ToddZ Ⓥ<p>We have an interesting Challenge active at TASAT today: seeking science fiction or fantasy characters exhibiting learning disabilities.</p><p>See the details at TASAT and sign in to cite any examples! (Not here on Masto, please, the author won't see that.)</p><p><a href="https://forum.tasat.org/t/stated-or-implied-learning-disabilities-in-sci-fi-or-fantasy-characters/477" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forum.tasat.org/t/stated-or-im</span><span class="invisible">plied-learning-disabilities-in-sci-fi-or-fantasy-characters/477</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/neurodivergence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergence</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergent</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/LearningDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningDisabilities</span></a></p>
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Dr. Or M. Bialik<p>Hey! Amazing SFF reader community! <br>For a talk I'm helping to research, could you point me to Sci-Fi or Fantasy characters with stated or implied Learning disabilities? <br>(not ASD, things like dyslexia, dyscalculia, SLI, etc. ADD and ADHD also relevant)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> | <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> | <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> | <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LearningDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningDisabilities</span></a></p>
Francis Mangion (M)<p>ITV News (28/7/2025) - " 'We wish we'd never asked for help.' Thousands with learning disabilities locked | ITV News." <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scandal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LearningDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningDisabilities</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=_PktdFu9rho&si=2GqVLKxAHXHGKhtK" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=_PktdFu9rh</span><span class="invisible">o&si=2GqVLKxAHXHGKhtK</span></a></p>
Serge from Babka<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://neuromatch.social/@jonny" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jonny</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@ShiitakeToast" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ShiitakeToast</span></a></span> </p><p>You can say what you like of course, but <br>this just isn't the case.</p><p>I'm a person with learning disabilities, and in an academic environment I can be weeks or months behind when a concept doesn't "click" or I find it difficult to apply.</p><p>I've worked with LLMs to explain things to me in new/novel ways tested my understanding, etc. and that's made me more able to understand material more quickly.</p><p>While learning is in part the journey of getting to knowledge, when there are assistive tools that can help people with disabilities, denying them access to them, or saying that it's not real etc is ableism just in the same way that when I was in school, I encountered teachers and students who said that if I couldn't spell a word, I didn't understand what it meant, therefore spell check meant I couldn't read.</p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Ablism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ablism</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/LearningDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningDisabilities</span></a></p>
Dr. Or M. Bialik<p>Co-occurrence of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ADHD</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/dyslexia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dyslexia</span></a>, and/or <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/dyscalculia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dyscalculia</span></a> sometimes feels like salt on the wound. The underlying reasons that happen are not well understood, but it might be genes that influence common traits across multiple <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LearningDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningDisabilities</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09567976241293999" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.11</span><span class="invisible">77/09567976241293999</span></a></p>
The Count Me In Collective<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/intro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intro</span></a> <br>Hello!<br>We are CMIC <br>Setting up a training brewery for people with learning disabilities and/or autism in Reading, UK, at The Castle Tap<br>We're going to crowdfund to set up our own space at the Castle Tap. <br>In the meantime we're brewing with our trainees on other exceptional breweries kit. <br>So far we've brewed with the awesome Elusive Brewing. The beer we made (called Count Me In) featured at the Great British Beer Festival. <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LearningDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningDisabilities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/gbbf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gbbf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/beer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/brewery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brewery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a></p>
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