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Making Sense of Dyslexia

The 5th – 11th October marked the British Dyslexia Association’s Dyslexia Awareness Week. This year’s theme was ‘Making Sense of Dyslexia’. Artists, poets, actors and authors rallied together to share their thoughts on what dyslexia means to them. We shared poet,...

How dyslexia feels, as explained by poet, Sally Gardner

To celebrate Dyslexia Awareness Week, The Guardian published The Box, by poet Sally Gardner, who struggles with reading herself. It’s a great description of the frustration of being stuck without the tools that our society expects. Every day, we strive to spread...

50 lessons in and confidence is growing

Just thought I would let you know R and I read his school reader tonight which we haven’t done for ages as I felt it would have been too much together with his daily Easyread. His reading and fluency have improved so much! It was a book probably aimed at the...

Richard Branson’s Story

Sir Richard Branson is one of the most high-profile struggling readers of our time. When Margaret Rooke set about gathering celebrities to feature in her new book, Creative Successful Dyslexic, it was only natural that the entrepreneur be featured to champion the...