Another serrious reflection:
I went to law school, just before the Americans with Dysablities act was passed. So, I was rather open about my dysablity, which is a problem seqencing, which is sort of the inverse of dyslexia. Folks who have been here around, know it is the reason for my odd spelling. While in law school the ADA was passed and some students got in through special accomodation, they were in every way as qualified as any other to be in that school, and to get there needed to be the most accomplished students in the US - this was one of the top three law schools (or as our dean liked to say, one of the five schools that can call itself the third best...) These six or so students were put in touch with me by the office for students with dysablities, as they knew, as I was not seeking a corporate carreer and was already "out" about my challenges, I would act as their voice to the varrious places in the school, like the library, where they found barriers - such as not being able to bring a lap top into the library. They needed, for the sake of being hired eventualy, to hide their dysability, for example, when one employer found I had a L.D., she - for an entire day, spoke to me very slowly, as though I had a cognitive problem, until I sat down at the end of the day and explained to her life with my dysablity, no big deal until you are asked to write something long hand or do simple math, or turn left very quickly.
But all this comes, eventualy to the above question, are these jokes funny. No. When I hear these jokes I remember a young woman, who was one of the six L.D. students at my law school being made to take her exam in a separate room, so as to get a little more time and be able to use her computer, and the school asigning a room next to construction outside on the street, and having her come to peices becasue of the distraction which a student with no dysablity would have found to be a challenge. It was heart rending, because it was beyond crule that the proctors for the exam did not think that this was wrong. She was alowed to take the exam another day, but people often just don't think.
I agree with above that one of the few funny L.D. jokes is dyslexics untie, and there was a group at an anti war march that had a funny sign about dislexics against war - I don't remember what the sign was but it was a funny letter switch, but generally the jokes just aren't funny.
Cheers
Larry