#111 Reading Music and Dyslexia Group. Discussion on How Dyslexia Affects Learning to Read Music
This week, we invited children with dyslexia, parents and educators to ask them about their experiences with learning music. It surprises me that people are amazed when they hear that dyslexia might a...
17 Touko 20211h 5min
#110 Dungeons & Dragons, Photographic Memory and Dyslexia with Andrew Nehring
We have a very fascinating story we’d like to share this week. It’s about Andrew Nehring who has a photographic memory, excellent auditory memory and dyslexia. It is a very interesting combination bec...
12 Touko 202159min
#109 Reading Specialist Sharing Her Passion for Transforming Literacy Instruction. Lois Letchford
Let’s listen to the story of Lois Letchford, a physical education teacher who became a reading specialist when she discovered her son has dyslexia. She’s written a book called “Reversed: A Memoir”, wh...
4 Touko 20211h 15min
#108 Head of Happiness and Founder of Laughology Talks About Humour and its Impact on Learning. Stephanie Davies
Have you ever heard of the job title Head of Happiness? That’s exactly the job title of our guest for today. She’s a stand-up comedian who thought of bringing stand-up comedy into schools to help them...
28 Huhti 20211h 1min
#107 Mum Wrote a Book Based on Her Daughter’s Dyslexia Journey. Aarian Daniels
This week, I had a great conversation with Aarian Daniels, a mum who has written a book based on her daughter’s dyslexia struggles. Aarian found out about dyslexia when her youngest daughter was diagn...
21 Huhti 202148min
#106 How dyslexia is like swimming, surfing or sailing on the sea, with Mike Guest
This week, I had a great conversation with Mike Guest, a dyslexic, who has been self-employed his whole life. We talked about the dynamic aspect of dyslexia. He’s an established photographer, who’s no...
6 Huhti 20211h 18min
#105 A Mum Wrote and Self-Published Books For Her Child With Dyslexia. Cigdem Knebel
This week, we had a great conversation with Cigdem Knebel, a mum who wrote stories for her child with dyslexia. She is now the owner of a publishing company that publishes decodable storybooks for chi...
23 Maalis 202153min
#104 Designing Cars With Dyslexia: From Mechanic To Engineer. Matt Head
This week we are going to talk about designing cars with dyslexia. I sat down with Matthew Head, a dyslexic car designer who started out as a mechanic. He looked for jobs that he thought he could unde...
10 Maalis 20211h 13min
