I nɔ izi fɔ yu pikin fɔ rid? Lɛ wi lan bɔt dislɛksia.

Sɔntɛnde, wi pikin dɛn kin gɛt smɔl prɔblɛm wit skul wok, nɔto so? Ɛspɛshali tin dɛn lɛk fɔ rid. So if yu pikin de biɛn ɔda pikin dɛn smɔl fɔ rid, i kin gɛt wan sik we dɛn kɔl dislɛksia. Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis simpul wan, nɔto so?

Wetin na Dislɛksia?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, dislɛksia na disabled fɔ lan. Bɔt yu tink se na gud tin ? Pikin we gɛt disabiliti fɔ lan kin gɛt smɔl prɔblɛm fɔ ɔndastand ɛn yuz wɔd dɛn, lɛta dɛn, ɛn sɔntɛnde nɔmba dɛn. Bɔku kayn pipul dɛn de we nɔ kin ebul fɔ lan lɛk dis. So if pikin de tray tranga wan ɛn tranga wan fɔ lan, bɔt i nɔ izi fɔ lan fɔ rid, na dat wi kin kɔl dislɛksia. Di impɔtant tin na dat, dis nɔ min se yu pikin nɔ smat. Dɛn kin rili smat, bɔt i kin at fɔ jɔs rid.

Wetin kin mek pɔsin gɛt dislɛksia?

As wi bin dɔn tɔk, dislɛksia nɔto sik. Na wan sik wae dɛn kin bɔn pɔrsin wit. Bɔku tɛm, if pɔsin na di famili gɛt dis sik, i kin afɛkt pikin dɛn bak. Pipul wae gɛt dislɛksia nɔr kin ful, ɛn dɛn nɔr kin les. Bɔku pipul dɛn gɛt avrej ɔ ivin ay sɛns. Dɛn kin wok tranga wan fɔ lɛ dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ rid.

Risach dɔn sho se dislɛksia kin kam bikɔs ɔf smɔl difrɛns pan di we aw di bren de prosɛs di infɔmeshɔn. Tink bɔt am lɛk kɔmpyuta. So pɔrsin wae gɛt dislɛksia in bren kin prosɛs infɔmeshɔn bɔt wɔd ɛn lɛta dɛn difrɛn smɔl frɔm pɔrsin wae nɔr gɛt dislɛksia. We sayɛnsman dɛn de chɛk aw di bren de wok, dɛn kin si se di pat dɛn na di bren we pipul dɛn we gɛt dislɛksia kin yuz we dɛn de rid difrɛn frɔm di pat dɛn we pipul dɛn we nɔ gɛt dislɛksia kin yuz. Dɔn bak, di bren fɔ pipul dɛm wae gɛt dislɛksia nɔr de woke fayn fayn wan wae dɛn de rid. Na dat mek fɔ rid kin tan lɛk se i nɔ izi fɔ dɛn ɛn i nɔ kin izi fɔ dɛn.

Wetin kin rili apin pan dislɛksia?

Mɔs pan di yɔŋ pikin dɛn kin bigin fɔ rid bay we dɛn lan fɔ no di smɔl smɔl sawnd yunit dɛn we mek wan wɔd (wi kin kɔl dis fonɛmik ɔwe – we na di ebul fɔ no di wan wan sawnd dɛn we de insay wan wɔd) ɛn afta dat bay we dɛn lan fɔ kɔmpia dɛn sawnd dɛn de wit di lɛta dɛn na di alifbɛt (wi kɔl dis fɔniks – we na di ebul fɔ lan us sawnd dɛn de go wit ɛni lɛta). Na da tɛm de nɔmɔ dɛn kin lan fɔ put dɛn sawnd dɛn de togɛda fɔ mek wɔd dɛn. As tɛm de go, dɛn go ebul fɔ no kɔmɔn wɔd dɛn bay we dɛn de si.

