Comments on: Dispatches: The Dyslexia Myth http://documentaryheaven.com/dispatches-the-dyslexia-myth/ Welcome To Documentary Heaven!! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amandajanegreenhttp://documentaryheaven.com/dispatches-the-dyslexia-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-246323 Amandajanegreen Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:01:00 +0000 http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=2507#comment-246323 Ok here we go.  I am 38 and I have dyslexia, I could babble on about my history of frustration and constant struggle in school and university but I will not bore you all with it. I found the documentary frustrating but all so informative and feel its good that people are trying to figure it out. What I got from that documentary was that it’s the way we are being taught and that science and schools have to come together to tackle this.  So this prompted me to send out this info the work of Ronald D. Davis is so spot on! I just did his program called The Gift Dyslexia and his teaching method really worked for me. It’s a lot work and I am still working on it. He understands that dyslexics learn in visual 3 dimensional way and that is how our minds work. The mind's eye has a hard time with 2 dimensional is always looking for the 3rd. So he show you how to change your perception so the mind stops looking for the 3rd. He also show how to use your also lets visual mind to help you learn.  As soon as I started doing it, it was like the world had open up to me and I could possible learn to-do any thing. Well I would like to think that but that is exaggeration but what did do is it made me excited and understand my self and my mind and how I learn. Once we know how we learn then we can implement it in to out every day life. To learn this at early age would be amazing! I feel that all those children that loose hope could find hope in doing this course and show them that is possible learning and retain the information. I also believe all people of all abilities could learn from this way of learning and that all schools should teach using this method. Please read this book you will find it mind opening and liberating http://www.dyslexia.com/bookstore/giftbook.htm. Ok here we go. 
I am 38 and I have dyslexia, I could babble on about my history of
frustration and constant struggle in school and university but I will not bore
you all with it. I found the documentary frustrating but all so informative and
feel its good that people are trying to figure it out. What I got from that
documentary was that it’s the way we are being taught and that science and
schools have to come together to tackle this.  So this prompted me to send out this info the work of Ronald
D. Davis is so spot on! I just did his program called The Gift Dyslexia and his
teaching method really worked for me. It’s a lot work and I am still working on
it. He understands that dyslexics learn in visual 3 dimensional way and that is
how our minds work. The mind’s eye has a hard time with 2 dimensional is always
looking for the 3rd. So he show you how to change your perception so the mind
stops looking for the 3rd. He also show how to use your also lets visual
mind to help you learn.  As soon as
I started doing it, it was like the world had open up to me and I could
possible learn to-do any thing. Well I would like to think that but that is
exaggeration but what did do is it made me excited and understand my self and
my mind and how I learn. Once we know how we learn then we can implement it in
to out every day life. To learn this at early age would be amazing! I feel that
all those children that loose hope could find hope in doing this course and
show them that is possible learning and retain the information. I also believe
all people of all abilities could learn from this way of learning and that all
schools should teach using this method. Please read this book you will find it
mind opening and liberating http://www.dyslexia.com/bookstore/giftbook.htm.

]]> By: Em_b32http://documentaryheaven.com/dispatches-the-dyslexia-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-245365 Em_b32 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:29:00 +0000 http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=2507#comment-245365 your comment makes sense you can't understand dyslexia really unless you have it.  I was diagnosed at 8 that was the year my mother discovered that my teachers in first and second grade had failed to teach me to read all together.  I believe my second grade teachers explained it as " she's dumb i can't help that".  after i got help from people who knew what they were doing though i became a star student, i was reading at a college level at 14.  This is a real thing and it nice to know i,m not the only one dealing with people who can't understand it. your comment makes sense you can’t understand dyslexia really unless you have it.  I was diagnosed at 8 that was the year my mother discovered that my teachers in first and second grade had failed to teach me to read all together.  I believe my second grade teachers explained it as ” she’s dumb i can’t help that”.  after i got help from people who knew what they were doing though i became a star student, i was reading at a college level at 14.  This is a real thing and it nice to know i,m not the only one dealing with people who can’t understand it.

]]> By: thekingbeyondthegatehttp://documentaryheaven.com/dispatches-the-dyslexia-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-229667 thekingbeyondthegate Tue, 24 May 2011 23:05:00 +0000 http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=2507#comment-229667 Two things. Obvious you didn't pay attention when watching the documentary because it specifically says that dyslexia is only a visual problem in some cases (which is undeniable because some people actually see words backwards).   Secondly: Contrary to your name, you do not appeal to reason and obviously do not believe in true anarchy. You propose that everyone has to pay for their own education? That's ridiculous and would remove all social mobility. Children with parents who don't care about education would not be educated. Two things. Obvious you didn’t pay attention when watching the documentary because it specifically says that dyslexia is only a visual problem in some cases (which is undeniable because some people actually see words backwards).
 
Secondly: Contrary to your name, you do not appeal to reason and obviously do not believe in true anarchy. You propose that everyone has to pay for their own education? That’s ridiculous and would remove all social mobility. Children with parents who don’t care about education would not be educated.

