The Gift of Dyslexia is filled with unsubstantiated pseudo-science (go look up all Ron Davis’s credentials – oh wait, he has none!), but even if we take his anecdotal evidence as fact, there’s still a big, huge flaw. The ability to “see in 3D”, which Davis’s theory hinges upon, is well-established in the field of dyslexia. But, crucially, just as well established is the fact that not all dyslexics have this ability. For that matter, not all dyslexics have problems reading. (For many dyslexics, their problem area is Maths, for example.) And, even if you do use Davis’s techniques to refocus this ability to see in 3D, what about other classic dyslexic weaknesses, like poor working memory and problems with auditory discrimination (distinguishing between similar letter-sounds)? Are we just supposed to pretend those don’t exist? All the things they say should happen after the program, have happened. It’s made a huge difference in his reading and writing. As a parent I can endorse it 100 percent. I don’t work with dyslexic kids myself, but I’ve never seen anything like this program. Bob Lee, Headmaster and Parent, British Columbia - In my training I discovered that I "have" ADHD. This explained why I had always been late to every appointment I had ever made; why my life was full of unintended consequences, despite my best efforts to think things through; why school was so easy for me (yes), and why I preferred to learn hands-on. Why I am so creative and curious. Every single piece of my life made sense when I came to this realisation. Even the choice to leave my psychotherapy training to become a Davis Facilitator was due to my ADHD. Like so many with ADHD, I love instant gratification, and that is what a Davis programme gives me every single day - instant results, constant sense of achievement and making a difference. For two more years my child struggled, teachers and myself got frustrated. This is a smart kid. Reading, writing, and memorizing words and letters weren't a problem BUT math was like a foreign language. Even with an IEP in place the teachers were still teaching the same way and my child still wasn't getting it.

The Gift of Dyslexia - Profile Books The Gift of Dyslexia - Profile Books

Don’t share your hopes, fears, or secrets with them OR with anyone they talk to – they will use it against you. Opening in 1963 New York, to Renaissance Florence, to the birth of theatre in fifth-century Athens, and the Sex Pistols shattering Thatcherite Britain - take your seat for the history of performance. Find out if there is a “teaching hospital” near you, if so call to see if they will test you for free. https://fortune.com/2021/04/27/top-teaching-hospitals-2021-ibm-watson-health/To change our perspective of dyslexia from disability to gift, we must start with a clear, accurate understanding of what dyslexia really is, and what causes it. Doing this will bring out the positive as well as the negative aspects of the situation and allow us to see how dyslexia develops. Then the idea of correcting it won't seem far-fetched. Going a step beyond correcting the problem, we can also recognize and explore this condition as the gift it truly is. Helps us all to see dyslexia as a positive experience . . . I recommend you try it and see if it applies to your own situation - you will find it helpful' Ron Davis is an autistic and dyslexic genius, who didn't learn to speak in sentences until he was 17 years old. He was functionally illiterate until his late thirties, when he discovered the key aspect of what is now known as the Davis methods. This enabled him to read his first ever book - cover to cover - in one night. His life was instantly transformed, and ever since he has been on a mission to empower others to do the same. At last! A book about dyslexic thinking by one who is dyslexic, and for fellow dyslexic people ... I would recommend this book to any dyslexic and non-dyslexic person'

The Gift of Dyslexia: The Book that Completely Changed my The Gift of Dyslexia: The Book that Completely Changed my

