by admin | Mar 27, 2018 | Arran, Assistive technology, Dyslexia, Reading, Technology
When we think of the word dyslexia we often think of difficulties, differences or disability. This is true as dyslexia does cause a difference in the brain that means that we have difficulties with specific tasks. A high proportion of people who are dyslexic will have...
by admin | Jan 25, 2018 | Dyslexia, Reading, SEN
For as long as I can remember I’ve been around typing programs which has been most of my life. When I say typing programs I mean touch typing and learning to use the keyboard correctly. We often take typing for granted as the majority of us use the keyboard every...
by admin | Jan 23, 2017 | Assistive technology, Dyslexia, Reading, SEN
2016 has been and gone and it was an amazing year with its normal activities and challenges. I have a number of goals for 2017. Before I go into them we must remember one thing, when you are dyslexic your body is always under stress and we should think of ways of...
by admin | Nov 10, 2016 | Assistive technology, Dyslexia, Reading, Technology
Many people say that dyslexia is just about reading but this is not true of course. Of course, a high percentage of dyslexic people will have difficulties with reading. I am an advocate for trying to teach children to read but we also must think about how we can...
by admin | Jun 28, 2016 | Assessment, Dyslexia, Intervention, New Tech, Reading, SEN, SEND, Technology, Training
[ssf id=121234344] When we think about training, assessment, and intervention traditionally we would probably associate all these activities with a human being. Going to a training course to see a person talk. A teacher assessing a child. A specialist intervention...
by admin | Jun 6, 2016 | Assistive technology, Dyslexia, New Tech, Reading, Technology
As a severely dyslexic adult and a lover of technology I look at products for myself and then for the wider community of SEND. When I was younger I tried an original scanning pen and did not get on with it but now the development of technology over the past 10 years...
