Dyslexia Is A Sign of a Highly Intelligent and Creative Person
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Dyslexia is NOT about Dumb and Dumber
When my son entered fourth grade, his school work came to a screeching halt. After a very frustrating year, I found out he was dyslexic. I immediately began researching this perplexing brain patterning. From the beginning I was very drawn to Ron Davis' information. He is a dyslexic and through exploration of himself developed an amazing approach. My son did a week of training with a Davis Dyslexic provider and it turned both of our lives around. In this lens I want to share more information with you about dyslexia and the Ron Davis method.
Dyslexic people are visual, multi-dimensional thinkers. They are intuitive and highly creative, and excel at hands-on learning. Because they think in pictures, it is sometimes hard for them to understand letters, numbers, symbols, and written words.
From the Dyslexia.com website
Famous Dyslexics
Dyslexics are people who...
- Utilize the brain's ability to alter and create perceptions (the primary ability).
- Are highly aware of the environment.
- Are more curious than average.
- Think mainly in pictures instead of words.
- Are highly intuitive and insightful.
- Think and perceive multi-dimensionally (using all the senses).
- Can experience thought as reality.
- Have vivid imaginations.
- Think 20% faster than word thinkers.
The Gift of Dyslexia
The Gift of Dyslexia: Why Some of the Smartest People Can't Read... and How They Can Learn
Amazon Price: $4.25 (as of 02/16/2012)
"In 1980, at age 38, Ron Davis overcame his own severe dyslexia when he found a way to quickly eliminate common perceptual distortions. For the first time in his life, he could read and enjoy a book without struggling.
-dyslexia.com
Dyslexic Disorientation
One of the first things my son learned when he took his Davis Dyslexia Correction course, was about the orientation point and how to "lock" it into place for reading.
This point relates to our mind's eye or where we view ourselves from. Ideally, for reading, it is located above the head in a fixed place.
Dyslexics often move this orientation point around...it's part of being psychic or clairvoyant. When we read, however, we want the orientation point to be in a fixed place, thereby making sure the letters are being viewed the way they were intended (versus say from behind or from the side).
If a child suddenly disorients in a class lesson, then the teacher has lost him from that point on. Your brain can not take in new material in a disoriented state.
By the way...my son didn't start reading until he was in the 6th grade. I thought maybe, he would only learn math while in school. Luckily for me, he got hooked on a book and finally read his first complete book. I never thought I 'd see that day. All this happened, only after, he took his Davis Correction Course.
The Gift of Learning
The Gift of Learning
Amazon Price: $7.49 (as of 02/16/2012)
"There are 217 trigger words that cause confusion."
-dyslexia.com
Symbol Mastery
Because dyslexics are visual, if they encounter a word that has no visual (all those little words and prepositions), then the mind goes blank at that point, making reading comprehension impossible.
The Davis Dyslexia Program works with clay to build these nonvisuals...and they start with the alphabet. After my son built the alphabet in clay, the instructor had him run his hand over the clay letters, then close his eyes and recite the alphabet backward! It only took him two tries to get it all right. Now, that was amazing!
My son also learned what all those punctuation marks mean and what to do when you see one in something written.
Finally, they started working on those small, non-visual words, building each one out of clay. Not the word, but a visual of what the word meant. "THE" for example is a word that points to something. So my son would build something like an arrow pointing to an apple, all built out of clay.
He didn't get to all 217 of those nonvisual words that week, but we continued at home with followup clay work. Those 217 words are called trigger words because that "visual gap" can trigger disorientation and confusion.
As a Dyslexic, Don't Expect To Be Able To...
- Play on Jeopardy. Dyslexics understand abstract concepts and the big picture, but don't memorize dates and trivia
- Remember someone's name. You will have amazing insight and information for that person, as well as never forget them, though.
- Be left-brain, linear in an argument. Intuition, creativity and right-brain thinking are your strengths.
- See the small details. You have eagle vision, not an ant's vision.
An Intriguing Book
Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
Amazon Price: $12.38 (as of 02/16/2012)
Wolf looks at the development of the reading brain-a complicated phenomenon that Wolf seeks to chronicle from both the early history of humanity and the early stages of an individual's development ("unlike its component parts such as vision and speech... reading has no direct genetic program passing it on to future generations"). Though it could probably command a book of its own, the sizable third section of the book covers the complex topic of dyslexia, explaining clearly and expertly "what happens when the brain can't learn to read."
"Once dyslexics have learned something experientially, they understand it on such a deep level that they know how to do things intuitively without thinking about how."
-dyslexia.com
Dyslexic Timing Issues
"Dyslexics tend to be more curious, creative, and intuitive than average."
-dyslexia.com
Dyslexia...Illusion or Real?
Who knew it was controversial?