Tink bɔt fɔ rid lɛk se yu de rayd baysikul. Yu fɔ du bɔku tin dɛn di sem tɛm, ɛn insay di rayt tɛm. We dɛn de praktis, pikin dɛn we ebul fɔ rid nɔmal wan go bigin fɔ rid smɔl smɔl jɔs afta dɛn si di wɔd dɛn. Dɔn dɛn kin yuz di pawa we de na dɛn bren fɔ ɔndastand ɛn mɛmba wetin dɛn dɔn rid.

Bɔt fɔ pikin dɛn we gɛt dislɛksia, fɔ no bɔt fonɛmik ɛn fɔ no di fon na impɔtant tin.Di prɔblɛm na di (sawnd-lɛta) kɔnɛkshɔn dɛn. So ridin no de kam naturally to dem, na somtin we dem get fo du very, very hard. We pikin de tray tranga wan wit dɛn fɔs tin ya we i de du fɔ rid, i nɔ kin wɔnda i kin gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ ɔndastand wetin i de rid, ɛn dɛn kin fil bad.

Wan kɔmɔn mistek we pipul dɛn kin tink bɔt dislɛksia na dat lɛta ɔ wɔd dɛn kin apia ɔpsayd dɔŋ – fɔ ɛgzampul, ‘was’ kin tan lɛk ‘saw’. Dis kayn prɔblɛm kin bi pat pan di dislɛksik kɔndishɔn. Bɔt i kin rili kɔmɔn fɔ lɛ yɔŋ pikin dɛn si ɛn rayt lɛta dɛn ɔpsayd te dɛn rich dɛn fɔs ɔ sɛkɔn ia. Dis nɔto fɔ pikin dɛn nɔmɔ we gɛt dislɛksia. Di men prɔblɛm fɔ pikin dɛn we gɛt dislɛksia na di eria dɛn we dɛn kin no bɔt fonɛmik, fɔ gɛt rilayshɔn wit lɛta ɛn sawnd (fɔnik), ɛn fɔ no wɔd kwik kwik wan.

Wetin na de sayn dɛm wae kin no pɔrsin wae gɛt dislɛksia?

Dɛn kwaliti ya kin difrɛn frɔm wan pikin to ɔda pikin, bɔt sɔm tin dɛn de we wi kin si we kɔmɔn. Lɛ wi si wetin dɛn bi.

Di kwaliti dɛn we pikin dɛn we nɔ de go skul ɛn praymari skul gɛt

If yu smɔl pikin de na priskul ɔ ɛlimɛntri skul, kip yu yay pan dɛn tin ya:

• If i tu let fɔ bigin tɔk.
• If lɔng wɔd dɛn at fɔ kɔl (e.g. ‘snek’ de sawnd lɛk ‘safaya’).
• If yu gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ kɔl wɔd dɛn, luk fɔ wɔd dɛn we gɛt raym (e.g. pen, an, it, drink).
• If i nɔ izi fɔ yu fɔ lan di ɔda we aw di lɛta dɛn de na di alifbɛt, di de dɛn insay di wik, di kɔlɔ dɛn, di shep dɛn, ɛn di nɔmba dɛn.
• If yu gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ lan di nem dɛn fɔ lɛta dɛn ɛn dɛn sawnd dɛn (e.g. di sawnd fɔ di lɛta ‘A’ na ‘a’, di sawnd fɔ di lɛta ‘B’ na ‘b’).
• If i nɔ izi fɔ yu fɔ lan fɔ rid ɛn rayt yu nem.
• If i at fɔ difrɛns bitwin di silabɔd dɛn (e.g., ‘am-ma’) ɛn di sawnd dɛn (fonem - e.g., ‘b’, ‘a’, ‘l’ insay wɔd lɛk ‘ba-l-di-ya’) insay wɔd.
• If yu gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ saund ɔut simpul wɔd dɛn bay we yu jɔyn lɛta dɛn (e.g., se ‘ಗಾ-ಸ’ = ‘ಗಾಸ’).
• If yu gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ put di lɛta dɛn di rayt ɔda we yu de rid ɔ rayt wɔd dɛn (fɔ ɛgzampul, yu de rayt ɔ rid sɔntin lɛk ‘ɔdiɛns’ instead ɔf ‘tɔk’).
• If yu gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ rayt fayn fayn wan ɛn du smɔl tin dɛn fayn fayn wan (fayn-mɔta kɔdineshɔn – ɛgz., bɔtin bɔtin, tay shuz).

