Helping Children With Learning Disabilities
Experts believe that there are between 1 and 2 million undiagnosed adult dyslexics in the U.S.A. alone. About 10% of the general population has some type of dyslexia. While school-age children are now routinely screened for dyslexia, this is a relatively recent development, only coming in the last 15 years or so.
Practically all of us who finished elementary school more than 15 years ago were never tested 95% of adult dyslexics are unaware that dyslexia is what makes them “different”.
The signals from the eyes of dyslexics are interpreted differently, causing them to see things differently. They frequently have difficulty in reading, especially reading aloud.
With the proper training, they can do almost everything that non-dyslexics can. The problem is in finding them, getting them tested so they can be helped.
There is now new dyslexia software available that lets you take a full dyslexia test online, over the Internet.. It lets you take a full dyslexia test online.}
The test takes about half an hour, costs less than a doctor’s visit and is very accurate. You get a full dyslexia assessment immediately after the test. It comes in a form that you can print out and read, along with the accompanying explanations.
For children with learning disabilities there is dyslexia software for special games that enable teachers or parents to easily identify those children with dyslexia problems.
The games come in different types and versions for different age groups.
Parents, teachers, any adult supervising the games can observe children playing and quickly identify which have probable dyslexia problems.
These new software tools promise to be a great help in making it easier to test and identify those with problems of dyslexia.
Disclaimer: Nothing in the above explanations is intended to be or represented to be or should be construed to be any form of medical advice. The information herein has been gleaned from medical journals, news articles in the popular press and other freely-available public sources. It is presented here for informational purposes only. For any medical advice the reader is urged to consult with his or her licensed physician or other medical specialist.
By Hans Oberstein