since am one of those #ActuallyAutistic people Dx at the tender age of 50 (yes, 50. and yes am older now, shut up), am not acquainted with the american rituals of national days or awareness months involving autism.
so next time you see a NANNY, a NURSE, a SUPERMARKET WORKER a SHORT ORDER COOK who is Black, or Latine or Native American, or all three and even then A WOMAN, you may be dealing with a multilingual savant who was never given a chance to make their mark in history because of how they looked.
even worse, those people may even exhibit the characteristics of #autism#adhd#dyslexia and have never gotten the help & mentorship they needed because of what they look like and where they come from...🧵
AND IF YOU ARE A TEACHER IN PARTICULAR it would be wise to reconsider how "slow" or "not so smart" is that bilingual kid in your class.
BILINGUISM IS NOT NORMAL so they fact they can speak more languages than YOU prove they can do more with their brain than you. so why treat them as defective, less than, even useless?
Telling someone with a learning disability to 'study harder' is like telling someone trying to find their way in a dark room to just 'look harder.' What they need is a light, not more effort in the wrong direction.
Not every hardship is a result of a personal moral failing. In fact, MOST aren’t. Life is hard.
I wonder what tense you've all chosen to write in and why.
I know past tense is likely the most common, but I have experimented with both and decided that present tense offers more direct immersion for my purposes.
This also ties into who the narrator is. In my WIP, it is a person in the room invisibly tagging along with the MC.
How did you decide, and is it reflected in the identity of the narrator?
Reminder: Neurodiversity is much broader than Autism, Dyslexia or ADHD.
Many conditions are often left out in the conversations, and ultimately in research and further in the allocation of resources. Let's strive towards equity.
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If you read large print or dyslexic font paperback books do you prefer this to be indicated on the cover (say on a banner at the top) to help you identify the accommodation?
I compiled a quick poll based on different perspectives I've read.
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Did you find a way to address the issues presented while keeping #IconFonts?
Basically:
When our friends with #Dyslexia overrides your fonts, font icons turn into black boxes since the font they're using doesn't have support for those Unicode code blocks.
When screenreaders, or voice assistance, reads a site with icon fonts, they read the icon fonts really weird.
For No.2, a site with properly marked aria labels, or marked as hidden for assistive tech, is the solution I can think of.
However, for No.1, I can't think of a way since once the browser forces the user font, all fonts on the site will rely on the user's custom font.
The only other way I can think of is to provide an option to switch the site's font right from the website, so they don't have to override the site's font.
Did something I very rarely do and kept a pen and ink in rotation after I'd finished it.
The more I use this pen and ink the more I'm enjoying it. Which kinda feels mad as it's one of more affordable/obtainable pens in my collection. But the ink is so lovely for actually staying purple on yellow paper #JustDyslexicThings and the fude nib just so versatile with line width, particularly if you use reverse writing. ✒️ #FountainPens#FountainPen#fountainpenink#fountainpeninks#dyslexia#dyslexic
I tend to avoid paper books as.they're difficult with my dyslexia.
But I was excited to get a new art book on abstract painting - a christmas gift.
And then, I saw the font.
Good Lord: tiny, narrow, no contrast, no serifs, all the letters look the same. Stylish, sure, but illegible in normal room light.Who designed this joke? 😭
#WordWeavers 11 #Writing Did you realize what writing was going to be like when you started?
I started writing creatively in high school. I had no idea what writing would be like. I had no idea what life would be like. And I had no idea computers would come along and make it possible for me to write intelligibly. #dyslexia
I'm increasingly thinking that if I get a job, it needs to be part time, or have a flexible schedule.
One of the people at the job coaching space (who also has #ADHD by the way) used to work as an electrician. Practical outdoorsy type. He said he couldn't function as an electrician anymore because the amount of paperwork has become overwhelming.
The government has added so much red tape that it's costing some people their jobs.
It was perfect for him. Moving around and fixing things. Talking to people a little. Flexible schedule.
I am working on a revised cover for Late-Identified AuDHD: A Beginner's Workbook (retitled 2nd edition). I've been repeatedly advised that using a dyslexic-friendly font in my work is unprofessional. Well, I am a professional with dyslexia... and the use of dyslexia-friendly fonts is a professional choice. Hard line.
Benjamin Zephaniah, the Birmingham poet, writer and actor, died today at age 65 after an illness. I first knew him from Peaky Blinders. He was an inspiring man, a commenter and builder of a counter-culture to capitalism, envisioning a different way of life.
Here he is talking about growing up dyslexic, in an inspiring video suitable for young and old alike.
Does anyone with #ADHD, #Dyslexia or #Dyscalculia have advice on how to learn a second language? I seem to have issues with auditory understanding. For example, in Duolingo I'm great at learning the language, but as soon as you remove the app, I can't understand anything because I don't see the text. Is this normal? #neurodiverse#neurodivergent
Tech Tools for Dyslexia at work, in education and at home: great tips and list of tools to help you (or someone you know) with dyslexia, a review of dyslexia simulators (be careful those might be misleading) and a great panel to help you understand the different issues people with dyslexia might encounter on the web and in their workplace
Any dyslexics out there willing to share? I am reviewing my font selection process. I understand that studies so far show that fonts specifically for dyslexics work no better than fonts like Arial and Times New Roman. At the same time, I am looking at contemporary webfonts. What fonts work best for you? #Dyslexia#Dyslexic#Accessibility#a11y