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For more than a decade Studying with Dyslexia has been a trusted place for people who support dyslexic learners. We share guidance, insight and inspiration to help educators, parents and individuals understand dyslexia and the wider neurodiverse world with confidence. Through articles, resources and community spaces we bring people together to learn, to share and to feel supported on every step of the journey.
Strategies for Dyslexic Learning: Avoiding learning loss over the Summer.
Friend of The Studying With Dyslexia Blog, Cigdem Knebel has kindly written this useful article on how to help maintain your child's learning during the school summer holiday. Cigdem writes: Leave behind the morning routines, after school activities and the weekend...
How to write dyslexic friendly text.
A good part of learning and communicating these days involves the use of books, websites, worksheets, emails, PDFs and so on. They all have one thing in common: Their style. For many dyslexic students the style in which a piece of text is written can be the difference...
Piers Morgan just demonstrated how ignorant society is about dyslexia.
Picture courtesy of ITV WENN This week we saw a clear example of how dyslexia isn't on the radar for many people in their personal interactions. Celebrity presenter Holly Willoughby responded to a tweet by celebrity Piers Morgan about the ratings of a show that she...
Parents: Tell Your Schools SENCO About This Fantastic Dyslexia Resource.
Parents: Tell Your School's SENCO About This Fantastic Dyslexia Resource. As a parent of a dyslexic child and as someone who works with families of children with dyslexia I know how much dyslexia causes a barrier to learning, but do you know which part of having...
Exciting New Dyslexia Resources Available
I don't know about you but I am always on the look out for dyslexia resources that are engaging and deliver a positive impact. Recently the British Dyslexia Association in conjunction with Twinkl Resources launched an exciting set of teaching resources that aim to...
Explaining Dyslexia: A book review of Dyslexia Explained.
I have found a delightful resource that is useful in explaining what dyslexia is and the challenges associated with having it. It is a book called Dyslexia Explained by Mike Jones with beautiful illustrations from Leah Hemming. Please help me to help others. Click...
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Clear explanations about dyslexia, learning, study and neurodiversity.
Helping people understand what dyslexia is, how it can shape learning, and how strengths and challenges can show up in different ways. Making important ideas feel clear, accessible and useful for educators, parents, individuals, everyone supporting dyslexic learners and the wider community.
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Sharing real experiences and reflections that help people feel seen, valued and understood. Showing how dyslexic learners can recognise their strengths, navigate challenges and feel more confident in their learning journey.
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Providing clear and practical support that helps people take meaningful steps in understanding and supporting dyslexic learners. Sharing useful strategies, tools and resources that can be used in education, at home, in study and across the wider learning journey.
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Building positive spaces where educators, individuals, support professionals, families, parents, everyone supporting dyslexic learners and the wider community can connect, share and grow together. Encouraging supportive conversations, shared experiences and community learning that help people feel understood, included and part of something bigger.
Dyslexic Inspiration – Piper Otterbein
In the years that I have been exploring Dyslexia, I have seen so many inspiring stories about adults that have pulled through education whilst living with the challenges of dyslexia. I can't feature all of them but from time to time I like to showcase...
Types of dyslexia.
Dyslexia is such a general term and whilst it covers most of the issues that a dyslexic pupil might face with reading and writing, there are many types of dyslexia that most people will not be aware of. So I thought that I would put a list together that could be...
Dyslexic? What’s your greatest strength?
Courtesy of Dyslexia Action - Click here to go to their website.
Dyslexia : A Learning Difference
I was looking around on my twitter feed today and found a film, created by student, John Devine from Scotland. Thanks to Dyslexia Scotland for distributing the link. The film explores what Dyslexia is and how it affects people and makes a very interesting point...
Dyslexia and Inclusion: Five signposts for Inclusion
SpLD Central meeting in Staffordshire. The keynote speaker at this meeting is Dr Gavin Reid, an international consultant and psychologist, an acclaimed speaker and the author of many books on dyslexia and other learning difficulties. I was curious to know...
First Steps to Writing Assignments in Further and Higher Education
I am very pleased to introduce guest writer Rachel Ingham to the readers of this blog. Rachel is a speaker, trainer and consultant in Specific Learning Disorders (SpLD) and co-director of Understanding and Supporting Learning (USL). The training and advice she gives...
Going to Uni? Finding the dyslexia resources to support you.
This blog will be useful to you if you are dyslexic or showing signs of dyslexia and are going to be studying for a degree in September. I hear lots of stories of children and young people going through primary and secondary education only to find in later years that...
A Resource For Improving The Quality Of Handwriting For Pupils in KS One and Two
I had the pleasure of speaking with handwriting expert and specialist teacher, Lee Dein regarding a resource that she has developed called Magic Link Handwriting. Originally a speech and language therapist she was once asked if she could help a child with their...
William Mistakespeare
William Mistakespeare and his blog, The Life Dyslexic. Owen writes about how difficult it was to engage with literacy at school and how he avoided studying about Shakespeare because the language was simply too difficult to understand being dyslexic and then...