I decided to add a place for people to debate dyslexia. It turns out its a controversial topic! I've copied some comments from below and added them here.
Is Dyslexia for real?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byNo! It's an excuse.
TandCrecruitment says:
I am dyslexic and have discalculia also. I have come to terms with this and I am proud to be me.
Posted February 16, 2012
hp208 says:
I agree with everything egbertnobacon says. Even psychologists and other researchers are beginning to doubt the label of dyslexia. In the UK the government commissioned Office for Standards in Education suggests that three-quarters of a million children have been misdiagnosed with special educational needs (SENs)! OK - some people might genuinely struggle with reading and writing but no where near as many as are diagnosed and its something they will struggle with their whole life, not something that they are a bit slow to pick up on and can overcome it. If you're dyslexic then you're dyslexic for life. Dyslexia and IQ are not related. By diagnosing so many people with dyslexia we're actually holding back on extra help for those who genuinely are struggling with their education. As adults we accept that we all have different strengths and weaknesses however when our kids are in school we expect them to be good at everything - if they're not we give them a label. Everyone has a level of dyslexia or other SENs at some point in their life, just because your child is making slow progress it doesn't automatically mean that have a SEN! Think about the stigma attached to the label you're about to brand them with their whole life. Maybe kids are just vulnerable to underachievement at certain points in their education and with a more focused approach to improving teaching and pastoral care these issues can be overcome without having to label them. My last point (I promise!) is that if the western world is so set on labelling these children then it is something they should have to declare when they apply for jobs etc. It's a disability, it should be mentioned. If you are visually impaired you declare it - its the same prinicpal. Employers should know before they take someone on that they are slow at reading/bad at spelling etc. OK. Rant over.
Posted October 24, 2011
egbertnobacon says:
There are always going to be children who have difficulty in spelling. Whether this is because of poor parenting, poor aptitude, poor tuition or because of a disorder, is the question. The problem I have with dyslexia is two-fold. Firstly - it cannot be proved to be anything more than just a weakness. People will say "dyslexics' brains work differently". How can we prove this is a disorder and not just a result of being weak in reading/spelling? The question it comes down to is cause or consequence. Since it cannot be scientifically PROVED that it is a cause of poor reading/spelling, we should not be able to diagnose it as such. It's a bit like a minister trying to convince me god is real, there exists no real evidence, but I should believe it anyway.
Secondly, dyslexia is diagnosed extremely easily in the UK and the US I believe. This is plain wrong, and articles titled "Dyslexia is a sign of a highly intelligent and creative person" are like an campaign poster for dyslexics. Our parents do not want to believe that in a highly developed country, our children cannot spell properly, they want this label to "get them off the hook" of having kids who are weaker than other kids in this area.
Where does it stop? Do kids who can't paint or draw have a disorder which does not allow them to do so as well as their more creative friends? Do children with poor hand/eye coordination have a disorder which does not allow them to play sports as well as others?
This over promotion of dyslexia is highly dangerous to our society and it should be stopped immediately. Real effort should be put into making sure our children are not automatically labelled 'disabled' but are given proper reading and writing education, with extra tuition as necessary. Parents have a responsibility too. You don't often find children of well-educated parents with dyslexia. I imagine it's because their parents have an interest in teaching their children how to read and write from an early age.
Posted May 18, 2010
Ener-G says:
From egbertnobacon again:
platitude after platitude. it hasn't been proven he was dyslexic and actually, he began school at 5. it's a popular myth people like to use to reassure themselves their kids are no less intelligent than non-'dyslexic' kids. why don't you find many dyslexics in the top universities? why do GB recognise 30 times more dyslexics than France, Spain or Italy? Dyslexia is a dangerous myth which will only reduce the number of literate children/adults. Don't you find it strange that pretty much EVERY kid I knew in school who was weak at spelling, had 'dyslexia'? that's quite a compliment to our education system - that if these poor people didn't have this inborn disorder, they'd all be awesome spellers. Dyslexia cannot be clearly identified so therefore cannot be diagnosed, simple. This automatic diagnosis does nothing to improve the level of literacy in our children, it is to the contrary.
Posted May 10, 2010
Ener-G says:
From a reader titled Edgertnobacon:
sorry, what a load of rubbish. i don't believe in dyslexia as most people know it, i think it's just a learning difficulty. and many scientists agree with me. i've never met any highly intelligent people who had it. and saying it's a sign of creativity and intelligence is just unfounded hogwash. albert einstein wasn't dyslexic, either.
Posted May 10, 2010
Yes! It's a challenge.
