Friday Dyslexia Woo

The guy who runs The American Speed Reading Project has papered the internet with a press release that claims that dyslexic children are naturally gifted speed readers.

This," says Stancliffe, "has to do with the way that each brain is wired." As it turns out, understanding the problem is fairly simple: Most people are Left-Brain dominant, and 'normal reading' is processed in the left side of the brain. Dyslexics, however, are the opposite. They are Right-Brain dominant.

The good news is that speed reading is processed on the right side of the brain. "Since this is where their wires are connected, they are especially gifted when it comes to learning to speed read," Says Stancliffe. "For years we have been trying to force Dyslexics to read the same way that we teach other kids to read, and it doesn't work well at all. It's like trying to pound a square peg into a round hole. All that is needed is some simple instruction on how to speed read."

No evidence, just claims and testimonials.

Comments

[Odile]

I agree that there is a lot of things that you can read on internet that is not researched or the product of careful thought.
Although there is a lot of research on right and left brainactivity, it just cannot be true that dyslexia, which has many different origins will disappear with a magic method. What are we talking about? About difficulties to read that are treatable or about dyslexia, which is either innate or caused by trauma and that is not going to go away.
There are many types of dyslexia. Some may be caused by inadequate reading methods. Unfortunately, what we learn creates neurological pathways too. (sorry, no reference, I saw it on the television)

Odile