Dyslexia, What Is It And How Is It Treated?
The truth is that when any mother and father are told that their child suffers from a disease, disorder, etc. his first reaction is a real shock. Many times the love we feel for our child, an unequaled love for any other, in addition to the ignorance of the disease that the specialist is talking about, sometimes makes us overestimate the problem. In this case, we will talk about dyslexia.
But the truth is that sometimes obstacles are great opportunities for ourselves and for our children … This time we want to talk to you about dyslexia and tell you that if this is your case or that of your child, do not set limits because you can achieve everything what you want and if not tell the founder of IKEA who is dyslexic … but there are many more examples.
What is dyslexia?
It was just over 100 years ago that the first descriptions of dyslexia appeared and since then the debate on how to get the exact definition, diagnosis and treatment has not stopped. Currently, the most accepted definition is the one offered by the International Dyslexia Association in 2002:
It is not a disease and therefore has no cure.
The brain of a dyslexic is different, certain areas of the brain, especially the upper temporal area of the left hemisphere, responsible for phonological processing, and the occipitotemporal area, which is what forms the visual representations of words, work differently. this is thought to be the consequence of abnormal functioning of some genes during embryonic development.
Luz Rello and dyslexia
- What can you find in Change Dyslexia?
The blog My dyslexics
María set up this blog two years ago with the help of her daughter; as she herself affirms “I was desperate, stressed and I was trying to vent, convinced that only my mother would read me and little else”… and that is that María has 6 children and they are all dyslexic.
But to her surprise, her blog began to receive many visits from other mothers whose children suffer from dyslexia. His oldest son studies Telecommunications Engineering: an example that you can be anything you want, being dyslexic.
Recommendations for people who have dyslexia
The best way to help a dyslexic child is to provide him with tools to compensate for the difficulties he has to face when faced with words; tools that give you confidence and encouragement to jump over that little hurdle and move on.
Parents should be calm and not overstate the problem but not let it go. Keep in mind that it is necessary to act because if the problem really exists, it will not go away on its own.
Act together with the people who are part of the child’s education. Whether they are your teachers or other family members, everyone can and should add. In the future the child will greatly appreciate any step taken in a good way at an early age.
The limit will not be before where you put it
The singer Pau Donés, Dempsey the attractive actor from Grey’s Anatomy or the founder of IKEA are dyslexic. The handsome Dempsey admits “It is very difficult for me to read the scripts … But I have never given up”. .. and there you have it breaking hearts across the screen, at least that of this humble servant!
We end with a phrase by Luz Rello that we hope will be of much use to you:
