Dyslexia Not Barriers to Success

In the previous article, ruangpsikologi have explained a little about dyslexia. Dyslexia is a specific reading disorder in a person with vision and sufficient academic ability (Kalat, 2009). This disorder occurs due to the condition of the brain that can not recognize and memproseskan certain symbols. People who suffer from dyslexia have difficulty reading a word and assume the form of words other than the normal form. Symptoms of the disease dyslexia are difficulties in interpreting a simple sentence, difficulty in reading the written word, and the difficulty in menyajakkannya. Abnormal aspects of dyslexia is brain, not visual impairments or low intelligence. In fact, many people with dyslexia have intelligence above the average normal intelligence. Here's a story of several figures and explanations of how they enjoy their life with dyslexia disease.

Christian Boer
He is a graphic designer who suffer from dyslexia since he was born. Because the disease is not able to read the words, mix it with art illness together to make a project that was later named Dyslexie in 2008 when he was still a student berokupasi. With this project, conducted research at the University of Twente in the Netherlands in patients with dyslexia (called dyslexics). Research is clear that dyslexics showed a progressive developments by reading passages written in Dyslexie. Dyslexie is writing specifically designed for people with dyslexia to read better and reducing errors made ​​in reading. Because Boer was a dyslexic, he realized himself what dyslexia need to make progress in reading sentences simple or complex. Boer was intending to help other dyslexic patients to assist them in reading and act unilaterally with a special font.

Peter Lovatt, Ph.D

Lovatt is a psychologist as well as well as dancers reliable. She loved to dance since childhood, where as a child, he followed the ballet and he was the only boy in the class. While doing hobbies, Lovatt also dyslexic and even worse when stepping age 20. When he surrendered to dance, he decided to attend college majoring in psychology and English, given as a child also experienced in remedial English classes for dyslexic itself. Lovatt then get a scholarship majoring in Neural Computation S2 diUniversity of Stirlingdan completing his dissertation at Essex University. In 1998, he completed his studies for his Ph.D. on Short-term Memory and Dyslexia. Then he was confirmed as a professor at Hertfordshire University in September 2004, and founded the Psychological Dance Lab. in 2008. Lovatt is one proof that people with dyslexia do not necessarily have the mental and intelligence are normal or below.

“People with dyslexia have different memory systems, so it’s very important for them to find ways to channel their creative expression.”

Orlando Bloom

This famous actor is one of the dyslexics who succeed with his career. At first, Bloom was having a low self-esteem because of this disease, he felt that he was not smart. Unable to read a sentence and understand it properly, Bloom was tired and felt himself unworthy. However, at the age of 7 years old when she was diagnosed with dyslexia, he also did not result in lower IQ scores. That way, he felt relief that made her self-esteem back up and made ​​the conclusion that dyslexia itself is not related to intelligence, IQ, or someone cognition. Bloom including dyslexia sufferers are lucky and make a good life, compared to other patients with dyslexia, who ended up in jail because of drugs, or a child being removed from the school. Bloom encourage dyslexic children not to be ashamed of its shortcomings, think of it as a challenge as well as talent. By recognizing dyslexia does not mean smart, creativity is needed to enhance the capabilities of non-academic dyslexic in order to remain useful in the future.

Michael Faraday

Physicists and chemists is one of the key people in the 19th century. Faraday was a scientist who had contributed in the field of electromagnetism and electrolysis. One day, a man named Thomas West said that Faraday suffered from dyslexia. Faraday becomes less sensitive in spelling words and timeliness. Memory Faraday was not working, but rather "play" Faraday, and other symptoms, he could not finish a simple math problem. However, Faraday had a strong visual ability, that he was the first to understand first what he sees, what he was thinking then broke into pieces to be easily understood by others. Not all dyslexics have this capability.

