# Orientation - Alignment - Focus | Dyslexia the Gift Blog

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When my clients arrive with visual sensory disorientations it can be a result of life stress. Or simply that they are naturally strong visual learners in a world of words where confusion causes these symptoms.

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This is the fifth of a seven-video series taken from an interview style Q & A session. In these videos we explore the experience of disorientation.

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This is the fourth of a seven-video series taken from an interview style Q & A session. In these videos we explore the experience of disorientation.

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This is the third of a seven-video series taken from an interview style Q & A session. In these videos we explore the experience of disorientation.

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Going on a first dinner date is nerve-wracking enough, but imagine doing this while being dyspraxic!  Think of all the required coordination skills required.

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This dyslexia simulation can provide us with some insight into what it’s like to be dyslexic. At the very least, it should create some empathy for the dyslexic and their experience.

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I brought my son to see our Davis Facilitator when he was nine. My son did the week-long intensive program four months ago and we have been working on the homework since then.

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All I wanted was for my son to become a reader. I wanted him to be able to read easily and automatically, without effort.

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I love how the Davis tools help with pretty much anything you want to learn! This young lady was feeling a bit anxious about going back to school because she hadn’t mastered tying her shoes.

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My work as a Davis Facilitator is a journey of discovery every time. Each client brings his or her own problems and therefore needs a solution that suits him or her exactly.

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My latest Davis program is full of beautiful aha moments for my client. This time it’s a boy who at first said that he didn’t want to change anything.

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Few people still write with pen and paper, let alone in cursive script. However, researchers believe that cursive writing is important to cognitive development and the brain’s sensory motor region.

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