Recently, I was given a project to undergo under my Psycholinguistic course. We are required to study subject which are children with disability regarding to learning. I think our group will decide on doing the autism syndrome. I will agree with them. But I actually prefer to do on Dyslexia. The children with this syndrome have difficulties mainly in reading and writing.
People often mistaken these special children as idiots, imbecile, stupid, lazy and some other interpretations 'normal and able' people seem to give to these children. The truth is that they are all willing to study and very hardworking but they have problem in their brain which hinder the learning process. What they are thought are different from what their brain register. So often they are frustrated because nothing they do seem right to the teachers or the parents. I believe they wanted to be like any normal children who can impress their teachers by giving the right answer or receiving compliments for doing a good job from their parents.
I believe that the Dyslexia person live in a different world from the 'normal' human being. The term 'normal' is actually very ambiguous.
What is 'NORMAL'?
We think something is normal when most of the people agree that that is the true convention, that is what life should be, that is what people should wear, that is how we are suppose to eat. That is normal for them. So, what about the minority who do not agree with the 'normal ways' and see things and life in an opposite way. What about the people who look different? Should they be alienated from our 'perfect and normal' world? Can't these two different and opposite worlds live together side by side?
If the Dyslexia person can not understand the normal writing and reading convention why can't we invent a new language and sound that they understand for them. If we can't accept them into our 'normal and perfect' world why can't we at least strengthen the bond between our worlds so they can have a better world?
What do you think?
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