Myomancy ADHD, Dyslexia and Autism

The Stigma of Dyslexia

It seems that after thirty or forty years of education and awareness raising, dyslexia is still misunderstood.

Federal Judge Halts Missouri Executions is a story about how a judge put a stop to the execution by lethal injection of a prisoner. One of the reasons the judge gave was that the a surgeon involved with the executions was dyslexic.

“The court is gravely concerned that a physician who is solely responsible for correctly mixing the drugs … has a condition which causes him confusion with regard to numbers,” [Judge] Gaitan wrote.

Never mind that dyslexia is a problem with letters not numbers (that’s dyscalculia). The real issue is the perception that a surgeon, after countless years of eduction and training, still cannot be trusted to do their job because they are dyslexic.

Leave a Reply

*Required