Re: Perl Monks with learning disabilities

[jettero]

I don't know anything about this user you linked to, but I can tell you that being able to communicate properly makes a huge difference when dealing with people. I discovered that mostly through this site. The constant ++/--, while painful, is also educational.

I have a couple disabilities. They've made academic life somewhat difficult, but I've managed. The real problem was not being very literate. Sure, I could read, but my writing (which is basically all the Internet is for a few more years yet) wasn't really readable by others.

If you scroll through my early posts, you'll see someone that's mostly unable to communicate in a meaningful way. I had to kindof leave this site because of it. Then I learned how to spell (not as well as I'd like, but a lot better) and how to form sentences that others can read and understand.

Anyway, my point is (and I have no idea about that user or why he deserves a fair shake), if he's unable to communicate ... he needs to learn how to do so. People won't give him a break unless they know him. Trust me.

[holli]

If you scroll through my early posts, you'll see someone that's mostly unable to communicate in a meaningful way.

I've just skimmed through some of your (very early) posts and I don't find them unreadable. They're slighly l33t (thanx/don'tcha) or poorly worded (hat's a poor bastard to do when they accidently blow an hour of their life on a post). But hey, this is "digital puberty" :)

Some people never make it through that phase. You did :D

[jettero]

Thanks.

I suppose it's unobvious, but the main problem with my early posts is that nobody could tell what I was asking and it made me frustrated to say the least. That resulted in angry outbursts and then waves of downvotes.

I still write in a pretty scatterbrained style, but I can rein it in enough to get my point across. And that's something.