David (Dyslexic) Chalk (Part 2)

                                                  Listen to the YouTube of David. LINK

The following is extracted from this website with my thoughts.

By 62, David Chalk had seen it all. While David conquered the world, he never managed to achieve the only thing he always had truly wanted, To Read Fluently.

He was a popular media personality, had built his business empire, made millions, was awarded a doctorate in technology by the University of the Fraser Valley for holding the world's only true patent in cyber security and was described as having a brilliantly gifted mind.

 

My thoughts:

I have repeatedly said that my so-called dyslexic students are smart kids. They have done exceptionally well in schools and Universities.

Dyslexia Debate - Martin Bloomfield with Julian Elliott (Part 2)

 

Julian Elliott:

What I mean by that is let's return to the original meaning of this term which is a severe and persistent problem with reading and we can use that to discuss or describe children.

So, the whole dyslexia debate is only about changing squiggles to language and that does not require high IQ.

Dyslexia Debate - Martin Bloomfield with Julian Elliott

 

Please listen to an excellent interview by Martin Bloomfield with Julian (Joe) Elliott. LINK

Julian has explained many matters concerning reading difficulties explicitly.

I will write a post on this interview in the next few days. It would be useful if you listened to the interview above first.