A 9-year-old girl who has dyslexia received the Children's Award from the British Dyslexia Association. Lotte Scaman was chosen by the organization because she showed such a determination in managing the struggles that come with the learning disability.
Through it all, Lotte Scaman remained a positive individual who has a strong willpower to succeed. "Lotte is a wonderful example of how the right educational approach can overcome almost all barriers presented by dyslexia," special education school headmaster Michael Taylor said, according to the Grimsby Telegraph.
Taylor oversees the Fairley House in London that specializes in helping children with learning disabilities. The 9-year-old and her mother, Simone, who live hundreds of miles away in Lincolnshire, visited the institution so that she would be able to spend time with other children with learning disabilities.
Simone said that as a parent, she thought that her family would have to move out of their farmhouse so that Lotte could be in a school that could properly help her special education. But Fairley House has an outreach program to service kids with dyslexia from other schools.
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At the awards' night and standing before the members of the British Dyslexia Association, Lotte delivered her acceptance speech with such emotions. "Winning this award has turned a negative journey into a positive one for me; I now know that I can enjoy learning," the 9-year-old said.
At least 10 percent of the world's population suffer from dyslexia and of these, four percent have severe difficulties, the British Dyslexia Association official site stated. Dyslexia comprises disability in reading, decoding and spelling words.
A common misconception is that it is related to IQ. Yet even influential people who have changed the world, such as Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill, were said to have suffered from dyslexia, according to Yale.
The condition doesn't also just go away because it is lifelong. But with early detection and proper education, such as in the case of Lotte Scaman, learning success can still be achieved.
