Dyslexia is an impairment of the ability to read, as a result of variety of pathologic conditions some of which is associated with central nervous system.

It is a condition when people cannot make connections between the verbal and written communications. People suffering from this disease very often find it difficult to distinguish the letter written. In short it is a learning disability found in 3% of the total school going children. But it is generally found that children suffering from dyslexia are gifted children and are intelligent; excel in other skills that do not include reading.

Causes for Dyslexia:

Though the exact causes for dyslexia are not known some of the common causes suggested by the doctors and dyslexia experts are

• under utilization of left brain as it is said that left part of the brain is programmed to do the things you need for reading and the right is not
• the absence of corpus callosum, a central bridge of tissue in the brain.
• a hereditary disease and is carried by genes.
• Early age hearing problem

Some even go on to say that it is caused by the combination of two or more of these causes.

Symptoms of Dyslexia:

• Difficulty learning and remembering printed words.
• Reversing the alphabets(b, p, d) and numbers (6,9)
• Changing the order of the letters in the word.
• Confusing vowel sounds or substituting one consonant for another.
• Complains of feeling or seeing non-existent movement while reading, writing, or copying.
• Finds difficulty in putting thoughts into words; speaks in halting phrases.
• Complains of dizziness, headaches or stomach aches while reading.

How to cure children suffering from Dyslexia:

Many think that dyslexia can never be cured. But it is curable. The only thing is that you have to be patient when confronting with a dyslexia child. Some simple steps which you can follow are

• Improve the confidence level of the children suffering from it. Many children suffering from this consider themselves to be fit for nothing. So it is most important to see that their confidence level is improved.
• Readout loudly what is written to the children as this will help them to see the connections between spoken and written languages.
• Create activities that help the children to understand that seem to deviate from phonetic sound
• Encourage the children to speak often.

Tags: learning disability, nerological disorder

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