started store several weeks i have growed considerably I don't look much like a Boy now hows all the fold did you recieve a Box of Books Memphis that he promised to send them languages
Your son AL
(19 yrs)

   Al was Thomas Alva Edison whom we know as the inventor of the electric bulb, the gramophone and 1,300 other patents. Al was thought to be a dunce as a schoolboy and got thrown out of the public schools of Michigan, USA!

   His mother, to whom he wrote the above letter, was a women of great determination and undertook the painstaking job of teaching Edison at home. Yet this brilliant scientist never really mastered basic skill of writing, spelling and arithmetic. Edison was Dyslexic.

  What is Dyslexia?

   This website tells you about children like Edison, and several such 'poor school performers'. These children suffer from the neurological disorder called Dyslexia-more technically called Specific learning disability. They do not have mental retardation.

   The word Dyslexia comes from the Greek language, meaning ' difficulty with words' the concept was enlarged to learning disabilities because in many children the difficulty is not only with words but with other skills of learning as well.

  In the league of the bright and famous

   In History there is a long list of famous Dyslexics, which includes names like Thomas Alva Edison, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Woodrow Wilson and Winston Churchill.

   Churchill was prime minister, a great orator and won a Nobel prize for literature. Yet his school reports showed a boy doing miserably in class. His father wrote of him, "I have an idiot of a son".

   But, dyslexic Churchill was fortunate to receive a special coaching, entered the Royal Military College were he did not need much of writing skills, and the rest is history.

   Einstein was capable of the most advanced scientific thinking, but he failed at school where he had difficulty in learning to read. Even as an adult, writing continued to be a problem for him.

  How common is Dyslexia?

   Dyslexia was thought to be a rare disorder, but current statistics in the west and India show that 10 per cent pf children are affected by this handicap. It is an alarming thought that a school of 1,000 children at least 100 could be Learning Disabled!

   Fortunately, mild forms of Dyslexia are more common than severe forms. Boys are affected three times more than girls because of genetic reasons.

  Why diagnose Dyslexia?

   It is important to detect and diagnose Learning Disabilities early in childhood because it is of great consequence for the parent, the teacher and above all the affected child who then receives special remedial coaching

• If Dyslexia is correctly diagnosed, it gives the parents the relief that it is a 'disorder' entity, and not their fault or their child's
• Having a name for scholastic problem helps the teachers to go 'easy' on Dyslexic children. It also helps them to teach these children with patience, using 'teaching strategies' developed for remedial teaching.
• Above all, the relief is for the child. When it is explained to him why he cannot perform well in class in spite of his efforts, it removes his anxiety.

   There are several reasons why Dyslexic but intelligent children are born with this invisible handicap. The next page examines some of these causes.