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Dsypraxia needs changes, negative stereotypes
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(10-31-2023, 01:59 PM)AveryQuill Wrote: I just wonder how this slipped through the cracks when there's been such an effort to be better in recent years. I don't know of any other real-world, lifelong developmental disorders being played for laughs so it's odd to have this one.
Well,
(10-31-2023, 01:59 PM)AveryQuill Wrote: Dyspraxia is relatively uncommon and it's not unlikely this is someone's first exposure to the idea

Probably that.

Yes, i'd be fine changing it to 'clumsy' or something, please feel free to suggest an appropriate name if you like!

(10-31-2023, 02:12 PM)UrsulaMejor Wrote: At one point, there was a push to un-sillify all the silly names for things we had, but at the same time we brought reality into some very unrealistic scenarios that were always meant to be silly.

Yeah. At some point someone changed stuff and chems to be more irl-accurately named. This slipped through because nobody ever brought it up. Simple as that.
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RE: Dsypraxia needs changes, negative stereotypes - by Cal - 11-01-2023, 09:29 PM

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