Thinking about life as a dyslexic and when I did breakthrough barriers. I was diagnosed with being dyslexic at age 9. I remember this very clearly, being told by my mum and actually feeling very happy and relieved and I think this was the first point then I broke through a barrier. I didn’t understand why I had difficulties with reading and writing and why I was different from other young people.

There is always going to be a debate about labelling young people as above but as I mentioned for me it was a big relief. In our pre-pandemic days when you went to the doctors and you were told you had a virus you kind of got very annoyed, well I know I did but if you are told you have an illness you do feel amount of relief.  I use that metaphor as understanding and it’s really important despite what is going on in the world today regarding definitions of dyslexia to me dyslexia affects my life every single day and everyday I’m breaking through barriers when it comes to literacy as we live in a very literal world, today I’m writing a blog that you are probably reading and some may be listening but above all understanding is key.

By understanding your strengths and your weaknesses I feel we can all breakthrough barriers.