Saturday, June 28, 2014

Facts About The Reading Disorders

By Sherry Gross


Reading is actually one of the most entertaining hobbies. It gives one an experience which is similar to that of watching films. However, many says that reading is more fun since you are the ones who will generate the visualizations and you would feel the situations more vividly as if you are the protagonist in the story.

But aside from the joy and recreation it brings, it also benefits you a lot. Basically, it assists you in your struggles with your academic endeavors as well as with your dealings with life. Given this, the skill of knowing how to read holds a very valuable role in life. But there are some disabilities which can which cause some impediments in the skill called the reading disorders.

This situation is basically identified when there is a significant impairment in the reading ability of a person such as accuracy, speed, and comprehension. Basically, this is diagnosed if the effect is very significant as to cause an interference in the academic achievement and the daily interaction of people. This disorder is most commonly known for the term dyslexia.

But it is not quite the case, since dyslexia usually involves deficits in the area of spelling and writing. Basically, this disorder is defined as a learning disorder which is characterized by a valuable disparity between the general intelligence of the person and his skills in reading. It is the case where one experiences severe difficulty in displaying the skill even with normal intelligence.

So it does not follow that one with this impairment has a low IQ because this is basically part of a learning disorder. The case of learning disorders is actually that which is refers to a kind of difficulty which can lead to poor academic performance. However, it is not related with low intelligence, lack of opportunities for learning, mental retardation, and physical disabilities.

It is just that this impairment persists even to people who are of normal intelligence, sufficient educational opportunities, and the motivation to learn how to read. It this impairment, there is a very valuable gap between the expected performance level as well as the actual achievement. So it is very much like the case of those with mathematical and language disorders.

So common problems which people with this impairment have include the following. One is poor comprehension when reading a material either orally or silently. Another is omission of words and reversal of letters. Aside from that, they may also encounter difficulty in decoding single words and associating them with sounds. They also have limited vocabulary.

Actually, the cause of this disability has some issue with brain function. Researchers have identified that the impairment is actually caused by some genetic mutation in the language area. So it does not necessarily point out to genetic inheritance since ninety percent of the population of sufferers do not have a family history with the disability.

But since it causes quite a big loss to its suffers, treatments were really sought. Seeing the features of the disorder, it has been agreed upon that the treatment be customized since every disorder vary from person to person. With this, there have already been several institutions which provide the remedy to this so people who suffer from the disability can afford rehabilitation.




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