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Originally posted by Taliesin
Exactly. IQ tests test your ability to perform well on IQ tests. There is no single useful measure of intelligence. We no longer think dyslexics are unintelligent, although they would perform badly on verbal sections of the tests. Nor are the blind stupid just because they can't see the paper.
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It depends on who you ask. My cousin is dyslexic and had a terrible time in elementary school because he couldn't keep up with the reading. The teachers would get angry at him for it, or put him on the spot all the time. They -knew- he was dyslexic, and still treated him like he was stupid.
His mother fought with the school board for years, and finally just took him out of school. She later put him into a special private school, having to pay out of her own pocket.
The thing that really angered me about all of it is that the kid is practically a genius as long as symbolic interpretation is not involved. The speed at which he can understand things told to him is surprising.