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Hekate

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1. Dyslexia has nothing to do with character whatsoever. Please reconsider what you said.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon May 23, 2016, 01:48 AM

May 2016

My ex husband is seriously dyslexic. At least one high school teacher said he'd never get to college -- this was in the 1960s when it was pretty common to "diagnose" such kids as maladjusted and/or below normal IQ. He ended up with a Master's Degree.

Anyhow, you wouldn't say such things about people on the autism spectrum. Would you?

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Democrats should ask Trump if he is going to be a patsy dyslexic like Ronald Reagan [View all] applegrove May 2016 OP

Dyslexia has nothing to do with character whatsoever. Please reconsider what you said. Hekate May 2016 #1

There is nothing wrong with dyslexia, it has strengths applegrove May 2016 #2

Utter nonsense. Cheap psychobabble. cali May 2016 #7

So you are an expert on dyslexics? applegrove May 2016 #10

I don't think dyslexia excuses him from being a racist, homophobic tangerine troll. moriah May 2016 #3

I am one. I saw a mention on google. I recognize the strengths and weaknesses in him. I'm not saying applegrove May 2016 #4

All I found on Google was an admission of having OCD. moriah May 2016 #5

I added a link to my reply to you. applegrove May 2016 #8

Here is the link. applegrove May 2016 #9

What? This makes very little sense. Dyslexic? Poor choice of words. cali May 2016 #6