Profoundly autistic as a child, functionally illiterate until the age of 38 - internationally best-selling American author Ronald Davis will be giving a public lecture at Gloucester Rugby Club (Kingsholm Road, Gloucester) on Friday 8 October 2010 at 7.30 p.m. (Cost of admission: £5).

Davis will be speaking about his remarkable personal story, his “gift” philosophy of dyslexia, and a breakthrough approach that is empowering thousands of dyslexic learners across the world. This will be Ron Davis’s first visit to the UK since 2004.

At lectures, Ron Davis sometimes quips that he has received two certificates during his lifetime. The first reads: “Uneducatably mentally retarded”. The second reads: “Certified mechanical engineer”.

Born with Kanner’s Syndrome - a profound form of autism - Davis has no memory of his life before the age of 9, during which time he also had no speech. Then - mystifyingly - Davis began to emerge from his autism, and at the age of 17, tested with an IQ of 137.

However, even as an adult, Davis remained so severely dyslexic as to be functionally illiterate. Then, at the age of 38, a series of personal breakthroughs enabled him, over a period of a few months, to progress his reading ability to college level.

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Programme and instantly saw improvements in his ability to focus his mind and to read and write; so much so that Ian chose to train as a Davis Facilitator himself.

TV Celebrity Claims Davis Programme “Altered the Course of My Son’s Life”

Tom Jameson is the dyslexic son of Louise

Jameson of Dr Who (“Leila”), Tenko, Bergerac

and East Enders (“Rosa da Marco”) fame.

Tom left school at 16, with minimal GCSEs and

disillusioned with academic learning.

Having been recommended by a friend, Louise

suggested in 2004 that Tom, then aged 19, take

a course with Davis Facilitator Richard

Whitehead.                                                       

                                                                          A short video about Tom’s Davis Programme

The results were incredible. Tom was able to read much more fluently straight away and his self esteem rocketed. 

”Within a twenty-minute session I watched Tom’s handwriting improve beyond recognition – and it has stayed that way. Also, never before had Tom picked up a book to read for pleasure.  He reads regularly now,” said Louise.

Most impressively, Tom went on to do the Premier Diploma in personal training.  The course took place over four months and consisted of five days a week, eight hours a day.  He was able to focus much more now than at school, rather than immediately becoming anxious when faced with a lot of reading and writing.  He went on to pass the course and start his own business.

“The Davis Programme has - in ways I can hardly express - altered the course of my son’s life,” says Louise.

More about Tom’s story

The Davis Methods

The Davis methods are now used by more than 450 licensed Davis Facilitators in forty nations and in thirty languages. They claim a 97% success rate in helping children and adults achieve their goals in reading, writing, maths, coordination, and related areas such as attention focus, time management and personal organisation.

How the Davis Methods are Different