Monday, February 28, 2011

Dyslexia affects 5% of Italian students: it is a social problem

Dyslexia is classified as a specific learning disorders (ASD) in Italy and affects 5% of pupils. These data presented by the non-profit organization Laribinto during the national meeting of the associations that deal with dyslexia, which was held on 26 and 27 February in Milan. Given the high figures, dyslexia can now be considered one of the social problems that undermine learning and inclusion of more students in the school system: the disorder does not allow people who are affected to learn reading, writing, or calculation arithmetic and in ordinary times the normal methods of teaching.

Today children are more lonely because of food allergies, but also contributes to dyslexia islands. If dyslexia was previously circulated in the undergrowth of the possible inconvenience of children, thanks to this conference are compared to different situations and individual initiatives were shared to make them all.

The President of the Senate, Renato Schifani, took part in the event, ensuring the support of the state. "Dyslexia is a social problem for which it is important that institutions, associations and individuals to promote its service and support for this, as other categories of persons with disabilities and in need of physical assistance and psychological - debuted -.

An important first step in this respect is the law of 2010 recognizes that some specific disorders of learning provision, guaranteeing a personalized school education and dispensed through compensatory measures. " The school, therefore, is the first to recognize and affrontareil problem to begin to engage in a practice of co-existence possible.

One of the main purposes of the meeting was to publish its possible manifestations of this disorder to allow early identification. First, the difficulties that have affected the subjects to read aloud quickly and correctly, which is not due to lack of mental capacity, a lack of education, to external causes or sensory deficits.

Dyslexia is characterized by its very specificity that affects a specific domain skills such as reading, writing and mathematics, without affecting in any way the general intellectual functioning. Children are small worlds to be protected and pampered, but also help for dyslexia but also for the increase in childhood obesity.

Just look more carefully we can enable them to really live fully their wonderful age.

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