Dyslexia is one of the most common learning disorder in which the patient face difficulty in learning to read and write correctly.
It is present since birth and usually runs in families. Symptoms are usually elicited during early school days and may continue into adulthood also. It is more common in males as compare to females.
Most people suffering from dyslexia learn differently and work really hard to overcome their learning problem. Most of them have average or above average intelligence and many are gifted with unnatural talent.
Signs and Symptoms
Early Signs and symptoms
· Delayed speech, as late as 3-5 years old.
· Frequent ear infection
· Difficulty tying shoe laces
· Confusion in left versus right, before versus after, over versus under and other directions.
· Difficulty in learning the names of letters, also difficulty writing alphabets in order.
Reading
People with dyslexia make specific types of errors showing a particular pattern.
· The child may read one word on a page but, may not recognize it on the other page.
· Difficulty in remembering what he has read, but will understand and remember when the same text is read to him.
· Difficulty in understanding word problems in math, even though he is well verse with basic arithmetic.
· Letters or words appear to be moving or jumping around on the page when he is reading or writing.
· Mixing of letters, for example, reading the word "Left" as "Felt."
· While reading a sentence, words may blend and spacing is lost.
· They spell words as they sound, for example, Words as wrd, exactly as xaktly.
· Unable to comprehend what he had read.
Spellings
Spellings are worse than reading.
· Child is poor with vowel sounds and often omits them while spelling a word.
· It takes great effort for dyslexics to memorize a list of spellings for more than few hours.
· Child even misspells while copying from the board or a book.
Writing
· Child avoids writing whenever possible.
· They face great difficulty in putting their thoughts on paper.
· Makes mistakes while copying from a book or board.
· Poor spacing and grammatical mistakes while writing a sentence.
· Confusion while writing similar looking letters, for example, b,d,p,q.
· Poor time management. Difficulty in finishing a test in given time limit.
Memory
· Memory is good for things he has experienced, but poor for facts, sequences, and information that have not been experienced.
· Difficulty in memorizing the right names for things, written list and phone numbers.
Speech
· Makes mistakes in pronouncing words. E.g. dog for god.
· Difficulty in speaking out his thoughts, i.e. Unable to put his thoughts in words.
On examination no hearing and speech problem is detected medically.
It is very common for people to present with one or two above mentioned symptoms, but that doesn't qualify them to be dyslexic. However someone who shows several of these signs and symptoms should be tested for the same.
A proper physical examination should be done to rule out any underlying medical problem.
Managing Dyslexia
· Use of special learning and practice activities for dyslexia by teachers.
· Given more time to complete assignments and tests.
· Listening to record class lectures.
· Emotional Support from family and friends is very important for people with dyslexia, as the get frustrated and are filled with low self esteem because no matter how hard they try, they are unable to keep pace with other students.
Dyslexia & Homeopathy
Dyslexia is a constitutional disorder and hence Homeopathy is the best choice of treatment along with the other management techniques, when dealing with it.
Some related rubrics from Radar
| Common Clinical Features | Chapter in Radar | Corresponding Rubric |
| MIND | DYSLEXIA | |
| CONCENTRATION - difficult | ||
| HEEDLESS - talking and writing; in | ||
| Weak Memory | MEMORY - weakness of memory | |
| Mistakes while writing | MISTAKES; making - writing, in | |
| MISTAKES; making - writing, in - adding letters | ||
| MISTAKES; making - writing, in - confounding letters | ||
| Difficulty in writing thoughts on paper | MISTAKES; making - writing, in - thoughts; from fast | |
| Mistakes while reading | MISTAKES; making - reading, in - reversing letters and words | |
| MISTAKES; making - reading, in - skipping lines | ||
| MISTAKES; making - reading, in - words - adding words | ||
| MISTAKES; making - reading, in - words - omitting words | ||
| Motor Skills- ambidextrous | MISTAKES; making - side; about left and right | |
| Speech and Spellings | MISTAKES; making - speaking, in - words - wrong words; using - side or vice versa; putting right for left | |
| WRITING - inability for | ||
| WRITING - inability for - connectedly | ||
| WRITING - indistinctly, writes | ||
| MISTAKES; making - speaking, in - spelling, in | ||
| MISTAKES; making - speaking, in - syllables - wrong syllables | ||
| MISTAKES; making - speaking, in – words | ||
| MISTAKES; making - speaking, in - vertigo; with | ||
| MISTAKES; making - speaking, in - words - misplacing words | ||
| MISTAKES; making - speaking, in - words - mispronouncing words | ||
| MISTAKES; making - speaking, in - words - omitting words | ||
| MISTAKES; making - speaking, in - words - new words; makes | ||
| MISTAKES; making - speaking, in - words - reversing words | ||
| MISTAKES; making - speaking, in - words - wrong words; using | ||
| making - speaking, in - words - wrong words; using - names; calls things by wrong | ||
| making - speaking, in - words - wrong words; using - opposite, hot for cold | ||
| MISTAKES; making - speaking, in - words - wrong words; using - plums, when he means pears; says | ||
| MISTAKES; making - speaking, in - words - wrong words; using - seen instead of the one desired; name of the object | ||
| MISTAKES; making - speaking, in - words - wrong words; using - side or vice versa; putting right for left | ||
| MISTAKES; making - speaking, in - words - wrong words; using - stop in the middle of a sentence and to change it entirely; obliged to | ||
