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why is dyslexic English not a slandered form of English ?

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cenwolfgirl:
oh if dyslexia was my only problem
that would be ssssssooooooooooo nice

no i try and improve my spelling all the time
its just not something i am very good at

sight problems rely rely do not help

Icecream:
I got a little confused about what you were saying cen, but are you trying to get at , for example deaf people communicate in a different way,  they sign and this is recognised as its own official language (at least it is here in new zealand, not sure about the UK) and you are wondering why dyslexics who communicate in their own specific type of written language don't have this recognised officially alongside other forms of the english language such as UK,US,AUS and NZ?

well, I don't think i can say much as to why because i don't fully understand how dyslexia works, from what i think it is is people get letters mixed up in a word when reading or write down the sound of the word , rather than the spelling. but does'nt dyslexia change from person to person and there are different forms? 

so i think it would depend if one dyslexic person wrote something, can another dyslexic person read that better than if they were reading something written out the usual way? because if that is the case , than i think yes dyslexic writing might just be a language of its own. do you find this to be the case with you cen?

cenwolfgirl:
sort of ice
there are two types number dyslexia (numbers get mixed up and written the worng way replaced with different numbers
then there is letter dyslexia
um es i can understand what people with this dyslexia are writing all the time
i know many people with this type of dyslexia
and i always know what they are saying
and they can understand me
we always make very similare spelling errors
so yes i sopose we do have out own language and others can learn to read it
just like others can learn singh language even when they can hear
so i guess it is quite similar
letter and number dyslexia both effect how the person reads their specific charictors
these problems are also reasnably similar from person to person
mine is magnified by my sight problems but not by that much

(and as far as i know sing language is a language in its own right over here as well)

Icecream:
ok , so you want to know why say, a book could'nt be published by a dyslexic person (without someone who does'nt have dyslexia going over it and correcting all the spelling to the usual way)  or that a book written by an english author could be translated into dyslexic-speak.

I think it probably does'nt happen because it would be difficult, like you've said, other dislexics spell stuff similar to you, but it won't be identical so someone may not know how to translate something exactly so that it would be easier for dyslexics to read, and I suppose publishing companies want a format that can be easily read by most customers , so dyslexic-speak won't come under this as you only have the smaller number of dyslexic people (and science students :D) , publishing comepanies probably expect dyslexic people to listen to audiobooks.

 

cenwolfgirl:
hay i love science to but people should not complain when some one with what (at least over here) is clased as a disabilaty
actually show there disablialty, its like complaining that i walk down the street with my white cane or that a deaf person sings or some one uses a wheel chair
if you apply to any place of learning or work place it gets put under a disabilaty over here so why should people still be aloud to have a go at me about spelling?
I don't expect people to start translating books just give us a brake when we make mistakes its not our fault
(this may just be my perspective others may have a different veiw point to me, and its not like we don't try to improve our spelling )

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