Important Notice

hello.

I wanted to reenforce that this blog is a MYP Project Year 4- COMPUTER APPLICATIONS.  So this is for educational purposes, and is my public service announcement. This is not meant to be that public, because it`s for school.  its not meant to offend anyone, please remember that.

Thank You for your attention.  again, its for SCHOOL!

Bhavya

Dyslexia

Its all Dyslexia!

Meet Jane.  She’s a great artist, and can always think outside the box, but one thing that haunts her is her reading and writing. She gets frustrated and angry at herself. Her parents call her lazy, and stupid. She tries her best at reading, but whenever her eyes reach the words, they’re all jumbled and seem like some foreign language. When the teacher gets her reports and simple assignments, they look like this:

The reason why Jane has so much trouble with reading and writing, is because she’s dyslexic.

Well, what is dyslexia?

Dyslexia is a type of learning disabilty. Dyslexics have trouble processing/understanding words and numbers. They may right a bit funny, e.g. a n backwords. *The word comes from two Greek words: dys, which means abnormal or impaired, and lexis, which refers to language or words.

Dyslexia is not a disease. It’s a either you  have it or you don’t thing.  People with dyslexia are not stupid or lazy; most are above average intelligence like Thomas Alva Edison, and like him, may work hard to overcome dyslexia. By getting some special training, with a tutor.. The best type of help is phonics, for dyslexics, its listening. The teacher uses special learning and practice activities for dyslexia.A student with dyslexia may get more time to complete assignments or tests, permission to tape class lectures, or copies of lecture notes. Using a computer with spelling checkers can be helpful for written assignments. For older students in challenging classes, services are available that provide any book on tape, even textbooks. Computer software is also available that “reads” printed material aloud.

 

 

Dyslexia is caused by the way the brain processes information. So when you think of a ball, in your mind you picture a ball. But dyslexics uses different parts of the brain, different to what non dyslexics have and can’t see a ball. So they get confused, so when they read they can’t understand and it makes reading slow and tedious.

The main problem in dyslexia is trouble recognizing phonemes ,which are the basic sounds of speech (the “b” sound in “bat” is a phoneme, for example). Therefore, it’s a struggle to make the connection between the sound and the letter symbol for that sound, and to blend sounds into words.

It harder to recognize short, familiar words or to sound out longer words. It takes a lot of time for a person with dyslexia to sound out a word. The meaning of the word is often lost, because of the way the brain processes the meaning, and reading comprehension is poor. It is not surprising that people with dyslexia have trouble spelling. They may also have trouble expressing themselves in writing and even speaking. Dyslexia is a language processing disorder, so it can affect all forms of language, either spoken or written.

Some common mistakes of dyslexics are:

mirror-opposites: s/he might see

·     p instead of q,

·     d instead of b,

·     127 instead of 721

·     saw instead of was

·     lion instead of loin

guessing: s/he might read

·     officer as official.

·     approximate as appropriate.

·     fingers as fringe.

omitting short words:
s/he might omit function words (opposed to content words) e.g.:

·     articles

·     participles

·     conjunctions

·     prepositions

long words: s/he might

·     abbreviate, e.g. walk for walking

 

Mental Retardation

What Is Mental Retardation?

It helps to know what intelligence is first. Intelligence is a way of describing someone’s ability to think, learn and solve problems. Mental retardation is when someone has lower than average intelligence.

A person with mental retardation may have trouble learning, and may take longer to learn or have social skills. As in interacting with society,  making friends, etc.  People with mental retardation, at times, some cases, cannot take care of themselves and need some help.

Sometimes kids who have mental retardation get teased or bullied. This is wrong, because, nobody likes feeling isolated and unloved. A person with intellectual disabilities is still a person , and they should be treated kindly like everyone else is.  They like to have, like other kids, adult and teens.

Having mental retardation, requires help at school, to learn and behave. Some people take life skills. Which is skills that they can use when they are older, so for example taking the bus or getting to work.  With all this help and kindness, more and more people with mental retardation are able to support themselves and live on their own.

What Causes Mental Retardation?

Mental Retardation is caused when some damage/injury to the brain or problem prevents, or does not let the brain from growing or developing normally. Mental retardation is not a disease. Many times we don’t know why a person has mental retardation. These problems can happen while the baby is growing inside his or her mom, during the baby’s birth, or after the baby is born.

Down Syndrome

Hi everyone!

I am gonna write about Down Syndrome, what it is, how its caused, who discovered it etc…

Down Syndrome is a genetic disease also known as Trisnomy 21.  Where the 21st pair of chromosomes has 3 chromosomes. Medically Down syndrome is known as Trisomy 21 because it’s the 21st chromosome that is affected; it’s also the most common type of trisomy. Below is a karyotype of a person with Down Syndrome:

Because of the extra genetic material it causes delays in physically and mentally. It occurs in 1 of 800 births.

The physical and mental well being with Down Syndrome, can vary from child to child. Though kids with Down syndrome tend to share certain physical features such as a flat facial profile, an upward slant to the eyes, small ears, a single crease across the center of the palms, and an enlarged tongue. A doctor can usually tell if a newborn has the condition through a physical exam.