Taare Zameen Par - in real life - I salute Amol n Aamir and everyone behind the beautiful movie :)

Taare... effect: Dyslexia course gets a star billing

The Aamir movie inspires men to sign up for dyslexia remedial training programme

DIPTI SONAWALA

After the success of the recent film Taare Zameen Par, about a male school teacher and a child with dyslexia, many men are signing up for a remedial training programme for the otherwise little known learning disability.
The Maharashtra Dyslexia Association (MDA) has reported that in the last one month, 112 men have shown their willingness to train in the subject, while only 48 women showed interest. Some of the men realised late that they are themselves dsylexic and want to be trained to cope with their learning disablity. Some others are signing up out of curiosity.
Masarrat Khan, CEO of MDA says, “Compared to the knowledge people had about dyslexia a few months ago, there is more awareness about the subject. People have realised that anyone can face learning disablity and so they want to know more about it.”
Khan says that a dyslexic person faces learning disability through his life, and remedial training helps the person learn skills and strategies to cope with the problem.
She informs that some of the men also want the training to help their own kids, and some want to be trained to work towards creating awareness in society.
According to a High Court judgement in 2006, dyslexic kids can be certified from the Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General hospital (LTMG) hospital at Sion, after which they can get special privileges provided to dyslexic students by the state education department.
Rayomand Pavri (25), a web designer, has just completed his remedial training programme. Says Pavri, “ I realised that I have learning disability two years ago. I searched and went through a lot of information about it. When I joined the remedial training programme, I finally learnt how to cope with my problem.”
Says Shashank Tiwari (26), a computer engineer who wants to opt for the remedial training programme, “I was unaware about the term dyslexia and learning disabilities. After watching the movie, I surfed the internet with the motive of acquiring more information about dyslexia and then decided I want to undertake remedial training programme”.

The Maharashtra Dyslexia Association (MDA) has reported that in the last one month, 112 men have shown their willingness to train in the subject