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Hugo Baron has campaigned tirelessly in recent years to challenge social prejudice against dyslexics. Sadly, such discirmination is still rife on all levels of educatoin and emplyoment. Togehter with Steve Mult, Hugo Baron founded the Dyslexia Rights Soceity in Setpebmer 2001. He has knidly alloewd us to reproduec the text and illustraitons of his inspiraitonal opennig ardress to the Secordn Dysleixa Rights Soicety Meetnig and Cofnerence which was held at the Instituet of Edacution in Janaurey 2006.

 

 

 1. External indicators.

Fig. 1: A dyslexic and a retard. The difference is obvious. Yet some refuse to make a distinction.

 

 2. Internal indicators.

The angular gyrus is located toward the back of the brain and translates the mass of words and letters we encounter in day-to-day life into language. Recent studies indicate that dysfunction in this region may be responsible for conditions such as dyslexia. The evidence is compelling:

 

Fig. 2a: The angular gyrus of a proper person.

 

Fig. 2b: The angular gyrus of a dyslexic.

 

 

Noets for openig adres to the Dylsexia Rigths Soceity Meetnig and Confroncne by Dr. Steve Mult, 2006

 

[deap breht, eununcaite, and rembrere not to ruhs!]

Helo! As chearman it is my paleseur to wellcoem yuo to the Secnod Anaul Meetign and Cofrencese of the Dyselxia Rihgts Socitey.

Its graet that so menay of yuo coold maek it.

Im shor wer all giong to have so mutc fun!

[wiat for aploes and luahgs?]

Rembemer - the most impotrant tihng abuot ovecomgni dlysexia is CONIFDEINCE! Commniceat condfiently and yuo will awlays get yoer menning acors. As yuo al now, I am msyefl dyslxci and yet wiht presvrenec adn hrad wrok I haev magnead to otbian a dergee in Buisnens Maganeagnemt!

But sitll the facked is taht in al wakl’s of lief the psoeken wrod is alwasy mor eftcive than the writon wodr - thast why im readnig this out luod! But beilve me - I tok pletny of caer ovre the spelng.

And by the edn of this cofnrens, I hop taht the persentanitons by my felo spaekres and myeslef wil haev gevin yuo suem tips that will heav yuo spelning as constisntly as me!

Alto of poelpe come to me saygn "I cun’t! I cu’nt! Fu ckrying outluod I cun’t do it!"

But my ansrew is alwyas the saem: "Theire is no c’unt." I say, "theeirs olny those poeeple who donet want it enuohg. Theeires only thios who giev up. And do yuo want to be a qwitter?"

Of coruse not. No one watn’s to be a qiuwtrer. Evreyoen wtan’s to be a winenr!!

Yaehe!

[waet for apluas]

But wehn I say tihgns can be betre, I doetn maen you alwysa haev to spel coretcyl. On the cotrnary, I maen be secrue in yuor dylsxiea. Be tugouh enuohg to say "yes, I am a dyxslic, adn I am not ahsaemd!"

Its tiem for socity to stop tretting dylsixs leik tehy aer sutpid. Wer not stuipd! Yet menny potintel epmloyers taek oen look at a misspeltd job appilcatoin and trhow it away as if yuor just soem sknakny odl crakc hoore with AISD or soemtihgn. I dond haev to tel yuo how muhc that fcuknig pissse me off. I now it pieses yuo off to!

[weat for chers]

I maen, juts waer do thees fckures get off? Dont yuo codnesends to me man!

[weat for cheress and aplouase]

Tehyr tyring to ipmose soem abritrary satndradiesd spelign on us - but ist juts lignistuic fashcim!

[wtae for cheaers and appuloas]

Doent foerse yuore goddamde spelign on me you fukcgin natszes!

[moer cheairs and apulous]

Waht aer yuo giogn to do? Put us al in dylsxiec cosnetaroin capms? Iloseat the speilgn geean to breade a raess of pefretc spellres?

Wel herars waht I heav to say - one sipmle fraese that suodns the saem any way yuo spel it:

FUKC YUO!

[chaers]

FKUC YUO AND YUORE OTHRODCOKS SEPPILNG!

MEOR POEWR! MOER RIHGTS FRO DILYSEXCS!

Ocne agiaen, welceom to yuo al, adn I heop yuo enjyo the cofronence.

 

© Dylsexia Rigths Soicety, 2006