Arran Smith to continue the work of The Studying With Dyslexia Blog.
Eight years ago, I had the opportunity to spend a lot of time learning about Dyslexia and how to live with it within the educational, parental and technology contexts. This all came of the back of my daughter’s diagnosis and suspicions about my own neurodiversity.
I was fortunate to have received funding to start The Studying With Dyslexia Blog which was in essence my mechanism for learning and sharing what I had learnt about dyslexia. Overtime it became a popular independent resource for sharing dyslexia specific information for parents and practitioners across the UK and beyond.
During this period I became interested in the emotional impact of dyslexia and started to increasingly spend time supporting clients who wanted to improve their confidence and unlock their potential. Essential work which I am passionate about.
Also over this period, I struck up a friendship with Arran Smith, entrepreneur, Assistive Technology expert and event director. A much respected figure within the dyslexia community who’s journey with dyslexia and neurodiversity as a whole has been an inspiration to many, including myself.
I trust and believe in Arran and his work with the SEND Group. It is time for me to focus more on my work with emotional health and as a result Arran and The SEND Group are going to ‘take the baton’ and continue the work of The Studying With Dyslexia Blog with contributions from myself from time to time. This is taking effect immediately.
About The SEND Group.
The SEND Group, are dedicated to enhancing knowledge and facilitating a profound understanding empowering success in the field of special education needs and disability. With almost a decade of hands-on experience in the SEND sector, The SEND Group has evolved into a supportive and empathetic company, consistently delivering positive outcomes, lead by Arran Smith.
Arran’s vision is that The Studying With Dyslexia Blog will play a crucial part in providing more useful content to support the dyslexia community and will help to expand the work of the group as well as the Dyslexia Show.
Some final comments.
In my time working on The Studying With Dyslexia Blog I have enjoyed many wonderful collaborations and made so many valuable friendships. I am not going anywhere in terms of the Dyslexia community but simply focusing on delivering a different service.
The Studying With Dyslexia Blog was started with immense support from my friends Bart Noe and Jo Cremelie at Jabbla, and I would like to personally thank them for their initial part in developing ‘the Blog’. I would also like to thank Arran for his continued support of my work and for taking ‘the blog’ forward, it means a lot.
If you have any questions about The Studying With Dyslexia Blog going forward please contact Arran by clicking here.
If you would like to stay in touch with my work going forward then please visit my website at www.johnhicks.co.
Finally, thank you to you, the readers, for supporting my work with sharing articles and sending me lovely comments and at times useful feedback on my articles. You are special and together we can continue to raise awareness of the strengths and weaknesses that come from being unique thinkers who have so much to offer the world around us.
Bye for now,
John Hicks