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Text speak - a request

stranger

As someone who is sight impaired, I really struggle to read, even more so if it's in text speak. As far as I'm aware, there is no character limit on this forum. (or if there is, it's big)

Can I please ask that people don't write in text speak or consecutive capitals? The latter gives the impression you're shouting and like text speak, is difficult to read.

Parents

  • Yeah, I'd say AS and ASD are fine. And actually I can remember PDD-NOS is 'Persistent Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified', and that that basically means 'on the autistic spectrum but not in any one of the named dignostic areas', and I think it sort of sits between 'Autistic' and Asperger's Syndrome. Anyway, I'm getting sidetracked now...

    What's important here is to remember context - we're familiar with AS and ASD, because we're on the spectrum - but things like DS, DD, DH, and DW, are only familiar to anyone with those things and whom frequent 'family' forum sites.

    To me a DS is a Nintendo held-held games console, and a DD is a Direct Debit.

    Oh, and I don't why you have to prefix Husband, Son, Daughter, or Wife with Dear in the first place!

    And really, when you get used to it, typing words out in full doesn't actually take any longer than using abbreviations.

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  • Yeah, I'd say AS and ASD are fine. And actually I can remember PDD-NOS is 'Persistent Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified', and that that basically means 'on the autistic spectrum but not in any one of the named dignostic areas', and I think it sort of sits between 'Autistic' and Asperger's Syndrome. Anyway, I'm getting sidetracked now...

    What's important here is to remember context - we're familiar with AS and ASD, because we're on the spectrum - but things like DS, DD, DH, and DW, are only familiar to anyone with those things and whom frequent 'family' forum sites.

    To me a DS is a Nintendo held-held games console, and a DD is a Direct Debit.

    Oh, and I don't why you have to prefix Husband, Son, Daughter, or Wife with Dear in the first place!

    And really, when you get used to it, typing words out in full doesn't actually take any longer than using abbreviations.

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