What if everything you thought you knew about dyslexia was wrong? In 1982, Ron Davis conducted a groundbreaking experiment that proved dyslexia isn’t caused by brain damage or malfunction—it’s the result of disorientation, a natural brain function that affects how we perceive the world. Using nothing but a spinning spiral, a stopwatch, and a tape recorder, he demonstrated that the same perceptual distortions dyslexic people experience could happen to anyone. This discovery fundamentally changed how we understand dyslexia, and it’s the foundation of everything Davis Method does today. Read Ron’s account of the experiment that changed it all.
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