Does anyone know why I keep getting double copies of documents like this one?
Celia
At 09:46 AM 6/13/97 +0100, you wrote:
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>>> If the shop/bank isn't cooperative about helping me I take my business
>>>elsewhere, and make sure that the relevant head office knows why I did
that.
>>>This of course didn't help when I was on benefit, the famiily credit
form is
>>>an utter nightmare and in the end I got a friend to help me.
>
>>Working together with my son, also dyslexic, I have found we can make
>>one effective form filler. If the scribe reads out the questions, writes
>>the answers as they are given and keeps the *beneficiary* on task this
>>can work quite well.
>
>>The worst thing about Social Security type forms are the long questions
>>with "If you answer NO, go to Qn 17b" etc. Just pages of panic making
>>detail that turn out not to apply in your case.
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>Oh heck, yes. I turn to question 17b (usually 3 pages away) and then
>panic over whether it was 17d or 17b and by the time I've figured that
>one out I've forgotton whether I answered yes or no to the orignal
>qusetion. If I have to fill in a form I like it all to be on one page
>so that I can see it all at once, that makes it easier to check back
>on things I just wrote. This is because, probably like many
>dyslexics, I have the short term memory span of a goldfish (who must
>be permenantly surprised as their memory only lasts 3 seconds - you
>can imagine them swimiming round their goldfish-bowl going 'wow, a
>rock!' over and over again.)
>
>I'm currently trying to build up enough impetus to fill out my tax
>return - its fairly complicated because I changed my main job twice in
>the last tax year, *and* I did some self-employed stuff. I can't
>afford an accountant to do it for me and I'm actually kind of worried
>that some omission on my part will lead to me getting a fine. The
>Inalnd Revenue do over some free software to help, but you can't use
>it if you've been self-employed as it doesn't cover that case. :-(
>The sad thing is, I've already paid all the tax I owe (inc. the
>self-employed stuff), I just can't face the form...
>
>--Emma
>
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