Di kwaliti dɛn we big pikin dɛn, smɔl pikin dɛn, ɛn big pipul dɛn gɛt

Pikin dɛn we dɔn big, yɔŋ pipul dɛn, ɛn big pipul dɛn bak kin gɛt di sayn dɛn we wi dɔn tɔk bɔt. Apat frɔm dat, yu kin si dɛn tin ya bak:

• If dɛn wik pasmak pan ridin ɛn spɛlin pas ɔda pipul dɛn we dɛn ej.
• If dɛn tray fɔ avɔyd fɔ rid ɛn rayt (e.g., dɛn se dɛn tu les fɔ rid buk, bɔt we dɛn aks dɛn fɔ rayt, dɛn kin giv in).
• If yu rili wok tranga wan fɔ rid, rayt asaynmɛnt, ɛn ɛgzam, ɛn tek lɔng tɛm pas ɔda pipul dɛn.
• If fɔrin langwej (e.g. Inglish, Frɛnch) rili at fɔ lan.

Aw yu kin no di kɔrɛkt tin bɔt dislɛksia?

Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin no se pikin gɛt dislɛksia we i de na praymari skul. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, i kin klia we di pikin dɔn big smɔl ɛn dɛn kin op se i go rid ɛn ɔndastand lɔng, kɔmpleks tin dɛn. If yɔŋ pikin we gɛt sɛns ɛn we sabi lan gud gud wan stil gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ rid ɛn rayt, dis kin bi sayn bak fɔ dislɛksia.

Dislɛksia kin ɔlrɛdi no ɔfishal wan afta we spɛshal pɔsin we sabi bɔt aw fɔ rid ɔ pɔsin we sabi bɔt sayɛns dɔn chɛk am fayn fayn wan. Dis kin bi tru di skul ɔ na do. Yu pikin in dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn no bak bɔt di sayn dɛm fɔ dislɛksia ɛn i kin sɛn yu to di rayt ɛp.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat, di mɔ we yu de delay fɔ ɛp pikin dɛn we gɛt dislɛksia, na di mɔ di prɔblɛm we de wit di ridin go bɔku ɛn di pikin nɔ go gɛt bɛtɛ rɛspɛkt fɔ insɛf. So, i rili impɔtant fɔ no dɛn sik ya ɛn bigin fɔ tren spɛshal ridin we yu de na ɛlimɛntri skul.

Aw fɔ mɛn dislɛksia?

Di gud nyus na dat, if dɛn gi dɛn di rayt sɔpɔt ɛn ɛp, bɔku pikin dɛn we gɛt dislɛksia kin lan fɔ rid ɛn mek sɔm we dɛn we go ɛp dɛn fɔ lan na di klasrum ɔltɛm.

Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin wok wit wan spɛshal ticha, ticha, ɔ pɔsin we sabi rid fɔ lan aw fɔ rid, rayt, ɛn dil wit di sik. Yu pikin in ticha, sayɛnsman, ɔ pikin dɛn we de mɛn pikin dɛn kin tɛl yu fɔ go to pɔsin we de mɛn pipul dɛn we de lan buk (sɔntɛnde dɛn kin kɔl am edukeshɔn thɛrapist ɔ akademik langwej tɛrapist). Dis na pipul dɛm wae dɛn dɔn tren spɛshal fɔ wok wit pikin dɛm wae gɛt dislɛksia.

