| DYSLEXIA (Word Blindness) – Homoeopathic | | | | - He reads aloud to himself. |
| Treatment | | | | - He is generally left-hander. |
| Recently a Hindi film named | | | | - He puts stress on the wrong syllables while |
| Taare Zameen Par drew a lot of recognition even at | | | | reading, not while talking.. |
| the International level where it has been nominated | | | | - He reads backward e.g. on for no, or saw for |
| for the Oscar Award. The film is based on a child | | | | was. |
| who is “differently abled” and has Dyslexia. | | | | - He ignores punctuation marks. |
| The behavior pattern of the child was not properly | | | | - He puts syllables in the wrong order e.g. buts-stop |
| understood even by his parents. The sufferings of | | | | for bus-stop. |
| this child are being shared by many a children in our | | | | - He shortens the words e.g. rember for remember. |
| society. Due to unawareness and indifference of | | | | - He makes typical spelling mistakes like chidl for |
| people such children are put into the category of | | | | child, bad for dab, n as u, and m as w. |
| Disabled and branded as Retarded children. Whereas | | | | - He spells words as the sound e.g. busy to bizy |
| this film has been an eye opener for such cases. | | | | and might to mite. |
| It is heartening to know that | | | | - He omits letters e.g. train spelt as rain. |
| world’s greatest scientists like Albert Einstein and | | | | - His walking is not coordinated. |
| Thomas Edison were also Dyslexic. Had these | | | | - He is bad at copying from the board. |
| personalities been also considered Disabled, the | | | | |
| Scientific world would have been much Poorer today | | | | How to rectify dyslexia? |
| without the contributions of these great scientists. | | | | Cognitive control therapy is developed by Harvard |
| Dyslexia or word blindness may be discovered when | | | | Medical School. Now it is being accepted by and large. |
| a child learns to read. It is a disorder due to a flaw in | | | | Recognizing that dyslexics have problem with their |
| the child's perception. He is unable to sort out the | | | | auditory and visual senses and language expression, |
| order of words within a sentence, or the letters | | | | the Cognitive Control Therapy focuses on dyslexic's |
| within a word. Dyslexic children have normal | | | | tactile senses. Under this children are taught addition, |
| intelligence. They can be taught how to read if given | | | | for instance, not through numbers, but through visual |
| special teaching. | | | | aids. For instance : 4+5 is taught by placing four blue |
| Dyslexia, means "difficulty with | | | | balls and five blue balls next to each other. More |
| words" . So far it has been a problem which was not | | | | serious cases are made to feel the shape of the |
| being understood properly. Very often it used to be | | | | letters of the alphabet so that they can identify their |
| mistaken for mental retardation, now dyslexia is no | | | | curves or turns. For writing, the normal ruled exercise |
| longer an alien word in India where between 5 to 12 | | | | books are not recommended. In the classroom, |
| per cent of school going children are believed to be | | | | dyslexics need to be spoken to softly. For them, the |
| dyslexic. And as the problem gains recognition, a | | | | writing on the board should be very clear, and |
| remedial approach is also sought for. | | | | allowances made; more time to complete work, no |
| Dyslexia-difficult to pronounce | | | | red marks on their books, and less homework. |
| and even tougher to detect, these children are simply | | | | If dyslexia is identified at an early age, |
| unable to relate their cognitive process to their | | | | dyslexics can avoid the humiliation of being branded |
| physical environment. Associating the words with the | | | | as slow or lazy, and utilize their exceptional skills |
| pictures, reading and writing is the basic problem | | | | productively. |
| which children or dyslexics have. As their perceptual | | | | They require awareness, empathy and Homoeopathy. |
| ability is weak. Numbers written on the board do not | | | | Treatment : |
| mean anything to them. Frequently, the problem is | | | | XEROPHYLLUM : Dull , cannot concentrate mind for |
| one of mirror-image for example, the alphabet "b" | | | | study. |
| appears as "d" or if inverted image where the letter | | | | Forgets names. |
| "p" is mistaken for "b". | | | | Writes last letters of words |
| At the same time the memory | | | | first |
| of the dyslexics tends to be exceptionally good, in | | | | eg. WAS to |
| fact many children substitute memory for reading. | | | | SAW |
| They ask their parents or somebody to read stories | | | | Miss-spells common words |
| aloud to them, and memorize the text or the | | | | eg. October to |
| contents. Interestingly aware of their coexistence of | | | | Optober. |
| intelligence and inability, they invariably use their | | | | Case. |
| intelligence. | | | | Mr. T.S (12 Yrs) and Miss D.K (10Yrs) both brother |
| While the exact cause of | | | | and sister were problem for their parents and |
| dyslexia is not yet known, scientists believe the | | | | teachers. As they were not behaving in the school |
| misconnection between the left and right halves of | | | | and at home as any other normal child. Parents were |
| the brain is one cause for it. While dyslexia could be | | | | getting desperate as every now and then they were |
| inherited, poor schooling and health are aggravating | | | | called at school for non performance of the children. |
| factors , not the causative factors. | | | | They had been changing Schools after schools in the |
| The initial signs of dyslexia can | | | | last 7-8 years but with no result. It was by sheer |
| be detected between the age of 6 and 8 years, | | | | chance that their father Mr. S.S, who came to my |
| when the child does not respond to reading and | | | | clinic for his BP problem, was waiting for his turn and |
| writing, despite being taught adequately. These | | | | was going through my book ,”THE PROBLEM |
| children (dyslexics) do show common traits, as the | | | | CHILD AND HOMOEOPATHY”. While flipping the |
| grip on their pen or pencil is awkward, their | | | | pages, the image in the book on the chapter of |
| handwriting is wayward, or they goof on simple | | | | Dyslexia caught his attention and he read the whole |
| arithmetic problems as well. | | | | chapter. After reading it, he realized that his children |
| Though the presence of these | | | | were facing the same problem as mentioned in the |
| factors does not always signify dyslexia, dyslexic kids | | | | book which had not been understood uptill now and |
| are known to have these problems. | | | | he regretted the way they were treated by |
| Other Signs of Dyslexia : | | | | everyone. Because of this unawareness of the |
| - The child appears brighter than his reading or writing | | | | parents and the school authorities, the children were |
| suggest. | | | | humiliated. Then he explained the whole case of his |
| - He makes up stories based on illustrations unrelated | | | | children in detail to me. Both the kids were brought |
| to written text. | | | | to my clinic and proper case history was taken. |
| - He is late in learning how to read time or tie his | | | | Accordingly they were treated with constitutional |
| shoelaces. | | | | homoeopathic remedies and counseling of both the |
| - He confuses between left and right. | | | | children and the parents was done. After 3 years |
| - He can't remember things that are sequential e.g. | | | | of treatment, both the children found a new lease of |
| order of days,months and numbers etc. | | | | life with homoeopathy and they could compete with |
| - He makes anagrams as tired for tried or united | | | | other children of their age group. |
| for nuited. | | | | |