Dyslexia,
How to Overcome the Problem
Dyslexia is a disability that
affects a child's developmental reading, writing, spelling and in
some cases speaking. This form of learning disability can serve
as an obstacle in a person's life. Dyslexia, like attention
deficit disorder, affects a large growing percentage of the
population. Almost 15% of the U.S. population has some form of dyslexia.
Of that, about 4% is severely dyslexic which includes nearly 375,000
school children. Effects of dyslexia vary between individuals depending
on the severity of the learning
disability. It can be a fairly difficult disorder to diagnose
since small children with dyslexia show few signs. The problems
usually manifest at a later age when schoolwork becomes more complex.
A person with dyslexia may have trouble with complex language skills
such as grammar, reading comprehension, and detailed writing. Yale
pediatrician and neuroscientist Sally E. Shaywitz refers to dyslexia
as a difficulty with phonemes which is the building blocks of language,
and the smallest units of sound. According to Doctor Shaywitz, there
are forty-four phonemes that produce every word in the English language.
For an average child who is not dyslexic, learning these sounds
comes naturally.
Individuals with dyslexia may have a difficult time expressing themselves
clearly. Dyslexics struggle with learning basic phonemes and piecing
them together to form words. Structuring their thoughts and vocabulary
can be a struggle in otherwise intelligent individuals. In some
cases when an individual with dyslexia is spoken to, they may have
difficulty processing and understanding the words. It is often thought
that they are not listening, but in reality there is simply a gap
in processing the verbal information. Dyslexia can have a negative
impact on a person's life leading to low self-esteem and frustration.
When dyslexia is left untreated, children often lose motivation
in schoolwork because of the stress and struggle involved in attempting
to understand material. It is now being recognized that people with
dyslexia are very right-brained and spatial. These individuals are
capable of seeing different perspectives, which can be extremely
useful if you are an architect. Dyslexia occurs among people of
all ethnic and economic backgrounds. Genetic predisposition can
be one of the causes of dyslexia since often members of the family
usually have dyslexia.
Scientists conducted a study using
a body scanner in order to monitor brain activity in adults while
they read. They found that people with symptoms of dyslexia showed
less neural activity in parts of the brain (in the temporal lobe)
that are vital to reading. Trained professional usually diagnoses
dyslexia through a formal evaluation which entails investigating
the person's reading and writing skills, along with evaluating their
strengths and their weaknesses. The health professional may also
investigate the family history, educational background, social environment,
and other factors that may help evaluate dyslexia.
Diagnosing dyslexia at an early stage can prevent stress and frustration.
Research shows people who have never been treated or have not acknowledged
that they have a learning disabilities
end up working in jobs below their intellectual ability. When diagnosed
early a person with dyslexia can seek extra help from tutors or
teachers and achieve reading and writing success just as a normal
individual would.
There's often nothing more frustrating than seeing a child or being
an adolescent who experiences learning problems, or LD (Learning
Disorder) and ADD/ADHD ( Attention
Deficit Disorder - Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). People with dyslexia who are
very right-brained, share many of the characteristics of attention
deficit disorder. If your child or someone you know has dyslexia
seek help.
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VÄXA Attend
is designed to complement the body's natural calming and balancing
agents with specific micro-nutritionals (Lithium bromatum, carbonicum)
and neurotransmitters (eg. GABA, DLPA and other neural buffers)
which help to target, direct and smoothly focus attention, while
naturally complementing the activity of the reticular activating
system. Attend also
supplies the essential framework of lipids and fatty acids, natural
hormones, as well as neural growth and synchronization factors ideal
for neural and glial cell generation in individuals with dyslexia.
It helps meets the demands of increased neural "traffic"
through the reticular activating system.
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