Dyslexia Explored

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#89 Dyslexia Association Ireland on Making Dyslexia Assessment Accessible Online Nov 03, 2020

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In this week's episode, we had an interesting conversation with Rosie Bissett, the CEO of Dyslexia Association Ireland and the Chair of the European Dyslexia Association. Rosie shared about what got her into dyslexia and eventually why she fell into the dyslexia cause. We also learn more about the Dyslexia Association of Ireland and Online Dyslexia Assessment.

Online Dyslexia Assessments have been gaining popularity nowadays especially with the COVID situation. Before, people came to the clinic to have their testing done but now that it’s not practical to do that, associations like the Dyslexia Association of Ireland made online assessments possible. Learn more about it by listening to the podcast.

Links you might like to check out:

Dyslexia Association Ireland Website:www.dyslexia.ie

European Dyslexia Association Website: https://eda-info.eu/

Twitter:https://twitter.com/DyslexiaIreland

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#88 The Dyslexic Professor Disclosing His Learning Advantage. Nigel Lockett Oct 27, 2020

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This week on the Dyslexia Explored, we explore the story of Nigel Lockett. Nigel, only recently, disclosed to the public his dyslexia. He was already a successful businessman turned professor at Entrepreneurship and Head of the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at the University of Strathclyde before he officially “came out”. We’ll discuss why he was reluctant to share his dyslexia with his peers and coworkers before and what made him go public with his dyslexia. He is now raising awareness of dyslexia with his blog “The Dyslexic Professor”, which is now very popular with the dyslexia community. Listen to his dyslexia story now.

Links you might want to check:

Website: https://nigellockett.com/

Blog: https://nigellockett.com/blog/

Book: https://nigellockett.com/exploring_entrepreneurship/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUGf9pJUvdkL1QL959Hi7Dw

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#87 Anxiety-Triggered Medical Issues with Dr. Erica Warren Oct 20, 2020

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Dr. Erica Warren, a learning specialist, an educational therapist, instructor, artist, and advocate, had created hundreds or more publications, instructional courses, enriching podcasts, informative blogs, and youtube channels, all to spread awareness on dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties. In this week’s dyslexia explored episode, we had a great conversation with Dr. Warren about her dyslexia story where she shared how she developed medical issues that she says were probably stress-related and what she did to overcome it.

When she was a child, she felt bullied at school and at home that it started to affect her body in a form of ulcer. She also, later on, had mysterious muscle pain in the groin, knee, or feet but immediately went away when they wanted to have an operation. She learned how to compensate and develop a lot of learning strategies that helped her along the way. Listen to her story now.

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#86 Conquering Dyslexia: Why Your Belief Matters. Theo Gough Oct 13, 2020

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This week, we had a very interesting conversation with Theo Gough, Author of the Conquering Dyslexia Book and host of the Conquering Dyslexia podcast. When he was in year three, Theo was diagnosed with dyslexia and was said to be one of the worst dyslexics in England. He loved talking but his parents couldn’t understand what he was saying. He mispronounced his name every time and it took him 6 years to learn how to pronounce it correctly. All this and more has affected his confidence and self-esteem.

His life changed almost instantly when he watched a video on youtube. He started viewing his life differently. He started to believe that he can achieve anything instead of just waiting for other people to help him. Now, he wrote a book called “conquering dyslexia” to share his experience of building his confidence in living with dyslexia. He also has a podcast and youtube channel of the same name. Listen to the podcast now and learn what made the difference.

Links you might want to check:

Website: https://www.conqueringdyslexia.com/

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Conquering-Dyslexia-Theo-Gough/dp/178955585X

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkWjUPsiBziPcR71l60dQew

Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/471079

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/conquering-dyslexia-podcast/id1493079348

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theogoughconqueringdyslexia/

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#85 Scanning Pens on Independent Reading with Confidence Oct 06, 2020

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Scanning Pens is spearheading the Go Red for Dyslexia campaign for this year's international dyslexia week which is on the 5th to 9th of October, 2020. This episode of Dyslexia Explored, we talked to the CEO and co-founder of Scanning Pens, Jack Churchill, to explore his dyslexia story and how he came up with creating the award-winning company Scanning Pens and share what you can do for the Go Red for Dyslexia campaign.