TandCrecruitment says:
Sorry, I left the curser in wrong box. I dont think its an excuse to be lazy. I am dyslexic and discalcular but I am a Sales Leader with AVON, I would never use this as an excuse to b Idol how ever it is challenging. I struggled in school. The teachers where meen I would sit at hom for hours trying to understant things and couldnt but I work hard.
Posted February 16, 2012
Lucy Moore says:
and to Ener-G:
"i've never met any highly intelligent people who had it...."
To say that no dyslexic people are intelligent is simply an insult.
My IQ, vocabulary, ability to 'think outside of the box' and analysis skills were in the 97th percentile after an assessment.
My spelling, reading speed and information processing speed were in the 10th percentile. This large difference in two aspects of academic ability is one of the things that identify me as a dyslexic.
This simplest way of putting it is that I KNOW what I want to say, I UNDERSTAND what is needed of me, I simply can't put it into words sometimes. You know that horrible feeling when you just can't put your finger on a word? When the word is at the 'tip of your tongue' but you just cant remember it? this is how I seem to spend 70% of my thinking life. and Sometimes it is a challenge when competing with people doing the same course at university as me but who don't seem to have the same difficulties.
Posted December 06, 2011
Lucy Moore says:
I held the belief that dyslexia was an excuse for getting free stuff (laptops, extra time in exams for example) but the more I understood my own Dyslexia, the more I identified the real challenges.
-I can read fine. I read the harry potter books in days. BUT, Give me an instruction, an essay question, and I cant follow it though. Describe a beautiful flower and I can picture every variation in colour and texture in beautiful vividness. Tell me to turn left after the lights, then take the second exit on the A67 towards smithsfeild, go over the bridge and take the first right, and I wont have any idea what you just said. -Can you repeat that please? a second, third, fourth, fifth time? -you look at my like I'm stupid. and that is one of the challenges you get used to as a dyslexic, people looking at you like you're a moron.
-My writing is slowww. Every time I put a pen to paper, I have one of two choices. a) write fast, finish the exam question, but spell badly, look like I have the handwriting skills of a toddler, and write the odd letter backwards.
b) Write slowly. spell correctly with neat handwriting.
I choose option b) because unfortunately examiners/ tutors/ teachers judge me on my writing before they bother looking at my analysis or theories. But having neat handwriting and decent spelling means most of the time I never get to finish the ideas going on in my head.
Dyslexia IS real, you will not understand it untill you have experienced the mental block on your head, the panic when the till doesnt work and you are made to work out the change in your head. The looks of the customers as they wait for you to calculate, and fail. The humiliation when the customer finally shouts 'IT'S £3.37 IN CHANGE! -for gods sake you stupid girl. Young people nowadays...'
People who say it's an excuse have never felt like this.
Posted December 05, 2011
sara says:
Real i have lived with it for 18 years and every day is still a challenge
Posted November 17, 2011
Michael Hebert says:
Well egbertnobacon, you do make a very clear point but you do as well fail to realize that even if someone such as the likes of Einstein wasn't dyslexic, I don't think anyone really has the right to challenge it. Saying that he was and using him as an example is a little "drastic" for me. On the other hand stating that he wasn't is not something that you know of for 100% certainty. In another light you as well fail to realize the people who we DO KNOW FOR SURE were dyslexic: Nelson Rockefeller, Cher, Tom Cruise, Thomas Edison(YES THOMAS EDISON!), F.W. Woolworth, Walt Disney, The great Woodrow Wilson and there are many more that can very easily be found. Lets not forget also what we do in fact know about Einstein; He could not talk until the age of four. He did not learn to read until he was nine. His teachers considered him slow, unsociable and a dreamer. He failed the entrance examinations to college but finally passed them after an additional year of preparation. He lost three teaching positions and then became a paten clerk. Now I can accept that maybe he wasn't dyslexic but we now know prooven through science that when you knock out one of the senses it causes the others to become enhanced... so it's very easy, based off of all this research and investigation done that DYSLEXIC OR NOT, anyone who has some type of mental disorder of set back, weakness or disability, has the potential to accel in other areas just like our senses do when one is distorted and just as the above dyslexics I've named have. and I think to call it coincidence is very naive in nature. "This over promotion of dyslexia is highly dangerous to our society and it should be stopped immediately." - You. This statement by you is interpreted by me as something someone would say as a result of not wanting someone to tap into true potential because it's something you do not poses yourself. What I know to be a fact is that when someone takes something positive that's meant to boost and give knowledge and trys to bat it down in a way that negates any positive outlook from prospering is very likely to just be a selfishly oriented biased. Now that's somewhat harsh but in a way you didn't hold back on pointing out that - " i don't believe in dyslexia as most people know it, i think it's just a learning difficulty. and many scientists agree with me. i've never met any highly intelligent people who had it. and saying it's a sign of creativity and intelligence is just unfounded hogwash. albert einstein wasn't dyslexic, either." This really humors me to a high degree because you directly stated!!! quote - " i've never met any highly intelligent people who had it." This means that you don't even know anyone your talking about. Just because you never met one doesn't mean that they don't exist.... to tell you the truth in this day in age, I haven't met many many highly intelligent people at all! so it doesn't surprise me on bit that you haven't met any highly intelligent dyslexics. Secondly I have met many, many children of highly intelligent parents who are the most obvious of dyslexics. I can also tell you one thing about them, they all are very imaginary in mind and do a quit a well job of proving that dyslexics do have the upper hand in the upcoming world which is being proven now to have more demand for right brained thinkers(dyslexics) than left. I agree that parenting takes an immensely huge role in development! but either way the ups and downs of dyslexia are both very real and do very much exist. The way a child is raised does affect the outcome but dyslexia is dyslexia and since it's hereditary i think parenting doesn't have much of an influence over it. Cheers :)
Posted October 01, 2011
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What do you love about dyslexia?
