Meet the ChildRosie Cloud This is Rosie, She acts like any other 10 year old. Rosie enjoys doing things other kids do, such as art, sleeping and making new friends. What's different about Rosie is that she suffers fram Dyslexia. Dyslexia is a Learning Disability that affects a person's reading. Some people think of Dyslexia as a vision problem, like reading or writing words backwards, when actually it's a problem with language. People with Dyslexia have normal intelligence and usually have normal vision. Most children with dyslexia can succeed in school with tutoring or a specialized education program. Emotional support also plays an important role. Dyslexia is not a disease and does not have a cure, but you can do exercises or get an expert to help to improve a person's ability to read. Fortunately, Rosie has a very happy spirit and does not let misfortunes like these get her down, always trying time and time again to read the same as every one else.Jordan Smith Meet Jordan. He has lots of friends, Hobbies, and is his coaches left-hand man when it comes to Tennis. Jordan's Talent in Sport and abilities in school get him quite far, but not in Math. Jordan has Dyscalculia. Dyscalculia is a learning disability that affects a person's ability in mathematics. Dyscalculia frequently co-occurs with Dyslexia, a learning disability in reading; about half of children with Dyscalculia also have Dyslexia. Dyscalculia is very uncommon, even so that it is a hundred times more likely to be diagnosed with Dyslexia than Dyscalculia. Dyscalculia is very broad and can be anything from not understanding numbers to struggling, to solve mathematical equations. Once again there is no cure for Dyscalculia and it is not a disease, but you can always reach out for help to get a little bit further. Jordan does casually think about his unfortunate mishaps in Math, but his friend Anne Always has his Back.Anne Jackson This is Anne. You may remember her from the Jordan's page, they are the best of friends, Anne is always seen with a large smile on her face, and cannot keep still for more then five minutes. Well, she wants to. Dyspraxia is a disorder that makes a person struggle with coordination with movement throughout the body. It is often identified in early childhood, but can come later in life after an illness or injury. Motor Dyspraxia involves the struggle coordinating the movements in your body to do simple things such as walk up the stairs, hop, or kicking a ball. people with motor Dyspraxia may be able to very easily perform a task at one time, but struggle to do it later. Verbal Dyspraxia is the struggle to coordinate the muscles to produce speech. Oral Dyspraxia is the struggle to chew or swallow. Anne enjoys watching football matches, and copying their movement!Ted Norris You Probably haven't met Ted Norris before, he likeS to hide away in the shadows. He prefers to blend in with the darkness, Rather than stand out in a crowd. Ted has Dysgraphia. Dysgraphia is a learning disability, that it makes it difficult to write. Dysgraphia is very broad, but is most commonly seen in messy handwriting. Signs of Dysgraphia are: - Struggling to Form Letters - Strange Posture or struggling ta hold the pen correctly - forming letters the right size Trouble forming Letters can also result in spelling, which is why most children with Dysgraphia are poor Spellers. Children with Dysgraphia also write quite slowly. Which can affect how well they express themselves in writing. Ted doesn't let this bother him, and thinks of it as something small among larger problems.Alice Maioste This Little French girl is Alice. Alice stands out in particular to most children her age, because of her perfect record and sweet little smile. There are three types of ADHD, Predominantly inattentive, predominantly hyperactivity- impulsive, and a combination of both. Predominantly inattentive ADHD is when people struggle with focusing, completing tasks, and following instructions. Experts say that it is a lot more unlikely for a child to be diagnosed with inattentive ADHD because they don't disturb the classroom, this is found more often in girls with ADHD. People with hyperactive-impulsive ADHD show primarily hyperactive and impulsive behavior. This can include fidgeting, interrupting people while they're talking, and not being able to wait their turn. Although inattention is less of a concern with this type of ADHD, people with predominantly hyperactive-impulsive ADHD may still find it difficult to focus on tasks.Cover Illistration Czara Clapham Character Personalities Matilda Harris, Eli Vella & Taressa Joy Written By Czara Clapham, Matilda Harris & Eli Vella Edited By Matilda Harris, Czara Clapham ABOUT US Hello. We are students at Camdenville Public School, and have wrote 'Meet the Child’ to show the everyday-life of having a learning disability in the life of ordinary looking children. | hope you liked reading this book as much as we did writing it, and | maybe one day we can get to write more books like this. - Czara, Eli, Matilda & Taressa