Dyslexia Misunderstood!

I noticed on Twitter that there is a growing campaign to ensure that aspects of Dyslexia are accurately represented on television.  What has started the discussion was a recent episode of The Jeremy Kyle Show where a man was accused of not being a good father for being drunk all the time.  During the conversation Jeremy Kyle challenged the man to reveal the birth dates of his children and he said that he couldn't remember because he was dyslexic.  Jeremy Kyle then went onto berating the man and made some very general comments regarding dyslexia along the lines of it being a condition that just affects reading and writing.

The video can be viewed below.




So what do you think?

This episode has caused quite a stir in Dyslexia circles, I saw a recent blog by Dyslexia Action that is an interesting and justified piece.  Click here to read their blog.
For those that know more about Dyslexia, it is known that Dyslexia is more than just condition that affects reading and writing.  It also affects memory and has some behavioural aspects.  Often these are merged with other conditions which may result in the person living with the conditions putting strategies in place to deal with them either appropriately (through professional help) or inappropriately (many self destructive ways including binge drinking).

For us at Techcess, it is clear that the video is a good example of how much society as a whole does not understand enough about Dyslexia and the way that it affects those people who live with it.

We would like to do our bit to help make people more aware about Dyslexia.  What would you like to see on our blog that would do this?
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