Mmm. Where Will This Den?

[Svejk]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35521061

[Prudie]

Well I think that classing someone who has dyslexia as disabled is insulting to both them and the disabled but that's me.
Where will this den indeed

[Retrochic]

well said prudie I don't think the following famous 'Dyslexics' wold class themselves as 'disabled'

Ann Bancroft, Arctic Explorer.
Alexander Graham Bell.
John Britten, Inventor.
Pierre Curie, Physicist (1903 Nobel Prize).
Thomas Edison.
Albert Einstein.
Michael Faraday.
Carol Greider, Molecular Biologist, awarded 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine.

http://www.dyslexia.com/famous.htm

[bazwillrun]

you left off Sir Richard Branson..he hasnt done too badly either

[jackthehat]

Ann Bancroft was an Arctic Explorer as well as being Mrs Robinson.....?!?

Wowser.

[Zacs-Master]

You're confusing an illness with a disability.

[ummmm]

You are kidding, right?

[Zacs-Master]

I don't think he is, sadly.

[Mamyalynne]

It's a worry for sure.

[Zacs-Master]

What has self diagnosis got to do with you confusing an illness with a disability?

[ummmm]

How do you know this rockhopper?

[Mamyalynne]

We mustn't be hasty maybe Rockhopper has done research into cognitive disorders and learning difficulties.

[Zacs-Master]

I think you're confused enough without venturing into that minefield.

[Zacs-Master]

Yeah, but is it due to an illness or a disability?

I could understand you comparing two illnesses or two disabilities but the intended 'wit' in your comment was denuded by the failure to stick to one subject matter.

[Zacs-Master]

Maybe not confused. Just very unfunny.