Memory Masters and Learning Disabilities

Have you ever hears of these people that can memorize all The Bible or The Dictionary? But what you don't know about them it's that some of them have ADD or Dyslexia and the overcome it with their memory methods. 

 

Let me introduce you to Dominic O Brien he has done what no other man has done before, win The World Memory Championship 8 different times, 2 time in second, and finally 6 times in another before he finally retired from the competition. That means this man memory is one of the most powerful in the world.

Dominic O Brien

But what is event more amazing is that Dominic O Brien is not savant, he is not a genius, and event he was not a good children in school. In fact, as a student he was diagnosed with Dyslexia and Attention Deficiency Disorder (ADD), and had difficulty writing and reading event a simple sentence. But what he did excel at was the skill of visualization and this same skill has been an advantage in his training for the World Memory Championships. He believes that it’s possible that anyone can do what he does, with the proper training and that the human brain can do anything if we train it well.

Dominic now refers to his dyslexic condition in the past tense as though he no longer has it. It is quite obvious that his attention problems have disappeared (you don't get to be World Memory Champion with failing concentration!) - but what about his dyslexia? Dominic is totally convinced that having trained his memory to a remarkable level his mind has evolved to the degree that dyslexia no longer causes him any problems.

He said that people think that ADD and Dyslexia are permanent conditions but that with memory and concentration Dominic appears to have found a way to help sufferers. He says that using the word "cure" is misleading but that what he do with his ADD and Dyslexia to overcome it, is a degree of control so they no longer become debilitating conditions.

And we can also see many other memory masters having learning disabilities such has Gordon Dryden that had ADD and ADHD, and overcome. Like Dominic O Brien do with his Dyslexia and ADD, he do the same with his ADD and ADHD overcome it with his own memory methods.

Gordon Dryden

Did Dominic O Brien and the other Memory Masters  find a long term solution to Dyslexia and other disabilities like ADD ? 

 

We must see the work of scientist and more test, maybe in the future we will learn that we teach memory systems in school to Dyslexic and ADD students to help them overcome and control their learning disabilities.

If you want to know more about Dominic O Brien work you can always watch his interview or read his books.