Murray Bothma and his mum Helen are the reason for me finding my way to the Davis Dyslexia Correction Method and becoming a Davis facilitator. My friend Helen had tried so many different ways to help her son Murray - until she came across Ron Davis. It changed her life and that of her son Murray.
Knowing about my son Keanu's struggles and how similar it sounded to what she had been through, she suggested 'the Gift of Dyslexia', Ron's book, to me and the rest is history, as they say.
Both of our sons are now thriving and this is where Murray, aged 26, is currently at: Married to a beautiful young lady, he has become a much loved Design & Technology teacher, inventor, surfer and surf board designer, who also loves teaching surf board shaping to others. He also designs and fits out amazing vans, one of them is is own workshop and holiday home. You'd love it!
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Murray takes us back to his years of hating Primary School, crying with his head on his desk with frustration and pain, falling further and further behind and not seeing a way out of his challenges of not understanding or being able to do most of the things others could do.
Murray also very eloquently expresses the journey of being dyslexic and how some days can be so much better than others and why. You will love hearing his take on the structure of our school system and how he would change it for the better.
I am sure some of you can relate to that and the way a parent suffers with a child. It had affected me, my friend Helen and countless mums who have contacted me over the years. Even listening to these familiar stories bring memories and tears to me and listening to Murray may do that to you as well.
This podcast is also a testimony to the power of a pro-active and supportive mum that can make a huge difference in the life of a dyslexic child.
Having come out at the other end with great insight, confidence and compassion, Murray makes an amazing teacher and feels privileged to having both the gifts and abilities of dyslexia, as well as the knowledge of its downside in the past, when he had been struggling.
It has helped him to understand his students much better and help them as a result.
"I love having dyslexia" are Murray's words now, but it hasn't always been that way and that is the biggest reversal and take-away for me. Wouldn't it be great if all dyslexic children could find a way of embracing their creative talent and having mastered the downside.