I don't know anything about this user you linked to, but I can tell you that being able to communicate properly makes a huge difference when dealing with people. I discovered that mostly through this site. The constant ++/--, while painful, is also educational.

I have a couple disabilities. They've made academic life somewhat difficult, but I've managed. The real problem was not being very literate. Sure, I could read, but my writing (which is basically all the Internet is for a few more years yet) wasn't really readable by others.

If you scroll through my early posts, you'll see someone that's mostly unable to communicate in a meaningful way. I had to kindof leave this site because of it. Then I learned how to spell (not as well as I'd like, but a lot better) and how to form sentences that others can read and understand.

Anyway, my point is (and I have no idea about that user or why he deserves a fair shake), if he's unable to communicate ... he needs to learn how to do so. People won't give him a break unless they know him. Trust me.

-Paul

In reply to Re: Perl Monks with learning disabilities by jettero
in thread Perl Monks with learning disabilities by perlfan

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.