After having to read through the summary of trying to recognize learning disability yesterday, someone showed up telling us that we had to do more. Someone who himself had difficulty learning, yet he was more successful than most of us in our lifetimes combined.

We should take the cue from Sir Jackie Stewart. The complete article from The Star, follows.

There have been issues on learning disabilities at all levels. I have touched on it at school level in general, and at my children’s school level in particular. How do we recognize a child with learning disabilities? What is the process of early detection? And then, what do we do about it?

I have been informed of the bureaucracy in getting a child tested for learning disabilities at government hospitals. But a reader insisted that it is all a matter of going through simple procedures.

“Sebenarnya tak ada “red tape” cuma bawa murid-murid tersebut, buat pemeriksaan di Klinik, isi borang di PPD hantar ke Unit Peperiksaan JPNS Shah Alam. Selesai.”

Hmmm…

A Psychiatry Specialist from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, wrote in Utusan Malaysia recently about, among others, going through such procedures of determining learning disability. It is in Bahasa Malaysia, and I produce it here in full.

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Hari pertama Ramadhan tahun ini, berbuka di rumah ibu, di Kuala Lumpur. Menu: Buah tamar/kurma (sunnah), sedikit Satay Kajang Samuri (buah tangan), ikan jeruk masin, rendang daging (kegemaran anak-anak/cucu-cucu), masak lemak putih, udang goreng, kari sardin. Makan dengan nasi putih. Milo dan Teh-O. Antaranya… Menu yang sama ini juga dihidang pada sahur kemudiannya. Tukang Makan: 3 Dewasa, 2 Kanak-Kanak.

This is a repeat, a recap. For it comes every year. For I may not live to see the next one, or even this one. Nothing new. Just the same reminder to myself:

There are four types of people who, even if they found Lailatul-Qadr and fulfilled all the necessary requirements, will not get any benefits whatsoever from it. They are:

1. those who are addicted to wine,
2. those disobedient to their parents,
3. those who cut themselves off from their near relatives, and
4. those who harbor ill-will against their fellow beings and break off relations with them.¹

…berkata para malaikat kepada Jibrail, apakah Allah berikan pada hajat orang mukmin dari umat Muhammad (s.a.w) pada bulan Ramadan ini? Berkata Jibrail bahawasanya Allah menilik kepada umat Muhammad yang berpuasa dan beribadah padanya dan dimaafkan mereka, diampunkan dosa-dosa mereka, melainkan empat orang yang tiada diampunkan dosanya: yaitu orang yang kekal minum arak, orang yang derhakakan ibubapanya, orang yang memutuskan sillaturrahim dan orang yang tidak bercakap dengan saudaranya lebih dari 3 hari.²

So it is really up to me.

The rest are the same here, here, and here.

Wishing all a blessed Ramadhan 1430H. Mudah-mudahan kita menjadi orang yang bertaqwa.

Pakai ketayap melangkah awal,     Masuk waktu melaung azan; Sibuk bersiap menyambut Syawal,     Perayaan sebenar ialah Ramadhan.