ColoursElizabeth is celebrating 2014’s Dyslexia Awareness Week, by inviting 7 of her favourite dyslexics to answer the following questions. Posting their responses to her questiosn here over the coming week … in the hopes that they will inspire you as much as they have her! Name: Denise McGowan Age (optional): 45 (in 2 weeks time!) Business name: Evanji Limited A brief description of what you/your business do/does: Specialists in the ancient Arabic Art of hair removal by hand sugaring. We teach others how to perfect this skill, along with having courses in all beauty and holistic therapies. Those without a beauty background can start a new career or add to what they already do. The sugaring element is a friendly… Continue reading Eli’s top 7 favourite dyslexics – 2014 Dyslexia Awareness Week
Author: Elizabeth Wilkinson
Since entering the field of dyslexia back in 2000, The Dyslexic Dyslexia Consultant - Elizabeth Wilkinson MBE, has worked with and provided support for thousands of people, including businesses, families, and educators.
Hello June 2014
Morning all, having discovered the WordPress app for my phone and then remembering my log in (very impressive) I thought I’d write a quick blog to say hello 🙂 It’s now 7 years and 5 months since I started the Dyslexic Dyslexia Consultant with the aim of raising public awareness of dyslexia, and I’m happy to say I am chipping away slowly and steadily at training staff in local schools, colleges, businesses and training establishments. it’s also been just over six years since we ran the first Dyslexia Information Day (DiD). I started DiD so that local people could be equipped with information and understanding of dyslexia and I am proud to say that so far so good! With an… Continue reading Hello June 2014
5th Birthday
January 31, 2012… As I sit at my desk I am thinking back eight years and thinking of the research, discussions, idea storming, planning, dreaming and hard work that I have put into reaching 5 years of The Dyslexic Dyslexia Consultant being in business, and I smile as I realise that today is The DDC’s 5th Birthday and that tomorrow is the 1st day of my 6th year! I vividly recall my visit to Priorslee Tax Office on the 31st January 2007, full of nerves and excitement they must have thought me slightly mad as I pronounced that I have come to notify them that I was officially self employed! My very first client was a neighbour of the tax… Continue reading 5th Birthday
Does the term ‘Duty of Care’ actually mean anything?
Makes me wonder…. I was chatting with an adult student of mine yesterday about the year 6 SATs. He and his wife had been invited into school for a meeting to discuss the SATs. I listened with great interest as to what happened at this meeting as I am always interested in finding out the different attitudes of our local schools, especially in relation to how they handle the SATs, what advice they give and just how much revision /catch up work they give the children to do at home. I was aware that this school had already issued the children with a rather substantial book of work for the children to complete at home with parents, in readiness for… Continue reading Does the term ‘Duty of Care’ actually mean anything?
SEN Label or teaching attack?
14th September 2010 headline: Ofsted says special needs used too widely 14th September 2010 The DDC alternative headline: Less need for ‘Special needs’ label, if schools focused more on teaching for all their children. Not quite as catchy and nowhere near as emotionally evoking as the headline this morning, but a lot nearer the true message of ofsted comments and much nearer the truth itself! Head lines that are stated such as this are not helpful and are very stressful for our special needs children or the parents of special needs children, especially those who are fighting really hard to get special educational needs recognised in their children! In my opinion the truth is that our children in the main… Continue reading SEN Label or teaching attack?
A new academic year begins…
Here we are, at the beginning of another academic year, with students, parents & teachers returning to education with renewed passions, energy & expectations for the year ahead. For some students that first day back signifies a new beginning, the holidays have given them time to recoup, reenergize and reassess attitudes and expectations. So with head held high, deep breaths and hope in their hearts they step into school, college & university ready & determined to work harder, smarter and better, than they have ever worked! For some parents that first day back signifies a new beginning, this year their child will be organized, they will keep up with home work & assignments, spelling tests, dissertations etc. This is the… Continue reading A new academic year begins…
A new academic year begins…
Here we are, at the beginning of another academic year, with students, parents & teachers returning to education with renewed passions, energy & expectations for the year ahead. For some students that first day back signifies a new beginning, the holidays have given them time to recoup, re-energize and reassess attitudes and expectations. So with head held high, deep breaths and hope in their hearts they step into school, college & university ready & determined to work harder, smarter and better, than they have ever worked! For some parents that first day back signifies a new beginning, this year their child will be organized, they will keep up with home work & assignments, spelling tests, dissertations etc. This is the… Continue reading A new academic year begins…
Dyslexia symptoms, difficulties & some strengths!
Please note that this list is NOT a diagnosis of dyslexia. It is however a list of common traits, difficulties and strengths that research has shown is common in those who have been diagnosed as dyslexic. Not every one will demonstrate all of these and there will be more than appear on this list. Early years Learning to talk later than children the same age Difficulty saying certain words, such as mawn-lower instead of lawn-mower, busgetti for spaghetti Adding new words to their vocabulary only very slowly Finding it hard to think of the right word when talking Difficulty working out which words rhyme Problems learning the alphabet, numbers, days of the week, colours, shapes, how to spell and write her… Continue reading Dyslexia symptoms, difficulties & some strengths!
So what is dyslexia?
There are lots of symptoms to be found either on the internet, in books etc. You many have found yourself feeling overwhelmed or inundated with the amount of symptoms that are out there. As a dyslexic I found it useful to know that there are three main areas that many researchers believe effect dyslexics. These three areas are often referred to as the ‘Core Deficits’ of dyslexia. Roughly translated this means the central problem areas…for want of a much more positive way of putting it! The Three main core deficits: Latin translation: Deficit = to be lacking in something. Short-term memory: The bit of our memory that holds information whilst we decide if it is to be stored or discarded sometimes referred to as working or active memory. Phonological Awareness: Put simply… Continue reading So what is dyslexia?
