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I have a request.

Hellbell

I don’t know about others but I make the effort or maybe it’s because how I was taught to write, to make paragraphs.

I cannot read a block of writing as I have Irlens syndrome it just looks like a grey mass and cannot follow any sentences.

if anyone reads this from NAS can this be addresses as a rule for us visually challenged so we can join in.

Thank you.

  • in reply to Desmond79

    I never passed my English at school. Back in the old days of GCE.

    First attempt, U, ungraded.

    Second attempt, U, ungraded.

    Third attempt, D.

    Fourth attempt D.

    The stupid teachers and exam markers just didn't understand my genius.

  • in reply to Robert124

    My English Teacher made the whole class feel Stupid. We were in a Secondary School, rather than a Grammar, and she reinforced that. 

    I always lagged behind the rest of the class at comprehension. It wasn't until fifth year that it clicked. I got a C in GCSE English and I was over the moon. 

  • I understand what you mean, but many people were not formally taught how to write in paragraphs in school.  Unfortunate but true.  These people communicate in any way they can.

    A solid block of nine hundred words is difficult to understand, especially when the content is emotionally draining to read.

    Now, correct me if I'm wrong.  The general rules for changing paragraphs are:

    New topic.

    New time.

    New place.

    New person.

    And each paragraph should have a topic sentence, which is usually, but not always, the first one.

  • Of course some paragraphs are just long. Sometimes you just have too much to say that can’t be broken down into smaller chunks. A similar thing applies to long run on sentences . Sometimes there simply is no adequate way to break information down into smaller chunks.

    you get used to this in maths where you get sentences like “for all x in Y there exists z with property related to z such that for all w equivalent to z there exist v such that f(v,w)=0.” … you just have to get used to unwrapping each layer of the sentence and the same thing can apply to paragraphs.

  • Yes, it is difficult for me also, HB. There are quite a few posts which contain huge blocks of text with no paragraphs. I can't read them, and skip over them as a matter of course. It just seems so obvious to me to organise my thoughts into paragraphs. I re-read what I have written and check it for clarity (and ease of reading) before posting.

    I'm guessing that the people who don't use paragraphs, or who post huge swathes of text, never have to read what they have written...

    They just type it all out in one long burst and press enter Frowning2

  • Thank you for your feedback. Could I ask a few questions to make sure that I have understood correctly?

    • Are you referring mainly to the discussions in this community site https://community.autism.org.uk/ or to the content of the charity's closely-related main site https://www.autism.org.uk/ or both?
    • Especially if it's the latter, are there any pages that cause particular issues?
    • Do you make any use of aids, such as coloured filters for example, and do these help on our sites?

    Obviously, in the discussions, most text is written by other site users, and reflects individual writing styles. However, making our sites accessible is an important issue for the charity.

  • yes that is such a good idea --

    -- there was a lady in here i PMed.

    She could only converse in short sentences one below the other.

    She was good fun.