Dyslexia Explored

As always it starts with a parent discovering their child is dyslexic and realizing they need to do something about it because no one else is going to. Find out how Darius developed his own way of Mind Mapping to teach his daughter much-needed study skills for her school. This is a continuation of Darius' story about his dyslexia assessment in the previous episode. Listen to this podcast.  Li...

Darius' dyslexia assessment and how it unexpectedly changed the direction of his life for the better. Darius shares 3 things that his dyslexia assessor told him that grew into significant words of wisdom for his life. He thought it was the most indulgent £500 he spent on himself but it turned out to be one of the best investments in his education and finances. Listen to this podcast. Links you mig...

All evidence points out that Thomas Edison might be dyslexic. We know this from the way he wrote and his struggles in his early years of reading. He was expelled from school but mother soften the blow and did everything she can to help young Thomas. In our usual parent coffee time live on Facebook, we talked about the life of Thomas and what can we learn from him. Thomas was regarded as one of the...

We continue on with our Parent coffee time live on Facebook with parents of dyslexia. This time we talk about the tendency of students to pursue courses that lean towards their M-strengths or Material Reasoning.  In our case, a lot of the BulletMap Academy students want to take up Biology as a degree. One particular student was quite pleased that she could choose Biology as a subject. However...

We continue on talking about the Dyslexic Advantage Chapter 6 part 3 (p.56-59). This time we talk about Material reasoning and how it affects dyslexics when learning procedural processes like cooking. Teaching a dyslexic child how to cook is a challenge when you just enumerate to them the steps of the recipe. But what if you teach them to cook using their ‘Material reasoning strengths’?.  Lin...

In this episode, we are going to do another part of the Dyslexic Advantage book club with another 4 pages of the book together with our parents at the parent coffee time. We've been talking about the strength of dyslexia in 3D reasoning and how often people with dyslexia trade-off 2D thinking with 3D thinking. Now we are going to talk about the practical implications of having a 3D brain in the re...

We continue on talking about the Dyslexic Advantage Chapter 6 part 1 (p.51-53). It has been a while now since we discussed a chapter of the book. Now we have dyslexic parents to help us and they can also share their thoughts with regards to the text. This time we talk about how dyslexia thinking often has stronger 3D than 2D reasoning and how it can create a drawback on school but a big advantage...

We are meeting with parents again in our usual parents' coffee time via Zoom. This time, we discuss what I call the 5 gears of dyslexia; Reading, Writing, Remembering, Results, and Organization. We talked about how hard it is to move from gear to gear because of dyslexia restricting their movements. We also talked about students getting stuck in a gear that ends up using most of their energy and i...

With the current situation right now due to COVID- 19, a lot of our students are thrust into new territory. Schools are now looking for other ways to continue the education of our students even if they are stuck at home. However, children with dyslexia are having a hard time adjusting to remote schooling. We asked parents from the UK and the US via Zoom, who are homeschooling, to share some tips a...

We brought to you an unusual episode of the Dyslexia Explored podcast. We talked to parents with dyslexia from the UK and the US via Zoom, about what is happening right now with their children's school situation. What are their stories and insights as to how remote schooling is being done and what effects, positive and negative it might be having on children with dyslexia. Links you might want to...

We explore the story of Dr. Bhavin Shah, a Behavioural Optometrist, and the co-occurring visual problems that go along with dyslexia. Dyslexia itself is not a visual problem but there are a lot of misconceptions regarding the role that vision plays in dyslexia and in this episode, Bhavin sheds light on some of them. Links to check out: Bhavin Shah Email: bhavin@central.vision Website: https://www....

Stephen Mattias joins us after their presentation to discuss more about Lexplore Analytics and its huge potential impact on identifying dyslexia. We talked about how the company started, what were their challenges and the future of Lexplore Analytics. Links to check out: Website: https://www.lexplore-analytics.co.uk/ What is ADHD: https://www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/child-l...

Gustaf and Mattias of Lexplore Analytics, shared their exciting technology that can really help identify students with difficulties in reading. Using eye-tracking technology, they track the movement of the students' eyes while reading a text and within minutes analyze if they have reading difficulty. If you want to watch the actual presentation I recorded, go to https://bulletmapacademy.com/47-2/...

