I really enjoyed watching these videos and took many important ideas away from them. In the Toward New Understanding of Mental Disorders I think it is important to rethink the ways we see mental disorders. I like the idea of thinking and referring to them as Brain Disorders because that is what they really are. I think this new name really takes the stigma off Mental Disorders and shows it for what is really going on. When they compared the average brain and the brains with PTSD, OCD and Depression, there are clear differences. I think some people see people suffering with Mental Disorders or Brain Disorders as being weird or having something wrong with them, but people who have heart attacks and Alzheimer's are felt bad for. I really liked this point he made and it really made me think why people with Schizophrenia and Alzheimer's are treated so differently and the stigmas they both go through. I think this video and ideas like this should become more popular so we can think of Mental Disorders as health problems and change the way we see people that suffer with them.
In the Dyslexia video I really liked the simulation because for me it clearly showed how it might feel having dyslexia. Before watching the video I did think it was just as simple as seeing d as b. It is really important for teachers to go through simulations of disorders their students might be facing to give them a small feeling of how the student feels everyday. They will then have a better understanding on what the child goes through and way to help them. The time they spend decoding words will put them behind their peers and this is something they know and worry other students will notice as well. Dyslexia effects 1 in 5 children, which is 20% of students so it is important to know how to help such a large population of your students!
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