The author shares the startling discovery that enabled him to overcome his own dyslexia, reveals how dyslexia can be related to high levels of intelligence, and offers a plan that anyone with dyslexia can use to conquer the common disability. Tour…. More >>
The Gift of Dyslexia: Why Some of the Brightest People Can’t Read and How They Can Learn
Do not buy this book. This author belives that he can cure Dyslexia with his mind’s eye. You can not cure dyslexia you just have to learn a different way from the norm with the right tools such as an Orton-Gillingham based program. I bought this book by mistake not looking carefully at the author.
Rating: 1 / 5
Not only did I read the book, but as a severe ADHD/dyslexic, I was eager to risk $2,300 to do the program.
Well, I was 38 when I did this program and all it did was make me $2,300 poorer.
What little value I got out of it was almost identical to Peter Bisonette’s speed reading course, which cost me only $200.
To be honest, I have met individuals who swear by him and the weeklong workshop.
But I wouldn’t reccommend it to anyone.
Rating: 1 / 5
As a special education teacher who has worked with children with reading problems for 20 years, I am very concerned with the misinformation presented in the book “The Gift of Dyslexia”. Mr Davis does not present any research to support his techniques and the ideas he presents further promulgate myths about dyslexia. I was referred to this book by a parent of a student with whom I worked and it very much concerns me that this book does more harm than good. Mr. Davis’ techniques are ridiculous to a real reading teacher. Please do not buy this book.
Rating: 1 / 5
I wished I hadn’t started highlighting in this book, so I could send it back. It’s not bad, just not what I wanted. My niece has dyslexia and I am an elementary school teacher. I can’t picture using this with my niece or students. I was looking for a better understanding of dyslexia and some classroom accommodations. This is mostly a new method for CURING dyslexia. Maybe I should have read the book description better. Since this is a relatively new theory, I found myself evaluating whether or not I even believed what was being presented. I can see a parent who is at wit’s end trying this method to see if their child can be cured. The testimonials sure are encouraging.
Rating: 2 / 5
I am a 39 year old dyslexic with ADHD. I went back to school last January, and with the severity of my dyslexia, thought that it would be worth the [money]…boy, was I wrong.
The very meager reading tips that this program offered are very similar to, and better developed in, Peter Bissonette’s as-seen-on-TV reading course, which only cost me [less money]. Otherwise, I found the workshop, which I took with a certified Davis instructor, to be totally worthless ….
To be honest, at least one adult I talked to swore by it, but I wouldn’t reccommend to adults or children.
Rating: 1 / 5