Exploring Self-Compassion. Dr. Joanne Scott originally believed you’re either smart or stupid. She was told that she’s not that clever by a career advisor when she told him she wanted to be a Psychologist. Now, Dr. Joanne Scott is a registered clinical psychologist. Find out her story. Links:  Dr. Scott's Email: dr.joannescott@gmail.com Psychology Today Profile: https://www.psychologytoday.co...

Learning To Drive With Dyslexia. Hannah shares how she learned to drive using some unusual techniques with a dyslexia friendly driving instructor. Listen to her story. Links you might want to go: Hannah Kelly’s website: https://www.hannahkelly.co.uk/ The busy project website: http://www.thebusyproject.org.uk/ BulletMap Academy webinar: https://bulletmapacademy.com/webinar driving instructor: http:...

Hannah shares how she was afraid of jumping the chasm of studying because the tools other students used weren’t working for her. So she found another way to jump using her creativity. Links you might want to go: Hannah Kelly’s website: https://www.hannahkelly.co.uk/ The busy project website: http://www.thebusyproject.org.uk/ Instagram: @ hannahkellyillustration https://www.visitscotland.com/info/s...

We explore the story of Ann-Marie McNicholas, a psychology lecturer who became a specialist teacher for dyslexia and later on writes books on tips and strategies for teens with Dyslexia. Before the release of her new book, I sat down with her to talk about her experience as a tutor and how she came up with the book. You can pre-order her book, ‘The Dyslexia, ADHD, and DCD-Friendly Study Skills Gui...

We explore a funny story of Pamela who discovered she has dyslexia while filing for her Value Added Tax. We then explore the questions on what to do after being identified. Then she shared what she had in store after knowing her advantages and disadvantages.  Links you might like to visit:  Show Notes: https://bulletmapacademy.com/42/  Bulletmap Academy Page: https://bulletmapacadem...

Ashley Roberts knew something big was going on when her son started to beat his head on the kitchen counter screaming “I’m stupid”. Listen to a parent-advocate from Dyslexia Houston talk about how she constantly advocates for her dyslexic son’s rights at school.  Links you might want to visit:  The Dyslexia Initiative Website: www. TheDyslexiaInitiative.org  Ashley’s Blog: https://a...

We explore: Mum from Vancouver who homeschooled her child identifies the biggest challenge was not having faith in herself as a teacher at home especially noticing that her child was learning things later than his peers. Then she discussed the biggest piece of advice that she got from a consultant. Then she discussed how she had to be creative in finding more ways to help his child due to a lack o...

Award-winning Dentist who takes a dyslexia assessment but agrees to compare his feelings before and after the test in this podcast recorded in two parts. We explore: Bad advice from a career adviser: “...I don't think you're going to be bright enough to become a dentist.” Finding a natural ability: “...you just grow up with this natural ability.” Dyslexic pioneers in dentistry: “I've discovered is...

We go deep in this podcast about how parents new to dyslexia have to deal with the overwhelm of information. Then the shock of how under informed teachers are in educating dyslexics. The need to find outside help and community to find a way through the challenges to the solutions. With Caron Trout, a mother of a 14 year old, who discovered he was dyslexic and became one of the founding members of...

 His dyslexia assessor advised his parents that he couldn’t manage the state school due to his dyslexia but his parents found ways for him to adapt and learn in the state system. 14 yrs later William Stone has a first class honours from the University of Edinburgh and a distinction in his Masters degree from Oxford. In the last episode, we heard William's story from his identification at 10 t...

 When Williams dyslexia assessor advised his parents that he probably couldn’t manage state school due to his dyslexia his parents decided to do everything they could to keep him in mainstream. Hear the story of William Stone who got first class honours at the University of Edinburgh and recently got a Distinction for his Masters degree in Oxford University for Art History. He wants dyslexics...

What do you do when you discover your autistic child's gibberish means "Please be happy. I'm so sorry."? When a therapist records your 5-yr old child's gibberish and slows it down so much you can actually hear the words. What do you do when you realize your child is locked in their mind trying to communicate but can't? In this episode, we are going to take a little depart...