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- Yes, I am. You've done a good job here.
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- I was wondering if there was a blog(s) about dyslexia from a dyslexic's point of view?
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- I know some people with dyslexia are brilliant and talented, it may be because they're brain may function differently from a normal person but nonetheless they are still gifted. Thanks so much for making this lens. It sheds a whole new light on people with dyslexia. A truly wonderful work of art!
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- Living as a dyslexic is hard but worth it because of their sheer ability of creativity.
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- My daughter is dyslexic and yes i am truly blessed she really is amazing :)
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- Sure do! My two kids.. who are geniuses in their own way :)
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- I know people with it who do well. This lens has been blessed by a Squid Angel.
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- Did you know that an awful lot artists are dyslexic? It seems to go with the huge bias towards left-handedness. They always seem to be the most creative ones - I get quite jealous!
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- My daughter is dyslexic and it's been a real struggle trying to get the help she needs. Things were moving forward last year but this year the gov. has such massive cut backs that it is not going quite as well.
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Ener-G
May 10, 2010 @ 10:46 pm | delete
- There was quite the debate starting in the comments area, so I added a duel module for those who question the validity of dyslexia. I copied some of the comments from here and pasted them in the duel to get the conversation rolling. Play nice, now!
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May 11, 2010 @ 12:37 pm | delete
- That was a brilliant idea Gia, to add the duel...this could get even more interesting. I'm going to feature this lens on Everyday Health Ledger, because you have covered a very difficult topic very well. Great information that I have learned a lot from. Thank you! 5*
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- Thanks for this info. I actually have the book, The Gift of Dyslexia, and you have motivated me to dig it out and read it again to help my dyslexic son.
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- I love the fact that having dyslexia since 1990 has given me the chance to be even more creative in the developement of addaptive tool technology thus we invite one & all to view my lens @ squidoo.com/paschar prior to 1990 the world was normal (the view anyway) but a motorcycle crash changed all that, our lens title is , reading backwards / strephosymbolia it explains how one must be inventive, addaptive & think outside the box . computer tech has come along way since the days of UNIVAC & IBM keypunch cards being outmoded , now one can do just about anything with the aid of a computer including the format of a screen which gives one the view of text as if normal again . in the field of the study of dyslexia one must never stop or the future of those who have dyslexia will suffer more than we can afford , future doctors , inventors , scientist , you get my point. education is a must , if just one person can make a differance , think of how many more could do the same . all the comfy cozy items we enjoy today , most of which were invented by a dyslexic or two , we might not of had if not for their efforts and minds , the lightbulb , the automobile , telephone and the list goes on & on just by thinking outside the box .
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Best Books About Dyslexia
Ron Davis about Living with Dyslexia
The Gift of Dyslexia, Revised and Expanded: Why Some of the Smartest People Can't Read...and How They Can Learn
Amazon Price: $9.04 (as of 02/16/2012)
Amazon description: This book outlines a unique and revolutionary program with a phenomenally high success rate in helping dyslexics learn to read and to overcome other difficulties associated with it. This new edition is expanded to include new teaching techniques and revised throughout with up-to-date information on research, studies, and contacts.
Why Dyslexics Can't Understand You
This book will open your mind about Dyslexia
The Gift of Learning
Amazon Price: $7.49 (as of 02/16/2012)
Is Dyslexia a Blessing or a Curse?
Uncommon Gifts: Transforming Learning Disabilities Into Blessings
Amazon Price: $24.43 (as of 02/16/2012)
A Reader's Comments: This book outlines a unique and revolutionary program with a phenomenally high success rate in helping dyslexics learn to read and to overcome other difficulties associated with it. This new edition is expanded to include new teaching techniques and revised throughout with up-to-date information on research, studies, and contacts.