Jack Churchill is proud to be the CEO and Co-Founder of Scanning Pens. He set the business up 17 years ago because he’s passionate about technology being a great enabler and support. Jack is determined to help young people and adults with dyslexia and other reading difficulties obtain greater access to printed text through assistive technology, both in their everyday lives and exams. In recent years Scanning Pens has been fortunate enough to win a number of prominent awards including BETT Exporter of the Year 2019 and BETT Company of the Year 2020. He sits on the board of BATA (the British Assistive Technology Association), St Mary’s Calne School and the International Churchill Society.

Links you might like:

Website: https://www.scanningpens.com/

FB page: https://www.facebook.com/ScanningPensGlobal/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScanningPens

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scanningpens/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scanningpens

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/scanningpens

Go Red website: https://www.succeedwithdyslexia.com/go-red

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#84 Venture Capitalist on the Importance of Building Longterm Relationships Sep 29, 2020

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We have a very special guest in this episode. He’s a dyslexic venture capitalist from California, who has been open about his dyslexia story and how it helps and, in turn, affects him. He’s been featured in a TEDtalk where he shared why he can’t remember names and has appeared in podcasts and blogs too. Let’s find out more about the dyslexia story of David Hornik.

In this episode, David shares a lot of experiences throughout his life but one thing that he emphasized is the importance of building strong, long term relationships with people. At school, you don’t just read a book that the teacher gives you. It’s also important to work with people around. Appreciate what the teachers are doing and understand what they are expecting from you. He said if the teacher likes you, he most likely wants to see you succeed. These values stayed with him after school and now he treasures deep, meaningful connections with people more than money. Listen to the episode now.

Links you might want to check:

Website: www.augustcap.com

Dyslexia Conferences: www.thelobbyconference.com

Social Media Handle: @davidhornik

Why givers win: https://learningleader.com/episode-218-david-hornik-givers-win/

David's Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIg-cK6FOVA

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#83 Dekko Comics: Reading and Learning in a Different Format Sep 22, 2020

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Rossie Stone was the very first guest we featured here in Dyslexia Explored. In that episode, he shared how he came up with creating a company, Dekko Comics, that takes real school subjects and makes it easy to absorb for kids through fun and visually engaging comics. Listen to the first episode to learn more.

This time, Rossie came to the show to share more of what happened after. A continuation of our conversation, Rossie talked about the things he learned at art school and how it changed his perspective on turning his dream into reality. He also shared what they went through as a company and what he learned from it. And finally, seeing the results of students who used their resources, not only with children with dyslexia but also children without it.

Links you might want to check:

Website: https://dekkocomics.com/

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/dekkocomics

Children's confidence boosted thanks to dyslexic artist's reading and learning resource:

https://dekkocomics.com/blog/improving-confidence-through-comics

BUY COMICS: https://dekkocomics.com/buy/comics

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#82 Cutting the Invisible Red Tape of Dyslexia with Author Micki Boas Sep 01, 2020

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This is the story of Micki Boas, a mom of 2 children with dyslexia, who legally fought the school for 4 years just for her child to have access to proper dyslexic support which is supposed to be provided through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). In this episode, Micki shares her dyslexia story and how she came up with writing a book called "ONE IN FIVE: How we're fighting for our dyslexic kids in a system that's failing them", a book about her experience and 200 other parents and educators battling the school system for their children’s rights as individuals with dyslexia. In the book, Micki highlighted the following major obstacles that keep on tripping them up; 1. The lack of funding, 2. The lack of early intervention, and 3. Under-trained teachers. She also mentions some things that the parents could do to overcome these obstacles. Listen to the podcast if you want to hear more about it.

Links you might want to check:

Website: www.invisibleredtape.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theinvisibleredtape/

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/invisibleredtape

Micki’s Email: micki@invisibleredtape.com

Youtube: https://youtu.be/uSX--K7BUyA

One in Five book on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/One-Five-Fighting-Dyslexic-Failing/dp/1982130601/ref=sr_1_1?crid=QBJUA0I0PYW8&dchild=1&keywords=one+in+five+book&qid=1598885430&sprefix=one+in+fi%2Caps%2C369&sr=8-1

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#81 Special Learning Support Through Online Video with Kerry Pace Part 2 Aug 25, 2020

