word processing’ problems. Some people mis-read words, others reverse letters; a teacher told me she had a child who could read if the entire word was reversed!
And someone who knows more can add to this, but I believe the impairment is on a spectrum.
For one season of a show I created called History Bites, one of the editors had severe dyslexia. No matter how many times he read something that he had keyed onto the screen, he would miss the letter.
He would actually call his wife and spell words out to her to get them right! But he wouldn’t mis-read the words he had typed, so he’d spell it right on the phone, even though it was right there in front of him.
He was so ashamed, it was only about two months in that he felt comfortable telling me why every key had at least one typo.
Once I knew what was going on, it was fine.
He type in the name keys and titles, and I’d arrive expecting mistakes, and we’d correct them.
A small accommodation.
But it was frustrating and confusing for me to see these mistakes. I assumed he was doing a half-assed job.
When in fact he was a good editor with a knack for comedic timing.
But embarrassed.
Cause of the stigma.
Sigh.
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