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Hi Guys,
Is there anyone out there who is dyslexic, like me, and is already an efficient photoreader? Can you tell me how you got on. What methods did you use and what difficulties did you encounter?

To share one dyslexic encounter. I am very interested in Martial Arts and whilst visiting friends in a place I had never been in before I noticed this shop in the distance named "Martial Arts" so with great haste I walked towards it, only to realise when I almost walked through the door that it actually said "Marital Aids" OOPS! (I wondered why these swords needed batteries ! ! !)

Hi solutions-r-us Being dyslexic I found that photoreading to be one of the most enjoyable skills that I have learnt, to date, no more, do I have to mess around trying to work so hard, to get the resules that so-called main stream learners have.

I mostly do the direct learning process as I find that works best for me, and I have found that photoreading books upsidedown gives me more of a responce than reading from beginning to end, and just doing it, with passion and not worrying if it's working or not.
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I know I may a little extreme here.
But is it possible that dyslexics have the advantage in PhotoReading because they have less temptation to read word by word?...Thus, they may use their brain more rather than the internal ears.

JUST A THOUGHT, People

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Originally posted by EricML:
I know I may a little extreme here.
But is it possible that dyslexics have the advantage in PhotoReading because they have less temptation to read word by word?...Thus, they may use their brain more rather than the internal ears.

JUST A THOUGHT, People

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You'll find dyslexics may not have a very good advantage reading, but can be known as highly gifted visual thinkers. PhotoReading itself is a different story, because it can take advantage of their lifelong visual talents to combine it with a powerful method for reading, and reading is decoding symbols.

-youngprer
youngprer.com

Eric and Youngprer, it makes sense. Wasn't there an experiement that said that the brain can decode words regardless of what position the letters were in?

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Originally posted by jonah:
Eric and Youngprer, it makes sense. Wasn't there an experiement that said that the brain can decode words regardless of what position the letters were in?

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Yes, the 'Cambridge University' experiment, I think. As long as the first and last letters of the word were in their correct places, the rest of the letters could be scrambled and the rest of the word still easily read. This proved that the human mind is able to decode words as a whole, and in fact - often times prefers to do it that way. Still, it doesn't change some of the goof ups that dyslexics can experience. Or hell, everyday majority can experience!

-youngprer
youngprer.com

Hi guys,

Two things here:
Firstly, the below text is a good example of first and last letters being in order. It was taken from another forum to which I belong. The author being "Unka Hooka Puffa"

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae.

The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Amzanig huh?

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And the second thing:

What is it that we dyslexics are gifted at?

Reading was always a problem for me. My name is Tom. Only three letters but I used to spell it MOT. My mother told me, "The T comes first." So I wrote the T first, then to the left wrote O and M, still spelling MOT.

Until photoreading came along a few weeks ago I read painfully slowly and had not read a full book until I was 14 yrs of age. I am on CD 7 and enjoying it. Where I do excel at work is in the area of problem solving, especially in relation to computers and creating tailor made databases. I do have good visual memory though and can visualise complex situtions or scenarios. I did read Philosophy and Theology at University - mainly because they were thinking subjects rather than History what required much more reading, and to me seems less logical.

To be honest I don't see dyslexia as a gift, I often feel that I am "driven" to solve problems. The ideas often coming at 3am, usuially when I am asleep. The time here in the UK is 3:40 am.

Perhaps we take our own gifts for granted. I just wish I knew what mine are. Does anyone know what the book "the gift of the dyslexic" says?

Thanks to Photoreading my speed and focus have increased whilst my concentration is "light" rather than deep hard-work concentration. It is definitely much more fun PRing a book.

Bye for now,
Tom
My handle is "solutions-r-us" but in replies please call me Tom. Makes it easier to read.

[This message has been edited by solutions-r-us (edited December 11, 2003).]

The Gift of Dyslexia, by Ronald D. Davis is a must-read.

Most gifts are ones that yes, they don't realize they have, and most of the time, its from the inner mind overflowing into the conscious. Quite a beautiful thing when you understand it, in my opinion.

From what I've come to understand, dyslexics have a special methodology for thinking that deals with looking at the world in a highly 3D way. Very intuitive, often times, and intuition is often right without emotional interference.

Don't ask me too many questions, I'm NOT anywhere near an expert, and have done limited reading on the subject. Bottom line is, you've got greater potential than you can imagine(or can you imagine it?) no matter who you are.

-youngprer
youngprer.com

I have 2 brothers who are dyslexic. The most severe cannot read successfully without a struggle. His breakthrough came when he was 19 and discovered what they called rose coloured glasses. We also discovered at the time he could not see 3D.

I myself have been suspected of being dyslexic, however I discovered the art of focusing very early. A teacher very early on realised that I wasn't able to see the words and was just seeing chicken tracks on a barbed wire fence. Showed me how to group them till I had a word. Something no one ever did for my brothers. The less severe to this day writes his B and D in capital in the middle of lower case letter. The other one, well, only I can really read and understand his writing. It's grammatically correct but takes a fair bit of deciphering. He reads these days and has a rather high IQ and excellent memory to compensate.

My view is that dyslexic probably only have the advantage with learning photoreading because they have struggled so much with reading to them it's just another thing that may or may not work this time.

Solutions please take this as kind advise as intended. Do not label yourself dyslexic, whether proven through test or not. You don't need the negative consequences that society places on people with handicaps. It took both my brothers years to find worthwhile employment and even though my younger brother did secure a good job he never was able to advance very far because of the red flag on his file that he is dyslexic. (He had to challenge them to give him employment because they were discriminating against him.)

Your writing in your post suggest to me that any residual dyslexica that you may be suffering isn't worth the condemation.

Also consider that dyslexia means cannot read or write. Once you can so a reasonable degree where you can communicate and be understood through writing you really are no longer dyslexic, even though the problem may be the way the mind processes things for you, You don't need to have people prejudge your skills without seeing what you are truly capable of and in my view overcoming dyslexia to the point that you can express yourself in writing is a skill that former dyslexics can be proud of.

Alex

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Thanks Alex for the encouragement. I do have tinted lenses mine are blue and when I wear them in flourescent light the effect is like taking a very bright yellow light from a white page.

It took me ages to wear them confidently at work because people kept saying things like "Why are you wearing sunglasses indoors" or "the sun has gone down you know", and scoffing.

My response became "I have to wear them because the sun shines out of so many people's a**es that it blinds me."

Actually, my eyes are much more relaxed when wearing them for deep concentration and when working on a computer screen for a long time.
I don't wear them as often as I should.

RE: thinking in 3D - until I had heard of NLP I thought that everyone visualised in exactly the same way.

Although I haven't finished the PR home course I do find the methodology very good indeed and I am enjoying searching out information. Reading used to be so slow but my brain seems to speed up when PRing, and I like this feeling. I like quick thinking and active searching for lots of information and finding patterns of thought.

Lots to think about here - thanks for the responses chaps.