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To be clear, I'm not insinuating that anyone needs to type 120WPM. I'm talking about single-finger, head down, hunting for the location of a key. People with m
by lbayes 5y ago
To be clear, I'm not insinuating that anyone needs to type 120WPM. I'm talking about single-finger, head down, hunting for the location of a key.
People with mild to moderate dyslexia (in my experience) and people with injuries are generally able to demonstrate competence with the keyboard and computer operation.
I have dealt with moderate to severe RSI, and I have worked with a relatively large number of people dealing with RSI over the years and in my experience injuries don't mask operational competence. These behaviors look different from, "where was that key again?"
Dyslexia often surfaces in a variety of early communications and over the years, working with some especially brilliant people challenged with dyslexia, I've learned to assume (early on) that typos are not a signal for carelessness, but potential indicators of dyslexia.
I'm aware dyslexia is a spectrum, and at the extreme it can be fully debilitating for some activities. I haven't had much exposure to that cohort, but I would be happy to make reasonable accommodations and certainly would not consider it disqualifying.
Thanks for bringing this up, I think it's helpful to be able to clarify these details!