Dyslexic people are not abnormal. They just have a different way of seeing things. They see words as pictures, not individual letters. They'll mistake the letter 'b' as letter 'p', or that they see the number '3' as the letter 'E'. But it isn't reason enough to treat them as if they are stupid.
Dyslexics have inherent talents that standard people can never have. They are more attentive to the details of pictures and are more observant of the odd way a certain thing is placed.
Dyslexics have inherent talents that standard people can never have. They are more attentive to the details of pictures and are more observant of the odd way a certain thing is placed.
If only schools for dyslexics in the Philippines exist, then it would have created an effective camaraderie between the dyslexic kids. But dyslexia has different levels. Some are good in letters, but flunk in math, while others are good in math but couldn't bring himself to read. And so, to open a school for them requires a lot of studies and research. And so, the only thing a parent could do is to hire a teacher who specializes in dyslexia which is very expensive with every session, and homeschool the child so that other kids will not taunt him and he will not have anyone to compare himself with.
Children with dyslexia will always be at stake of having low self esteem, since a lot of people are unaware of dyslexia and dyslexia tests in our country.
I knew someone who after finding out that the kid I knew couldn't read yet at 6, she implied that he was slow. At that time I already knew what the kid was going through in school, he had been frantic and upset everytime people mentioned school to him. So I told her that the boy was not slow, he was dyslexic, and she asked me what that meant.
Judgmental people are exasperating. It was then that I realized that the boy must have been going through a lot of emotional turmoil. As a result of this, he began to have self doubts, and even in the areas he was good at, began to get affected.
It is unfair, but I couldn't change the opinion of others. Yet, there is a way for me to change the boy's plight, and that is to study about Dyslexia. And I am glad I did, it's like I was able to enter into a different world that only few people bothered to know about. It was fascinating!
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” - Plato
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