Disorientation and Dyslexic Perception Description of experimental research exploring how disorientation affects perception ( Issue 26) But, what about all those words that we don’t have images for? Words like ‘ the’, ‘ if’ ‘and’ and ‘ don’t’? Around half of all words in every sentence are words we do not have an image for. Try it. Close your eyes and see what image you have for ‘the’. Seeing the letters ‘t-h-e’ doesn’t count. That is one part of mastery. That is what the word ‘the’ looks like. How you pronounce it is another part of mastering a word. There is a third part for mastering a word and that is its meaning. By meaning, I do not mean its grammatical usage. By meaning, I mean the definition of the word that allows me to create an image for the meaning. Failure plus more failure plus more failure plus more failure for a child who has a low tolerance for failure, will trigger their genetic disposition for dyslexia. Their gift of mastery swindled them. Their gift of mastery caused their dyslexia. Tragic! Well, only if they never cross paths with Ron Davis. If they are fortunate enough to ‘meet’ him, it will be their gift of mastery that will correct their dyslexia without losing any of the abilities associated with dyslexia. After a Davis Dyslexia Correction program, dyslexia is no longer a barrier. The person has the tools needed for mastery and control of their dyslexia. DisobedientBodies explores society’s patriarchal and capitalist beauty standards and calls on us to rebel against them! This is a powerful and inspiring new way of looking at beauty. Let’s start with what everyone else is talking about regarding dyslexia’s gifts. Dyslexia’s strengths are often listed as brilliant spatial reasoning, tremendous empathizers, wonderful imagination, thinking outside of the box, critical thinking, complex problem-solving skills, and picture thinking.Based on personal experience of dyslexia, Ronald D. Davis offers insights into the learning problems and stigmas faced by those with the condition, and provides tried and tested techniques for overcoming and correcting it with his Davis Procedures, now used in over 40 countries worldwide. What do Cher, Leonardo da Vinci, Whoopi Goldberg, and Walt Disney all have in common? Dyslexia. Though one may think they achieved success in spite of their disability, Ronald D. Davis... says it's because of it... Once students remove obstacles to learning, they are free to capitalize on the innate gifts dyslexia can bring. - New Woman I find the people who will struggle most with this book are those who are not dyslexic, or, are looking for traditional doctrinal answers to a non traditional struggle in the learning processes of the mind. Usually when people hear the word dyslexia they think only of reading, writing, spelling, and math problems a child is having in school. Some associate it only with word and letter reversals, some only with slow learners. Almost everyone considers it some form of a learning disability, but the learning disability is only one face of dyslexia.

The Gift of Dyslexia, Revised and Expanded - Penguin Random House

Secrecy came naturally to John le Carré, and there were some secrets that he fought fiercely to keep, nowhere more so than in his private life. Seemingly content in his marriage, the novelist conducted a string of love affairs over four decades. To keep these relationships secret, he made use of tradecraft that he had learned as a spy: code names and cover stories, cut outs, safe houses and dead letter boxes. The mental function that causes dyslexia is a gift in the truest sense of the word: a natural ability, a talent. It is something special that enhances the individual.Listening through the opening chapters of the book I could feel it resonating with me – how my world is constructed of me thinking in pictures. This ability to perceive things allows me to process information faster and be more creative. An example of this is my job as an engineer: quite a lot of times I don’t need the computer-aided design software to see the solution or the part in 3-D. I’m quite happy to do that all in my head, and then use the software to illustrate it to other people. This ability has become my super move in quite a lot of situations. I read the book and was intrigued, but I thought it sounded too good to be true. It claimed that I could transform in my wife's dyslexia from a burden into an asset in less than a week! It didn't help that the author was American - a lot of snake-oil has been "invented" in the USA. So I DIDN'T follow the simple instructions in the book - not until my wife took me to a public lecture by the author Ron Davis, and I had the opportunity to ask him all the hard questions the book had raised in my mind. He responded to my scepticism with the simple and humble authority of someone who KNOWS from direct experience. There are different Davis Learning Strategies workshops for teachers conducted in different regions. What happens then is the obvious. If you don't practice and use any part of your body, it's not going to be as strong or effective when you need it. This child does not need the slow linear thinking approach, so she never uses it. But guess what? Our language depends on such an approach, especially written language. Thus, when the child gets to the point where she needs to read, she will try to use the non-linear approach, and - to everyone's disappointment - it will not work. HowTheTricolorGotItsStripes is a highly entertaining and likeable history of flags by Ukrainian ex-cabinet Minister Dmytro Dubilet and was originally published in Ukrainian 🇺🇦