Anxiety Anger The Bad Treatment Facing Dyslexic
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Most participants [of a survey among dyslexic] reported that they had few or no friends as children, and that they were bullied frequently. The
underachievers were less popular and had a lower social status in the class as compared to other children.
Gunnel shows the comparison between dyslexic and normal person. The dyslexic has few friends because they always get bullied even though they have
reached achievement. In Taube ’s study as cited in Gunnel, it is stated that even
though the dyslexic has higher achievement than others, he or she is still not popular and has lower social status in the class rather than other normal students.
Gunnel 2007: 32-33 supports Ridsdale and Casey about disability of dyslexia. He states,
The dyslexia influences academic, rather than global self-esteem. The reading-disabled children revealed more emotional problems and
considered themselves to be less competent scholastically than their peers.
Most of children with dyslexia who commonly have difficulty in reading and writing tend to have difficulty in controlling their own emotion. They cannot
control their emotion which cause problem that disturb their development. If it happens at school, their learning progress will be hampered and it can cause
their competency become decreasing. Gunnel 2007: 33 maintains Svensson, Lundberg and Jacobson theories.
He states, The high prevalence of reading and writing disabilities that were found
in the study of juvenile delinquents seemed primarily to be related to social and cultural factors, home backgrounds, limited school
attendance and poor self-esteem rather than to constitutional problems of a dyslexic nature.
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Moreover according to studies by Syensson, Lundberg and Jacobson as cited by Gunnel, it shows that the cause that make dyslexics cannot read and
write is because of the poor guidance from their own parents, society, and teachers. They tend to see dyslexics as the people who cannot do anything
eventhough they are already taught. It is not caused by the natural limitation that dyslexics have. All of those factors, then, can also cause their poor self-esteem
that trigger their inabillity in reading and writing which then, are seen as the social problem.
People with dyslexia are often considered as weird and hyperactive. The reason why dyslexics are weird and hyperactive is their syndrome. They include
hyperactive or daydreamer, lazy, and poor in vision, reading, spelling. They also cannot count in math, and make the right time management cannot focus.
http:www.dyslexia.com April 9, 2015 Based on the studies above, it can be conclude that people who have
syndrome of dyslexia commonly make many people do not feel comfortable. It is because they judge or bully the dyslexics. There are some explanations that
show some signs of dyslexics who may be bullied http:www.minedu.govt.nz; 2009: April 9, 2015:
1. Children who got bullied seem anxious about going to school. 2. They will try to skip the class.
3. They tend to avoid joining certain activities. 4. Children have bruises and do not want to give a straight answer about how
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