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Hello, Well, today is day 5 (yes i got it right today!) of Dyslexia Awareness week and today I bring you another of my favourite dyslexics…. enjoy x Your name: Rob Holmes Your Age (optional): 37 Business(s) name: Wordtrigger & Vinegar A brief description of what you/your business(s) do/does: Wordtrigger is a board game for dyslexics which improves their reading and spelling, making it fun to learn. Through building letters from materials provided in the game – players are able to visualise and create words which will in turn help them be remembered. Vinegar is an independent brand and creative agency, providing design solutions for established and emerging companies. Our strengths lie in creativity, the ability to come up with… Continue reading Day 6 of Eli’s top 7 favourite dyslexics – 2014 Dyslexia Awareness Week
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Blogs are not a regular scheduled occurrence, Elizabeth simply posts them as and when she feels moved to write something, but she does annually post ‘Inspirational Dyslexics’ Guest Blog Posts for Dyslexia Awareness Week!
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Day 5 of Eli’s top 7 favourite dyslexics – 2014 Dyslexia Awareness Week
Today being day 5 of the 2014 Dyslexia Awareness Week it gives me great pleasure to introduce you tomy next inspirational and another of my favourite dyslexics; Nicola Rust, she is creative, positive and proactive! Name: Nicola Rust Age (optional): 31 Business name: In The Shed A brief description of what you/your business do/does: I am a graphic designer as well as a dreamer, believer, optimist and creator. Yes, I do actually work in a shed, and I am joined everyday by my adorable Chihuahua Boo. I work with clients small and large, local and international on a range of design projects including magazines, invitations, brand identity and corporate literature. My work varies from very corporate work to very pretty… Continue reading Day 5 of Eli’s top 7 favourite dyslexics – 2014 Dyslexia Awareness Week
Eli’s top 7 favourite dyslexics – 2014 Dyslexia Awareness Week
Welcome to my blog . . . I know, I don’t post anything for ages then you get one a day for seven days! Today i would like to introduce you to the lovely Clare, a bright, bubbly, freindly, kind and inspirational dyslexic, whos answers to my questions i hope will help to inspire you on day 4 of Dyslexia Awareenss Week! Name: Clare Mason Age (optional): 25 Business name: Nutshell Bridgnorth A brief description of what you/your business do/does: Nutshell Bridgnorth is an online ladies boutique. We attend various shows, markets, events and Girls Nights with our accessories. We stock beautiful Italian Leather handbags, Scarves, Jewellery and other ladies accessories. As well as running Nutshell Bridgnorth, I am also an Independent… Continue reading Eli’s top 7 favourite dyslexics – 2014 Dyslexia Awareness Week
3 of 7: Eli’s favourite inspirational dyslexics Q&A’s for 2014 Dyslexia Awareness Week
Thank you for visiting my blog, today i would like to introduce you to another favourite dyslexic of mine, the lovely Rosie … Name: Rosie Beswick Age (optional): 56 Business name: Rosie Consulting A brief description of what you/your business do/does: Business Consultancy and Market Research Area you live/your business is based: SHREWSBURY When did you find out you were dyslexic? Put a name to my ‘problem’ in 2011 How did you feel when you found out you were dyslexic? Angry as I realised all my life people had either ignored (parents and some teachers) or put me down as lazy or stupid. I just thought I had an inability to take stuff in despite having an IQ of… Continue reading 3 of 7: Eli’s favourite inspirational dyslexics Q&A’s for 2014 Dyslexia Awareness Week
Eli’s favourite 7 dyslexics Q&A’s for 2014 Dyslexia Awareness Week
Introducing one of my favourite dyslexics, she lives in London but has Shropshire links and is an avid supporter of Dyslexia Information Day events, its my pleasure to introduce to you today as my 2nd blog for Dyslexia Awareness Week 2014, the fabulous . . . Name: Penny Topsom Age (optional): 47yrs, (19 in my head!) Business name: Multiplication Rules! A brief description of what you/your business do/does: Designed a new way of enjoying times tables and then introducing division. By encouraging the use of maths patterns to learn and understand those pesky tables, it’s a visual tool. I have gone from writing a book to now developing maths resources that schools and parents /carers can use. Using number counters… Continue reading Eli’s favourite 7 dyslexics Q&A’s for 2014 Dyslexia Awareness Week
Eli’s top 7 favourite dyslexics – 2014 Dyslexia Awareness Week
Elizabeth 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
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?
