'At the root of dyslexia is a natural ability, a talent’. These are the words of Ron Davis, a severe dyslexic, who developed a new system to control and correct his own dyslexia.

This method is described in the book ‘The Gift of Dyslexia’ by Ronald D Davis (1994) published by Souvenir Press, available from Amazon.co.uk and now also from public libraries in the U.K.

Ron Davis believes that dyslexia is a result of an inherent mental gift or talent. People who develop dyslexia think in pictures, rather than words. He maintains that ‘the learning disability’ aspect of dyslexia is only one face of it. He lists a number of famous dyslexics, among them Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Leonardo da Vinci, Winston Churchill and many performers and athletes and says that their abilities occur because of, rather than in spite of, their dyslexia. He states that it is important for dyslexics to know “that having a problem with reading, writing, spelling or maths doesn’t mean they are stupid. The same mental function that produces a genius can also produce those problems.”

The Davis(R) Dyslexia Correction Programme helps the individual to discover his innate gift, and to apply it to the learning difficulty. In this way the blockages to effective learning are removed. Clients are shown how to clear up confusions regarding letters, numbers, words and language symbols and are aided in the process by the use of clay.

After an initial assessment to establish whether the client would benefit from a programme, the work is done on a one-to-one basis and is designed to meet the needs of the individual. The programme lasts approximately 30 hours and is usually done in the course of a week. Occasionally a client will benefit from a more spread out approach.