Over the past few weeks, I have been sharing – and busting – some common myths regarding learning differences such as dyslexia, ADD/ADHD and autism. This week’s myth: Myth #3: “My dyslexic child just needs to concentrate more.”
Disorientation is the opposite to being focused. When someone is disoriented, they will not be ‘present’, and will be experiencing inaccurate perception. Can you imagine how difficult it must be to stay focused when your brain is constantly wanting to disorientate because you are confused about a word? So many words cause confusion for dyslexic leaners. Any abstract word has the potential to do so, because they are not able to create a picture for it. It is easy for a picture-thinking dyslexic person to picture a tyrannosaurus rex, therefore even though the word seems difficult, it tends not to trip a dyslexic reader up. It is not so easy to picture a ‘the’, a 'was' or a 'put' - these are the types of words that cause disorientation. Making a dyslexic person concentrate doesn’t work. In fact in my experience all it seems to do is cause stress, headaches, tummy aches and meltdowns.
For more information on dyslexia, ADD/ADHD, autism and other learning differences, head over to my website or drop me an email. I’d love to hear from you 🙂
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AuthorMelanie Curry is a Davis® Archives
January 2018
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