Friday, January 24, 2025

The Dyslexia con game continues

 


Dyslexia proponents will do whatever they can to con the public into believing dyslexics have a problem reading because of phonological processing.

Recently, DrJulie Safri wrote the following on Facebook:

Get the Right Support:

Programs designed specifically for dyslexia, like a structured literacy approach, are incredibly helpful.

Luqman Michel

What right support? If a kid can't read teach him to unlearn the wrong sounds of letters he was taught and teach him the correct sounds and he will read in no time.

Further thoughts: Researchers who have studied dyslexia for over 5 decades like Julian Elliott and the doctors he interviewed said that no one knows how to differentiate a dyslexic from a non-reader. They have confirmed that there is no different way to teach a dyslexic than other non-readers. 

 

Here is a quote from the interview between Dr. Martin Bloomfield and Julian Elliott:

Julian replied:

‘Yeah, yeah but the point is that that separation that kind of cut-off point doesn't cut off so-called dyslexic kids and other poor readers the cut-off point is more poor readers in general against readers who do well and this takes us back to the reading Wars and what's now called the science of reading, yeah but the point is that if you struggle to learn to read you're not going to find it easy to pick it up.’

DrJulie Safri

Luqman Michel Dyslexia is a neurological condition that goes far beyond mislearning letter sounds—it involves challenges in phonological processing, memory, and reading fluency. Structured literacy, endorsed by decades of research, addresses these complexities through systematic and explicit teaching of phonics, decoding, and comprehension skills. Claiming that teaching "correct sounds" will enable a child to read "in no time" oversimplifies the condition and dismisses the effort required for meaningful progress. Effective support involves tailored, evidence-based interventions and accommodations, not oversimplified or generalized solutions.

Luqman Michel

DrJulie Safri This is the con game propagated by dyslexia advocates and nothing more. I told you to test kids who are classified by you as dyslexic. Show me one kid who pronounces letter sounds correctly and can't read. This is my challenge to you and your gang.

Further thoughts: This woman is trying to con readers to believe there are tailor made intervention and accommodations for dyslexics that is different from other non-readers. She has to explain how I taught over 80 dyslexic students to read within 4 months of 2 hour lessons per week. You may read some of the testimonials here. LINK

Luqman Michel

DrJulie Safri You said: Claiming that teaching "correct sounds" will enable a child to read "in no time" oversimplifies the condition and dismisses the effort required for meaningful progress."

When you teach the correct sounds of letters kids will not shut down/ disengage from learning to read. Following that, any teacher can teach a kid to read. I have taught many parents to teach their dyslexic kids simply by correcting the wrong sounds learned. So, stop this nonsense. If you want to question me, question me on what is written, and don't bring in things from outside this thread.

Further thoughts: All my students, other than my first student, were taught to read by first unlearning the wrong sounds of consonants they have learned and teaching them the correct sounds of letters. My first student who graduated in 2021 with a double degree from the University of Southern Australia was taught using the whole language method as, at that time, I did not know phonics.

Luqman Michel

DrJulie Safri you said: 'unique way your child learns.' All children learn to read the same way. Who are you trying to con by saying that kids have unique ways to learn to read and you know the different ways that each kid learns uniquely? Show me one research report that says kids learn to decode and blend in unique ways.

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