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This is Part 2 of our interview with Kerry Pace, the founder of Diverse Learners, a tutoring service where they support students and workers with Special Learning Difficulties by online tutoring. In the previous episode, we talked about her life story and how she found out that she has dyspraxia, ADD, and sensory processing disorder. In this episode, we find out how she saw a need to create her own online tutoring company by observing the Nursing students who were diagnosed with various learning difficulties dropping out of school because it’s impossible for them to access that much-needed support. Aside from the hectic timetable in school and punishing shifts at hospitals, most university-based support don’t open from May to October. The allotted one-to-one support for 1 hour a week is not being met. That’s where Diverse Learners comes in. Through online tutoring, they can provide that support without having to meet the students face-to-face. They can do it for an hour a week without during their free time. Listen to the podcast to find out more...

Links you might want to check:

Kerry Pace email: Kerry@Diverse-Learners.co.uk

Kerry Pace Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/DiverseLearners/featured

YouTube - Diverse Learners channel

Dyspraxia Tps for Adults 11 YouTube vlogs with my daughter who also has dyspraxia - https://www.youtube.com/c/DiverseLearners/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=4

Diverse Nurses sharing why their dyslexia or dyspraxia makes them a good nurse

https://www.youtube.com/c/DiverseLearners/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=3

Don't Give Up on Yourself - my experiences of learning with the Open University made by the Open University

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDKY0GpjBAk

Set of 5 videos for Plymouth University about how to support student nurses who have dyslexia and/or dyspraxia covering Assistive Technology in healthcare settings, reasonable adjustments, placement support

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW5-Cy4huK8&list=PLuke3HHhk7wJrzoFdhRqkGy2KTHIJecyj

ResearchGate - Link to a repository of 30 published articles, papers, conference papers including for AHEAD Ireland and Dyspraxia Ireland etc https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kerry_Pace

Website www.Diverse-Learners.co.uk

Blogs:

Assistive Technology is just Technology blog http://www.diverse-learners.co.uk/assistive-technology-is-just-technology/

Shoes or No Shoes http://www.diverse-learners.co.uk/shoes-or-no-shoes/

http://www.diverse-learners.co.uk/blog/

Numerous blog linked to Nursing and nurses and dyslexia and dyspraxia

Numerous Guest blogs

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#80 Dyspraxia, Nursing, and Online Tutoring with Kerry Pace Aug 18, 2020

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After relating to a dyspraxia report of someone else, she asks her colleague, who is an occupational therapist, if she thinks she might be dyspraxic. The therapist said she knew right away after 30 minutes of meeting her. All the clues were visible. That shocked her. Kerry Pace was helping students with dyslexia without knowing that she has Dyspraxia, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), and Sensory Processing Disorder. There were a lot of circumstances that unknowingly hid Kerry’s learning difficulty issues throughout her childhood. The clumsiness, inattentiveness, and absences at school were attributed to other factors rather than dyspraxia. She was also great at masking these signs being innovative and adaptive. With the help of these attributes, she was able to identify a problem that no one else did. In part 1 of the 3 part episode, we discover the exciting story of Kerry Pace and how she created Diverse Learners, an online tutoring service for people with dyspraxia.

Links you might want to check:

Kerry Pace email: Kerry@Diverse-Learners.co.uk

Kerry Pace Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/DiverseLearners/featured

-Dyspraxia Tps for Adults 11 YouTube vlogs with my daughter who also has dyspraxia - https://www.youtube.com/c/DiverseLearners/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=4

-Diverse Nurses sharing why their dyslexia or dyspraxia makes them a good nurse - https://www.youtube.com/c/DiverseLearners/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=3

Don't Give Up on Yourself - my experiences of learning with the Open University made by the Open University - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDKY0GpjBAk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW5-Cy4huK8&list=PLuke3HHhk7wJrzoFdhRqkGy2KTHIJecyj

ResearchGate - Link to a repository of 30 published articles, papers, conference papers including for AHEAD Ireland and Dyspraxia Ireland etc https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kerry_Pace

Website www.Diverse-Learners.co.uk

Assistive Technology is just Technology blog http://www.diverse-learners.co.uk/assistive-technology-is-just-technology/

Shoes or No Shoes http://www.diverse-learners.co.uk/shoes-or-no-shoes/

Blogs:http://www.diverse-learners.co.uk/blog/

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