]]> By: thekingbeyondthegatehttp://documentaryheaven.com/dispatches-the-dyslexia-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-229665 thekingbeyondthegate Tue, 24 May 2011 22:56:00 +0000 http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=2507#comment-229665 I don't think you understand what they are saying. There is a lot of credible information here such as brain scans and dyslexia experts. It was the experts that came up with dyslexia in the first place, they are the ones who diagnosed you. This is a strange time to stop trusting them. Dyslexia is not more than a reading disability. But with the difficulty in reading, since our society relies on reading so much, other things start to be effected. I don’t think you understand what they are saying. There is a lot of credible information here such as brain scans and dyslexia experts. It was the experts that came up with dyslexia in the first place, they are the ones who diagnosed you. This is a strange time to stop trusting them. Dyslexia is not more than a reading disability. But with the difficulty in reading, since our society relies on reading so much, other things start to be effected.

]]> By: thekingbeyondthegatehttp://documentaryheaven.com/dispatches-the-dyslexia-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-229666 thekingbeyondthegate Tue, 24 May 2011 22:56:00 +0000 http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=2507#comment-229666 I don't think you understand what they are saying. There is a lot of credible information here such as brain scans and dyslexia experts. It was the experts that came up with dyslexia in the first place, they are the ones who diagnosed you. This is a strange time to stop trusting them. Dyslexia is not more than a reading disability. But with the difficulty in reading, since our society relies on reading so much, other things start to be effected. I don’t think you understand what they are saying. There is a lot of credible information here such as brain scans and dyslexia experts. It was the experts that came up with dyslexia in the first place, they are the ones who diagnosed you. This is a strange time to stop trusting them. Dyslexia is not more than a reading disability. But with the difficulty in reading, since our society relies on reading so much, other things start to be effected.

]]> By: willhttp://documentaryheaven.com/dispatches-the-dyslexia-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-198207 will Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:47:07 +0000 http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=2507#comment-198207 awful documentary.I am 30 years old, and was diagnosed with dyslexia when I was 15. even 15 years ago it was understood that dyslexia is a communication problem in the brain. dyslexia is very real I am having to overcome it just to wright this. for example when i typed diagnosed i switched the g and the n. when the little red squiggly line I couldn't see anything wrong with it. only after a close comparison with the correction the computer offered up was i able to see the mistake.what was going on is my brain knew that the word was "diagnosed" so i didn't care that it was spelled "diangosed". dyslexia is way more than a reading disorder. now with that out of the way.I have lived for 15 years knowing i am dyslexic and i have never heard of any of the treatments mentioned in this video. it seems to me that this video is discrediting treatments that never had credit in the first place. horrible documentary. not one piece of credible information on either side. this is like a documentary on snow filmed in the tropics by someone that has never seen snow. awful documentary.I am 30 years old, and was diagnosed with dyslexia when I was 15. even 15 years ago it was understood that dyslexia is a communication problem in the brain. dyslexia is very real I am having to overcome it just to wright this. for example when i typed diagnosed i switched the g and the n. when the little red squiggly line I couldn’t see anything wrong with it. only after a close comparison with the correction the computer offered up was i able to see the mistake.what was going on is my brain knew that the word was “diagnosed” so i didn’t care that it was spelled “diangosed”. dyslexia is way more than a reading disorder. now with that out of the way.I have lived for 15 years knowing i am dyslexic and i have never heard of any of the treatments mentioned in this video. it seems to me that this video is discrediting treatments that never had credit in the first place. horrible documentary. not one piece of credible information on either side. this is like a documentary on snow filmed in the tropics by someone that has never seen snow.

]]> By: AnarchoRationalisthttp://documentaryheaven.com/dispatches-the-dyslexia-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-1364 AnarchoRationalist Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:58:22 +0000 http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=2507#comment-1364 I smell bullshit. I think that there is something more complex going on with the phenomenon called dyslexia. My father was dyslexic, and I inherited a little of it, though I have never had problems with reading or writing, I seem to live in those subtle this sounds hidden within words. But I have definitely experienced the flipping and disordering of words. I think dyslexia was mis-characterized as a visual problem in this documentary, whereas it appears to me to be a cognitive problem.I think that the real problem here is that the state has a monopoly or megalopoly on the education system, which results is the students and their families having little recourse when educational programs fail.If the parents were hiring private educators, and found that their children were not learning, they would simply be able to fire the teachers, and hire another one. The end result would be that the "best" ways of teaching would rise to prominence as a matter of resource efficiency.Now, here we have a failed education program provided by the state, being challenged by a propaganda program also being generated by the state. Now, you don't smell something fishy there? I smell bullshit. I think that there is something more complex going on with the phenomenon called dyslexia. My father was dyslexic, and I inherited a little of it, though I have never had problems with reading or writing, I seem to live in those subtle this sounds hidden within words. But I have definitely experienced the flipping and disordering of words. I think dyslexia was mis-characterized as a visual problem in this documentary, whereas it appears to me to be a cognitive problem.

I think that the real problem here is that the state has a monopoly or megalopoly on the education system, which results is the students and their families having little recourse when educational programs fail.

If the parents were hiring private educators, and found that their children were not learning, they would simply be able to fire the teachers, and hire another one. The end result would be that the “best” ways of teaching would rise to prominence as a matter of resource efficiency.

Now, here we have a failed education program provided by the state, being challenged by a propaganda program also being generated by the state. Now, you don’t smell something fishy there?

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