Comments on: Elevating Adversity http://www.randomspecific.com/elevated_adversity Curious Mind Seeks Mindfully Curious Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:23:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Deepa Krishnan http://www.randomspecific.com/elevated_adversity/comment-page-1#comment-1046 Deepa Krishnan Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:46:56 +0000 http://www.randomspecific.com/?p=465#comment-1046 In the Indian context, there is so much lack of information, it is overwhelming. I suggested several topics that need to be researched at a session I attended in Bombay: Is there lower dyslexia in studying Indian languages than in English? Are Devnagri graphemes easier for those with dysgraphia? Does living in joint families, where there are different speech cadences, make a difference to infants? Does losing traditional lullabies result in increased LD? [Learning Disabilities] Do Indian girls have more LD, given the potentially lower attention in childhood? How early can we diagnose LD in India, and through what mechanism? Does improving balwadi nutrition programmes offer high rewards in improving performance of children with LD? And I wrote about it here: http://mumbai-magic.blogspot.com/2008/11/its-schools-not-kids-stupid.html In the Indian context, there is so much lack of information, it is overwhelming.
I suggested several topics that need to be researched at a session I attended in Bombay:

Is there lower dyslexia in studying Indian languages than in English?
Are Devnagri graphemes easier for those with dysgraphia?
Does living in joint families, where there are different speech cadences, make a difference to infants?
Does losing traditional lullabies result in increased LD? [Learning Disabilities]
Do Indian girls have more LD, given the potentially lower attention in childhood?
How early can we diagnose LD in India, and through what mechanism?
Does improving balwadi nutrition programmes offer high rewards in improving performance of children with LD?

And I wrote about it here:
http://mumbai-magic.blogspot.com/2008/11/its-schools-not-kids-stupid.html

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