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Sorry so long guys but there’s really no way to shorten this up. This is also a bit of a PSA because dyslexia is so common. As many as 20% of the population has it and many go undiagnosed. This is just my armchair diagnosis as a Speech-Language Pathology major. Bear in mind, being drunk off your ass could also explain some of these things and I admit I’m taking him at his word that he has these issues sober as well. Several things jumped out at me when I watched the video of his arrest.
1. First and foremost he said his daughter has dyslexia. There is a huge genetic/hereditary component and a standard question in the case history for a child is, “Did either of his/her parents have problems with literacy?” If one sibling has it, there’s about a 40% chance that another also will.
2. He said he has ADD. ADD/ADHD often cooccurs with learning disabilities such as dyslexia. This isn’t the strongest of evidence but it was worth noting.
3. He said, “My short term memory is bad. It’s really bad.” I know the tendency here is to immediately blame CTE or brain trauma. But, people with dyslexia have phonological memory deficits. Your phonological memory is part of your short term memory. People with dyslexia can have extreme deficits in rote memorization, memorizing things that don’t have any logical sequence like the alphabet or multiplication tables. If you have a severe case of dyslexia, you couldn’t do the alphabet tasks of a field sobriety test stone cold sober.
After watching the video I immediately YouTubed him signing autographs. He’s left handed. About 10% of the general population is left handed. But 50% of people with dyslexia are left handed and that’s a significant discrepancy.
Other signs/symptoms of which I have no clue Jon has are:
Late to talk, crawl, walk.
Lateness establishing a dominant hand.
Being ambidextrous. (Ring in if you think this applies to Jon because I do.)
Difficulty distinguishing left from right. (Some with dyslexia go as far getting small “L” and “R” tattoos on their hands)
Literacy/reading difficulties. Slow dysfluent reading.
Bad pronunciation.
Bad Spelling. (I used to be the “courteous” grammar/spelling police here in Sherdog but when I learned about dyslexia I stopped doing it. It’s a dick move to tease someone’s spelling if you don’t know they may have dyslexia.)
Dysgraphia/bad handwriting. Also holding your pen/pencil with a “death” or “fist” grip.
That’s my case. I would encourage anyone who feels they have more than a couple of these signs/symptoms to think about getting assessed professionally. If you’re fine and it hasn’t affected your life in a major way, great. But like I said, it’s hereditary and your kid may have a more severe case and it would behoove you to know what to look for so you can spare them a lifetime of frustration. When you don’t know you have dyslexia and you see your peers leaving you in the dust...you invariably come to the conclusion that, “I’m just dumb.” You don’t want that for your kid.
1. First and foremost he said his daughter has dyslexia. There is a huge genetic/hereditary component and a standard question in the case history for a child is, “Did either of his/her parents have problems with literacy?” If one sibling has it, there’s about a 40% chance that another also will.
2. He said he has ADD. ADD/ADHD often cooccurs with learning disabilities such as dyslexia. This isn’t the strongest of evidence but it was worth noting.
3. He said, “My short term memory is bad. It’s really bad.” I know the tendency here is to immediately blame CTE or brain trauma. But, people with dyslexia have phonological memory deficits. Your phonological memory is part of your short term memory. People with dyslexia can have extreme deficits in rote memorization, memorizing things that don’t have any logical sequence like the alphabet or multiplication tables. If you have a severe case of dyslexia, you couldn’t do the alphabet tasks of a field sobriety test stone cold sober.
After watching the video I immediately YouTubed him signing autographs. He’s left handed. About 10% of the general population is left handed. But 50% of people with dyslexia are left handed and that’s a significant discrepancy.
Other signs/symptoms of which I have no clue Jon has are:
Late to talk, crawl, walk.
Lateness establishing a dominant hand.
Being ambidextrous. (Ring in if you think this applies to Jon because I do.)
Difficulty distinguishing left from right. (Some with dyslexia go as far getting small “L” and “R” tattoos on their hands)
Literacy/reading difficulties. Slow dysfluent reading.
Bad pronunciation.
Bad Spelling. (I used to be the “courteous” grammar/spelling police here in Sherdog but when I learned about dyslexia I stopped doing it. It’s a dick move to tease someone’s spelling if you don’t know they may have dyslexia.)
Dysgraphia/bad handwriting. Also holding your pen/pencil with a “death” or “fist” grip.
That’s my case. I would encourage anyone who feels they have more than a couple of these signs/symptoms to think about getting assessed professionally. If you’re fine and it hasn’t affected your life in a major way, great. But like I said, it’s hereditary and your kid may have a more severe case and it would behoove you to know what to look for so you can spare them a lifetime of frustration. When you don’t know you have dyslexia and you see your peers leaving you in the dust...you invariably come to the conclusion that, “I’m just dumb.” You don’t want that for your kid.
