Many psychologists and cognitive scientists are convinced that Dyslexia is a complex cognitive disorder that only affects people trying to learn and read particularly difficult languages, ones which are full of exceptions to their own grammatical rules and which are more conceptual and not graphical in nature.
With this in mind, Dyslexia is thought to be very rare or non-existent in oriental languages because of the graphical nature of their language and writings.
Below is an extract from The Asahi Shimbun article that not only considers Dyslexia an issue in Japan but has first hand knowledge of the difficulties incurred by students.
"Satoru Inoue and other people in Japan with dyslexia, a learning disorder that makes reading and writing difficult, have begun speaking out about their experiences by writing books and appearing in documentary films.
"I'd like teachers to know that children have the right to learn,” Satoru said, explaining why he wrote the book. “I want to do what I can so that there are fewer people like me."
Awareness of the disorder has been slow to develop in Japan, while support has been lagging that of Western countries.
Since the support is limited, many only become aware that they have dyslexia after reaching adulthood."
A Second extract from the same article:
"Like Satoru, Hiroko Sunanaga reached adulthood not knowing that she had dyslexia.
Her daily life is now featured in "DX (Dyslexia) na Hibi: Bin-chan no Baai" (DX days: The case of Bin-chan), an 81-minute documentary.
Sunanaga, whose nickname is Bin-chan, is now in her 30s.
A professor at an art university in London, where Sunanaga was studying in her early 20s, was the first person to suggest she had dyslexia."
Read the full article here
With this in mind, Dyslexia is thought to be very rare or non-existent in oriental languages because of the graphical nature of their language and writings.
Below is an extract from The Asahi Shimbun article that not only considers Dyslexia an issue in Japan but has first hand knowledge of the difficulties incurred by students.
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| Satoru Inoue |
"I'd like teachers to know that children have the right to learn,” Satoru said, explaining why he wrote the book. “I want to do what I can so that there are fewer people like me."
Awareness of the disorder has been slow to develop in Japan, while support has been lagging that of Western countries.
Since the support is limited, many only become aware that they have dyslexia after reaching adulthood."
A Second extract from the same article:
Her daily life is now featured in "DX (Dyslexia) na Hibi: Bin-chan no Baai" (DX days: The case of Bin-chan), an 81-minute documentary.
Sunanaga, whose nickname is Bin-chan, is now in her 30s.
A professor at an art university in London, where Sunanaga was studying in her early 20s, was the first person to suggest she had dyslexia."
Read the full article here
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