Robert W. Woodruff

Woodruff has served as president of the Coca Cola company in 1923-1954. Referring to the experience of Woodruff as a child, he also Became one of dyslexics. Father Robert, Ernest Woodruff, was a very successful figure at the time, having served as president of the only bank in the Atlanta area reliably southern part, roomates is the Trust Company of Georgia. Ernest including a father who is authoritarian and stubborn, so Robert dikuliahkan at Emory College after Completing his studies at Georgia Military Academy without regard to the areas of interest Robert. Since being diagnosed as dyslexic, Robert performance while at Emory College was so bad that the university sent a letter containing about their dissatisfaction with the performance of Robert at the time. After passing through the school, Robert discovered his interest in the business. He also found pleasure in marketing or marketing and promoting the business of Coca-Cola for the first time. Robert Armed with sophisticated capabilities in business makes it Able to produce feedback that is no less sophisticated to the Coca-Cola may not be known until the end of the world.

From 5 stories above dyslexics, dyslexia can be concluded that the disease has nothing to do with intelligence, so that dyslexics do not let low self-esteem Because they think he is not smart and creative. Creativity is in every person, and different levels of creativity each person. Continue to be creative Because The innovations come from small ideas that can be developed!

About Epilepsy and Schizophrenia

What would you do if you ran into a man when they want to ride public transportation, but he fell and suffered a seizure with foaming mouth? When examined by a doctor, he not only had seizures but also experience delusions and hallucinations are very severe. How do you respond?

Do not panic easily, because it could be this man not only have one chronic disease, but more than that.

Previous studies said that schizophrenia and epilepsy are vulnerable and may be caused by genetic, environmental, or even related to the nervous system.

Before discussing further, the definition of Schizophrenia is a chronic mental illness characterized by delusions, hallucinations, difficulty to behave normally in social situations, and also difficult to have normal emotional responses. Other symptoms experienced by patients with schizophrenia is difficult to concentrate, difficulty in sleeping, feeling jittery and anxious often, and too hard to think and express it clearly. Dangerous is, schizophrenia patients also frequently heard voices which told them to hurt themselves or loved ones.

Epilepsy is a neurological disease that can cause a person to have seizures over and over and over. Episodes of seizures can cause attention and behavior can be changed. Symptoms of epilepsy vary greatly, ranging from seizures to change emotions. A common cause is stroke epilepsy, Alzheimer's Disease, and other causes related to the brain, such as brain injury, brain tumors, and others.

Research in Taiwan has found that schizophrenia is very closely related to mental illness epilepsy. This research has been published in the journal Epilepsia, a collection of articles issued by the ILAE (International League Against Epilepsy). The article said that patients with schizophrenia are able epileptic 6-fold, whereas people with epilepsy are able also suffers from schizophrenia nearly 8-fold.

The study drew on data 5195 schizophrenia patients and 11,527 patients are diagnosed with epilepsy for 9 years back. The data is taken from the Taiwan National Health Insurance database and was led by researchers from China Medical University. In addition, patients were also compared by gender and similar age in normal people, both undiagnosed disease.

The results of the studies suggest that patients with schizophrenia are more prone to suffer from epilepsy than those who do not suffer from schizophrenia. This research also tells us that the odds of patients suffering from epilepsy to schizophrenia was 6.99/1000 person per year, compared to people who do not suffer from schizophrenia at all (19/01/1000).

Conversely, people who suffer from epilepsy are also more likely to suffer from schizophrenia as well as people who do not have epilepsy. Statistics show opportunities epileptic who suffers from schizophrenia as 3.53/1000 person per year, compared to people who do not suffer from epilepsy as 0.46/1000 person per year.

In addition to the strength of the relationship of schizophrenia and epilepsy, epilepsy patients suffer more male than female patients skizforenia.

A professor from the China Medical University, Dr. I-Ching Chou, said his research shows a strong relationship between the two diseases. He also suggested to conduct research on these two diseases is further related to the pathological mechanisms.

When you meet with people who have symptoms that exposed above, do not immediately label that they are suffering from schizophrenia or epilepsy, because it could be among those people there are individuals who experience both.