Dyslexia

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I would like to stay on the topic of certain kinds of disorders and today I would like to focus on dyslexia.

We talk about dyslexia when a child has difficulty learning to read and write, even though he or she is intellectually able to learn it, they simply cannot learn the rules associated with it. Children suffering from dyslexia do not distinguish between sounds and shapes, nor do they see the difference in the numbers and letters written, and consequently make many spelling mistakes in one sentence. The dyslexic handwriting is considered ugly and slurred. Often, such children are wrongly considered lazy and rated poorly, receiving lower grades than the rest of the children. It is worth mentioning, however, that dysfunction does not mean that the child is less intelligent or is developing poorly.

Symptoms of dyslexia appear in children from early childhood. You can recognize it, for example, by the fact that the child started to walk immediately, skipping the crawling phase, of course then these are just guesses. A psychologist can diagnose developmental dyslexia only from the age of 10.

Children with dyslexia also have problems with mobility, run awkwardly, fall over, cannot catch the ball, have difficulties learning to ride a bike.

Other symptoms of dyslexia include:

·       problem with remembering the sequence of words, e.g. consecutive seasons or days of the week
·       difficulties in arranging puzzles or blocks according to the pattern,
·      twisting words, for example, "umberlla" instead of "umbrella" (occasional mistakes do not herald dysgraphia),
·       difficulties with identifying sides: left, right,
·       confusing prepositions: below, above, from, to, etc.,
·       difficulty arranging items in the recommended order, such as from smallest to largest.

It is worth introducing appropriate exercises for dyslexics as soon as possible, for example practicing reading aloud, doing dictations together, practicing correct writing.

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