Dyslexic Scientist Learns How To Connect Letters To Words

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Dyslexic scientist learns how to connect letters to words

Here are my experiences with the Ron Davis technique:

1) "Playing in clay" is actual quite hard mental work!

2) The results will be nothing like what you think they will be. However they will be much better.

The results I have found after spending 3 days training, (this is my 3rd day since training ended and the first back at work) are:

1) Words have letters now! For the first time words have individual letters.

2) I know the sounds of the letters.

3) Now as the words have letters and make sounds I can sound out new words for the first time ever, I know when I have spelt things wrong as they don't look/sound right, I can attempt to spell words I don't know how to spell and get them almost right or right! This is very very exciting!

4) I know when I am taking stuff in when I am reading, and when I am just reading and nothing is "going in."

5) I see punctuation marks now, things like -, : and "". I know what they mean.

6) My wonderfully supportive and long suffering wife thinks that my handwriting has improved, it has but I will wait for a while until I pass judgement to see if it is long lasting.

7) My ability to type on the computer key board has improved heaps and heaps. There has been a drastic reduction in "typos."

8) On spelling check this, there was a drastic reduction in errors and could see in every case where I had made the mistake and why the new word was correct.

I am very fired-up about this technique and think that it is wonderful.

From an E-mail from David Whyte on February 28, 2000, to the public mailing list at dyslexia@mailbase.ac.uk. Used here with permission. David is a Science Research Officer in his early 20's employed with a New Zealand corporation, and holds a Masters Degree in Science and Technology.

In 2007, David Whyte wrote a longer article about his experiences for The Dyslexic Reader. His article is posted here:

• http://www.dyslexia.com/library/adultreport.htm