Freia had an idea around a year ago. This week she put it into action. Her sister Reia has a few learning difficulties. Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and Dyscalculia.
You can read more about them at:
http://www.armentalearningacademy.com/pdf/dyslexia.pdf
http://www.dyslexiaa2z.com/
This meant that Reia had difficulty in studying normal subjects, understanding them and doing well in the exams. All of us helped by making notes, trying to teach her in a simplified manner, making stuff interesting and so on.
And that sowed the seed of an idea in Freia. What if all of this help was readily available ? It would help hundreds, no thousands, no 1akhs of students. A little known fact is that globally over 10% of students are estimated to have learning difficulties. Unfortunately in India the reported number is under a couple of percentage points. There seems to be some kind of a taboo in having a medical condition. It seems likely that this has more to do with parents unwilling to accept reality and hence are assuming their child is lazy. This results in them pushing their child to work harder. This results in an undesirable condition where the parents and child become frustrated and depressed.
Imagine if these children and parents had help. Resources that could help them learn in a manner that was suited to their way of understanding. And that is what Freia and her idea "DysEnablia" sets out to do. It aims to get parents, teachers, students to come together and contribute content. Even if some of them take the trouble of helping create content, in a very short time a large amount of content would be created.
The content could be a combination of notes, audio, video, animation, applications, ... I guess whatever will enable.
Freia starts her journey of trying to convince teachers, parents and students to contribute this week at her alma mater, Bombay Scottish School, Powai. Here's wishing her all the very best and hoping that her endeavor will help not only her sister Reia, but the large number of children in making studies if not enjoyable, then at least bearable.
You can read more about them at:
http://www.armentalearningacademy.com/pdf/dyslexia.pdf
http://www.dyslexiaa2z.com/
This meant that Reia had difficulty in studying normal subjects, understanding them and doing well in the exams. All of us helped by making notes, trying to teach her in a simplified manner, making stuff interesting and so on.
And that sowed the seed of an idea in Freia. What if all of this help was readily available ? It would help hundreds, no thousands, no 1akhs of students. A little known fact is that globally over 10% of students are estimated to have learning difficulties. Unfortunately in India the reported number is under a couple of percentage points. There seems to be some kind of a taboo in having a medical condition. It seems likely that this has more to do with parents unwilling to accept reality and hence are assuming their child is lazy. This results in them pushing their child to work harder. This results in an undesirable condition where the parents and child become frustrated and depressed.
Imagine if these children and parents had help. Resources that could help them learn in a manner that was suited to their way of understanding. And that is what Freia and her idea "DysEnablia" sets out to do. It aims to get parents, teachers, students to come together and contribute content. Even if some of them take the trouble of helping create content, in a very short time a large amount of content would be created.
The content could be a combination of notes, audio, video, animation, applications, ... I guess whatever will enable.
Freia starts her journey of trying to convince teachers, parents and students to contribute this week at her alma mater, Bombay Scottish School, Powai. Here's wishing her all the very best and hoping that her endeavor will help not only her sister Reia, but the large number of children in making studies if not enjoyable, then at least bearable.
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