• May. 6, 2008
Causes of Dyslexia....
I have been doing quite a bit of rearch lately on Learning
disablilities. In particular dyslexia because it is one that
has affected my family and in a large way. I take things on a
day to day basis. This week so far has been a good one.
Why there are learning disablities seems to be unclear but
there are 4 basic sources.....
Genetics- About 50% are inherited. I find this
one true for us since my childrens father has dyslexia.
I have also noticed on his side of the family
several cases of ADHD and Add.
Prenatal- Malnutrition, toxemia, infectious disease, substance
abuse and Rh. (none of those were a factor for us. )
Birth- A long difficult delivery, premature birth,
breech birth, umbilical cord wrapped around the neck for
an extreme length of time or extremely rapid delivery.
(I wonder on this since Princess delivered very quickly.)
Neo-natal- High fever, sharp blow to head, meningitis,
lead poisoning, oxygen deprivation or severe
nutritional deficiencies.
At one point in time I thought that I had done something
wrong. If only I had read to her more or talked to her
explaining things around her. Yet, didn't I do that .
Maybe it wasn't enough? These are thoughts that sometimes
ring in my head. What have I done wrong? Every parent
knows that when a child stuggles that the parents
are to blame..... It took some time for me to realize
that none of this was my fault. The struggle I face daily
can be put into perspective by how I see it. If I look
on the bright side and see the blessings that God
has given my child, I can not deny that I would NOT
change a thing about her/him/any of them.
Are we all not good at one
thing in particular and may be not be so good at another?
These are gifts that God has given us. It
may just be that Gods gifts are harder to see
sometimes. We just aren't looking hard enough.
If I like to Sing Praises to God and you prefer
silent prayer, one over the other isn't more effective.
God will hear us both in our praises. There must
be a way then to reach a child with dyslexia. In
fact I have seen great things of late so I know it's
true. It just takes patience, love , understanding and
a different approach.
Look till you find it!!
If you are stuggling with something similar
please post I comment. Some support is always good.