Insay Sri Lanka, di sɔpɔt we dɛn pikin ya kin gɛt na di skul lɛvul kin difrɛn. Bɔt i impɔtant fɔ tɔk to di ticha dɛn na di skul ɛn tɔk bɔt di patikyula we dɛn fɔ tich we yu pikin nid, lɛk fɔ tek ɛkstra tɛm fɔ ɛgzam ɔ fɔ du homwok, ɔ fɔ ɛp fɔ rayt not. Sɔm skul dɛn kin gɛt spɛshal program fɔ ɛp dɛn pikin ya. So nɔ fred fɔ tɔk to di ticha dɛn. Dɔn bak, aks dɛn masta sabi pipul ya bɔt di we dɛn we yu go ɛp yu pikin na os.

Wetin bak wi nid fɔ no bɔt dis?

Pikin dɛn we gɛt dislɛksia kin fil lɛk se dɛn nɔ smat lɛk dɛn kɔmpin dɛn bikɔs i nɔ kin izi fɔ dɛn fɔ wok wit ɔda pipul dɛn. Dɛn prɔblɛm ya kin rili bad as dɛn de go ɔp di praymari gred dɛm, usay fɔ rid kin impɔtant fɔ lan. Dis kin mek pikin dɛn nɔ lɛk fɔ du skul wok igen.

Bɔku tɛm, pikin dɛn we gɛt disabled kin avɔyd fɔ rid bikɔs i nɔ kin izi fɔ dɛn ɛn i kin mek dɛn strɛs. Dis min se dɛn kin mis di valyu we fɔ rid ɛn dɛn kin fɔdɔm biɛn ɔda pikin dɛn mɔ.

I rili impɔtant fɔ sɔpɔt yu pikin in tray, ɛnkɔrej am fɔ rid na os, ɛn ɛp am. Prez dɛn we dɛn rid ivin smɔl wɔd. Dɔn bak, tray fɔ mek yu pikin gɛt kɔnfidɛns pan insɛf ɛn gi am chans fɔ gɛt sakrifays pan ɔda tin dɛn – lɛk spɔt, tin dɛn we i lɛk fɔ du, myuzik, art, ɛn drama. Tink bɔt aw bɔku atis dɛn, atlet dɛn, sayɛnsman dɛn, ɛntrɔprenɔ dɛn, dɔktɔ dɛn, lɔya dɛn, ɛn diplɔmat dɛn de na di wɔl we bin gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ rid bɔt we dɔn du big big tin dɛn! So nɔ tink se jɔs bikɔs wan tin bin tranga, yu pikin in wan ol tumara bambay nɔ go fayn.

If yu tink se yu pikin kin gɛt dislɛksia, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ, yu pikin in ticha, ɔ pɔsin we sabi rid. Di kwik we dɛn no se yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit di ridin, na di mɔ yu go ebul fɔ ɛp yu pikin di rayt ɛp.

So, wetin na di impɔtant tin dɛn we wi fɔ kɛr go na os frɔm dis stori?

• Dislɛksia nɔto sik, ɛn nɔto fɔ lɛ pɔsin nɔ gɛt sɛns. Na disabiliti fɔ lan we kin kam bikɔs ɔf smɔl difrɛns pan di we aw di bren de prosɛs di infɔmeshɔn.
• Dis na sɔntin we kin kɔmɔt frɔm we dɛn bɔn am, ɛn bɔku tɛm na frɔm di famili. So nɔ mek di pikin ɔ yusɛf fil gilti fɔ dis.
• I impɔtant fɔ no di sayn dɛn kwik ɛn gi ɛkspɛkt sɔpɔt so dat di pikin go lan fɔ rid ɛn kɔntinyu fɔ gɛt kɔnfidɛns pan insɛf.
• Sɔpɔt ɛn ɛnkɔrej yu pikin fɔ tray tranga wan. Apat frɔm we yu de rid, ɛnkɔrej yu pikin fɔ du ɔda tin dɛn we i sabi fɔ du fɔ mek i ebul fɔ du mɔ.
• Nɔ fred! Nɔ panik! If di rayt ɛp, pikin dɛn we gɛt dislɛksia kin liv fayn layf bak ɛn gladi at. Yu pikin nɔ de in wan, bɔku pipul dɛn de we kin ɛp pikin dɛn lɛk dis.

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