Category: About Dyslexia

Ron Davis’ Discovery – 40 Years On

Posted on January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 by DDAI

Forty years ago – in 1981 – Ronald Dell Davis stumbled on a breakthrough idea. Was there a way to turn his dyslexia off?

Ten Tips for Dyslexic Success

Posted on January 1, 2021September 27, 2020 by Hayley Butcher

To help and support fellow dyslexics, I have developed a ten-point checklist for success.

The Banana Story

Posted on December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 by Carl Nigi

Dyslexia: the banana story – helping clients to understand trigger words In this video, I give a fun example of

Stress, the student’s companion

Posted on December 11, 2020December 9, 2020 by Patrick Courtois

What student or former student has never felt a moment of stress when hearing their teacher announce a pop quiz,

Strengths Versus Weaknesses

Posted on December 4, 2020December 6, 2020 by Hayley Butcher

So often when reading about dyslexia one reads and hears only the negative impacts, the struggles and difficulties dyslexic individuals

A Mother’s Path to Discovery

Posted on November 27, 2020November 26, 2020 by Abigail Marshall

Book Review: Reversed, a memoir, by Lois Letchford. A mother’s quest to help her dyslexic son.

Why Dyslexics Don’t Have A Bad Memory: Research vs Myth

Posted on November 20, 2020November 18, 2020 by Arije-Aike de Haas

Maybe you’ve heard it before– “Dyslexics have a bad memory”–but this isn’t completely true. Let’s look to science (Baddeley’s model

How to spot trouble with trigger words

Posted on November 13, 2020June 22, 2020 by Carl Nigi

Dyslexia: how to tell if someone is having difficulty with trigger words In this video I continue to discuss why

The Dyslexic Statistic

Posted on November 6, 2020August 25, 2020 by Hayley Butcher

Dyslexia is a common neurodiversity that is ever or omnipresent across all cultures, ages, and societies. Worldwide statistics emphasise than

How to Reframe Dyslexia: An Exercise

Posted on October 30, 2020September 23, 2020 by Arije-Aike de Haas

The way we think about our past experiences as dyslexics can really shape who we believe we are and how

Miseducation and Dyslexia

Posted on October 23, 2020October 18, 2020 by Abigail Marshall

A recent article in “The Guardian” profiled the views of British psychologist Julian Elliot. He criticizes the lack of a uniform standard for dyslexia diagnosis, but is mistaken to question the existence of dyslexia.

Problems with small words

Posted on October 16, 2020June 14, 2020 by Carl Nigi

Dyslexia: why words like “the”, “enough” and “is” are such a problem In this video I discuss why people with