About three years back, I met a family who has two kids. One suffering from ADHD and another from dyslexia. They are not local and it is not uncommon that the parents , esp in China, to not suspect anything from the extreme traits of his two kids. In fact, I only got to find out after some medical examination I brought them for about a year back. The parents were utterly dramatic about the entire issue. The poor kids were stricken with fear, thinking that some terminal illness and disease have befallen unto them.

In Singapore , there is an average of one to two dyslexia , another one to two ADHD kids in a class of 40. That is how common an ailment it is in kids of our genetically-modified fast food society.

Naturally, my company or perhaps moi has become very aware and interested in this very small piece of statistical information. I have spent the last 6 months attending seminars , workshops etc. Simply to get a very vague idea on education system provided for such delicate kids. I may not have gone far, but of course, I got a deeper understanding of them and techniques on educating them.

Since last month, I have been trying to find some time every week ,to coach that two kids and two others. It can be a real tiresome but interesting work. I have one teenager boy which simply cannot sit without fidgeting and another two whom simply finds talking a pain.

Naturally, I think I can empathise with the kids who cant sit still :=) I cant sit still for a minute too! But Its so difficult to understand why kids find it hard to articulate. Like what Shaun lament, I can have a mute sitting beside me and I can still chirp like there is no need for his replies.

Hmm..I guess I have to work a tad harder.