Me and My Dyslexia
Today is the day I start a positive change. From time to time, you need to reset and move forward. For anyone that is...
Dyslexia Awareness Week is definitely upon
Dyslexia Awareness Week is definitely upon us and I’m going to try and do a blog every day about the activities that I’ve done and what is coming up the rest of the week. I’m always keen to spread awareness of dyslexia whether that is locally, nationally or to a small...
Dyslexia Awareness Week
Dyslexia Awareness Week is always an exciting time for me. I started spreading awareness about dyslexia when I was 14. I contacted the British Dyslexia Association and they supported me by sending me some information to display in my high school, I displayed it on a...
Learning Tools
Back in January 2016 I attended the Bett show and I came across the Microsoft stand. If you’ve never been to the Bett show I would definitely recommend it, if you like technology and education then this is the place to be. On the Microsoft stand I was shown a product...
Training, Assessment, and Intervention
[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...
Dyslexia : TTS Can Help
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...
My personal thoughts on the C-Pen Reader
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...
Supporting Organisational Skills for Dyslexic People using Technology
As we know dyslexic people find organisational skills difficult. Organising your thoughts, time and your studying can be very challenging. We can use technology to support ourselves so that we are more organised and can overcome some of the difficulties many dyslexic...
Understanding Dyslexia and Technology
As a severely dyslexic adult without assistive technology I would find life very difficult and frustrating. Over my working career I have used technology in many ways to support myself and to set me on the level playing field with everyone else. I am an avid user of...
The first one
Being dyslexic and blogging it's an odd combination More than a year ago I set up this blog site. I said to myself you going to write more, well dictate more. I've set up this blog site to talk about things that interest me and I think that might interest others. I...