DYSLEXIA

after nearly 6 years. we're finally found about her problems. we sent her to the kindergarden since she was 5 years old (last year). we taught her at home. spent quite a lot of money to buy any learning substance. we did noticed about her difficulties while teaching her at home. she can't easily understood what were being taught. huhuhuhu~ we had to scold her everytime we teach her new things. pity her. ='(

salam 'alaik....:)
i would like to share about a-not-so-called-disease: DYSLEXIA~
it is not a disease but a life-long condition of a person. why i said so, because it can't be cure. there is no cure for dyslexia....are you sure?

What is dyslexia?
Well, Dyslexia is a learning problem some kids have. Dyslexia makes kids tough to read and spell. The problem is inside the brain, but it doesn't mean the person is stupid@dumb. Plenty of smart and talented people struggle with dyslexia.

According to the Education Ministry, about 314,000 school-going children in Malaysia have dyslexia. In fact, more children may be dyslexic than asthmatic. Dyslexia Association of Malaysia (DAM) president Sariah Amirin said that 80% of children with dyslexia cannot read well.


Cause of Dyslexia
Dyslexia is an inherited condition. Researchers have determined that a gene on the short arm of chromosome #6 is responsible for dyslexia. That gene is dominant, making dyslexia highly heritable. It definitely runs in families.

Dyslexia results from a neurological difference; that is, a brain difference. People with dyslexia have a larger right-hemisphere in their brains than those of normal readers. That may be one reason people with dyslexia often have significant strengths in areas controlled by the right-side of the brain, such as artistic, athletic, and mechanical gifts; 3-D visualization ability; musical talent; creative problem solving skills; and intuitive people skills.

In addition to unique brain architecture, people with dyslexia have unusual "wiring". Neurons are found in unusual places in the brain, and are not as neatly ordered as in non-dyslexic brains.

for more details:http://www.dys-add.com/define.html

Signs & Symptoms
General symptoms of dyslexia include problems with:

• reading, spelling and learning to speak
• learning letters and their sounds
• confusion with number order
• memorising number facts
• talented in art, drama, music, sports, mechanics, story-telling, sales, business, designing, building, or engineering
• difficulty sustaining attention; seems "hyper" or "daydreamer"

others may include:

• problem to tell time
• easily distracted(ex.by sound etc.)
• difficulty grappling with concepts of yesterday, today and tomorrow
• talking late than expected

after a child starts a school, these problem may occured:

• Difficulty connecting letters and sounds
• problem reading single word
• letter reversals such as "b" and "d"
• word reversals such as "dog" and "god"
• number reversals

many children commonly face problems with letter reversal before the age of seven. However, if the reversal persists, reading problems continue.

from the children behaviour, health, development and personalities:

• having an unusually early or late development stages (walking, talking, crawling,tying shoes etc.)
• can be class clown, trouble-maker or too quiet
• computing math shows dependence on finger counting and other tricks; knows answers, but can't do it on paper
• extremely disorderly or compulsively orderly

Hope for dyslexics
well, as i said earlier, Dyslexia is a medical condition, not a disease. With proper help, dyslexics can learn to read and write well.
check out this link:
http://www.dyslexia-teacher.com/malaysia.html
http://www.dyslexia.com/library/symptoms.htm


BELIEVE IT OR NOT???!!!

hahaha!!~ at first, WHAT??! I can't believe my ears when ummi told me that one of my favourite actor, Keanu Reeves was also one of them, dyslexics. omg! well, believe it or not, 信じられないけど、本当のことだ～


others famous personalities with dyslexia include, Albert Einstein, Lee Kuan Yew, Bill Gates, Aghata Christie, Walt Disney, Sir Richard Branson, Orlando Bloom, Thomas Edison, Tom Cruise and other scientists&inventors, actor&entertainers, journalist, athletes, artists, designers, architects etc.
check out this to find out famous people with dyslexia~
http://www.dyslexia.com/famous.htm




conclusion
as a conclusion, after i read and find out about dyslexia, i can say that, some of us may think dyslexia is "learning dissablities". yes. the national institutes of health also definated the same definition. somehow, i don't think that i can handle children with dyslexia. they are so stubborn! well, at the end, Allah leads me to meet one of them.(a very close person to me) Alhamdulillah. Thank you Allah! :)
its not as bad as i think before. they are actually very smart than us. huhu. its A GIFT!

p/s: have you watch a hindi movie, "Taree Zameen Par"? This is a story about a kid with dyslexia. [i cried a lot! ='(]


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