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Dyslexia
What
is the reason I have added Dyslexia as a cause of
mine?? Let me tell you. My son, Andrew, is
dyslexic. He struggles everyday in his
education to learn. I fought for 3 years to
have my son tested for a learning disability
knowing from experience why my son was having such
difficulties in school. When I finally convinced
the school that he needed help, extra help, they
did the test. And yes the results came back
as expected my son is dyslexic.
His learning disability has caused him some self
esteem problems. Feelings that he never can
be as good as the other kids. Mind you, my
son over excels in mathematics. But to see
him struggle to read the simplest book is
heartfelt. He doesn't want to be reading the
baby books, as he calls them, when everyone else
in his class is enjoying Harry Potter.
Now that I finally have him in special classes for
his reading he has improved greatly but each and
every day is a struggle. Why you ask?? Let
me try to explain some of what happens when you
are dyslexic. A
dyslexic person doesn't see words with the letters
in order. The words can jump around on
them. The words and letters and seem
hazy. The words lines on the page could be
seen backwards and mirrored to some. Have
you ever tried to read looking in a mirror with
the page upside down. Let me tell you try it
some time.
Because, of these problems, could you even imagine
trying to remember how a word is spelt. Each
time you saw it, it might look differently to
you.
Another important thing to remember is that
dyslexia tends to run in families. Which is
so true in mine. My younger sister, Holly,
is so severely dyslexic that they needed to teach
here sign language to help teach her to spell and
read. She would learn better with physical
visuals. This is a case with allot of people
that have dyslexia. She would have a radio
on when she read and that would help her
also. They have found that some find that
certain colors covering their pages help
them focus on the letters better. Please
take some time to learn about Dyslexia. You
to may have a child struggling and acting
out. And you are unsure why. Dyslexia
may be why.....
http://www.dyslexia.com/
http://www.interdys.org/index.jsp
http://www.audiblox2000.com/dyslexia_dyslexic/dyslexia.htm
http://www.dyslexia-parent.com/
http://www.dys-add.com/
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