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Subject: Re: Dyslexia questionnaire Author: Fred [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 19:00:22 04/19/08 Sat In reply to: Nicky 's message, "Dyslexia questionnaire" on 09:09:05 01/23/08 Wed -Male -Yes, to the last couple, but NO on most of the 200 jobs. -As You can see, it is kinda hard for me to keep a job! -Sometimes I did both, but it is hard to remember from moment to moment, let alone decades. -Couldn't tell. One did say he felt the same way, but I don't think he knew what Dyslexia was. -No, Ya know bottom line. YA KNOW! $$$$$ -Yes -Finding a job that fits you, and you feel comfortable - No, I made my own ajustments. I just go on. - PEOPLE ON THE WHOLE TO GET THEIR HEADs OUT OF THERE &$* -Do you know, what it would take to prove it and No I did know that.There is alot of things I did not know before I was 50yrs. old, like there was such a thing called Dyslexia -There are millions of people in this world, what do you think? Did not mean to be short with you. But this is a touchy subject with Dyslexics. When it means life and death, $$$$. I have been blessed with a strong and healthy body, etc. I fit in with my looks, but when it comes down to it I just don't fit in at all. Especially when I was young. I am 55 now, an I have found my nich and someone who has seen where i fit into the puzzle. If it works out great, if not, try, try again. Best of luck. fred [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Dyslexia questionnaire Author: Terry (Scared and depressed) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:09:23 04/21/08 Mon I am a female and yes I told my employer about having dyslexia after having worked there for 20 years. The following year he fired me. Said it was slow business, but the business wasn't any different that it ever had been. So you tell me. . . . . he was an psychological abuser anyway, but I needed the job. Haven't been able to keep one since that time and don't know what I'm going to do. I have worked at a few places since but they only lasted a couple of weeks to a few months. Just can't seem to wrap my head around anything. It takes me a long, long time and a lot of notes to ever really get anything to work for me. It has been my experience that most employers just don't understand that and if you tell them you have dyslexia. . .well, they don't understand that either. I live in Missouri and there are no real programs here to help me. I was diagnosed many years ago and I have no credentials to back it up, no insurance so I can't go and get tested, so no help with the state. I should have never have told my previous employee about my condition. I am convinced that is why I lost my job. In Missouri they can fire you for anything and they don't even have to tell you why.