So basically what I want is for the submit button to be disabled until a certain word count has been reached in the text area.
I have had a look around and tried to find
see this example at http://elylucas.net/post/Enabling-a-submit-button-when-a-textbox-has-value-in-jQuery.aspx
instead of checking for a value, you split the input string in the text box and see the length of the array is more than your desired word count