Memoir
Peter's memoir has now been published. and describes Peter's experiences in overcoming dyslexia. You can find it at Amazon here: A JOURNEY WITH DYSLEXIA: ALIENATION, ASSIMILATION, ACCLIMATION, Or find it via its ISBN: 9798369497173
“A Journey with Dyslexia” is an educational descriptive Essay of 16680 words about Peter (77) and his experiences in overcoming dyslexia.
Peter started exploring dyslexia when he was diagnosed at age 23. He has taught himself to read and write and now feels he has the knowledge to help dyslexic sufferers and school teachers. His educational handbook describes procedures for creating neural pathways that could enable sufferers to learn to read and write.
Peter experienced frustration, discrimination, lack of confidence, and poor self-esteem. He overcame all the trials. With sixty years of personal experience, Peter now understands what happened to him and continues to progress.
In his early childhood, he had many negative experiences that caused extreme stress.
He started to realise that he was not stupid and that he might even be intelligent.
Through determination, he looked for clues that linked every part of his life and formed a complete picture of his dyslexic experience. He used this to compile evidence of his experience with dyslexia and its many traits. However, with the techniques that helped him, he helped others develop neural pathways.
At fifty-five, after purchasing a computer, he wrote a story, fulfilling a lifelong wish. After writing it he found he could read novels, understand the story, its twists and turns, and remember the plot. To date, he has written six unpublished fantasy novels.
At sixty-seven, He was diagnosed as autistic and needed to reassess his dyslexic journey in the light of this diagnosis.
In his seventies, Peter understood his journey had come full circle. He had beneficial knowledge to share with teachers, students, and parents. He used the strategies he developed for himself to help others.
Peter compares his journey to understanding dyslexia to climbing a ladder out of the fog to a high peak with limitless vision. He hopes that by publishing his journey, he can help others achieve the same.
Novels
Peter has a few novels in progress revolving around the fantasy genre. additional information will be uploaded soon
Short Stories
Peter has contributed short stories to a compilation produced by the U3A Writers group Rockhampton. https://www.u3arockhampton.org.au/write.htm