A dyslexic mum from Leamington is preparing to launch a safe, creative digital platform for children who struggle with words – whether that’s reading, writing, spelling, or expressing what’s going on inside – after securing backing from Innovate UK last year.
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Istill vividly remember the look of horror on my primary teacher’s face when she realised I hadn’t quite mastered the mechanics of reading. I had been happily ‘reading’ the story from the pictures, making it up as I went along, until she asked me to sound out specific words. I hadn’t a clue. As a child with mild dyslexia, it was a struggle and a ‘rude’ awakening; it took me much longer to read than my peers. Yet, once I finally broke the code, you couldn’t get my nose out of a book.
Eventually, I became an English teacher, and among my many roles in schools over the years, I have also been a teacher-librarian. The joy of reading, a fascination with books and a deep love for libraries have always been part of my life. Humans are hardwired to make sense of the world through narrative; we consume stories non-stop. However, there has been a significant shift in how we consume them – through film, TV, podcasts and audiobooks.
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A young Salford inventor has won a national engineering award for creating colour-changing glasses that could help people with dyslexia read more easily, with the prototype already attracting interest from the NHS.
Millie Childs developed the idea while she was a pupil at Light Oaks Junior School, taking part in Primary Engineer, a national competition that challenges pupils to design creative solutions to real-world problems.
Her invention, Rainbow Glasses, features a pair of glasses with interchangeable or adjustable coloured lenses designed to reduce visual stress and improve reading comfort for people with dyslexia.
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A new film reframes dyslexia as a distinct cognitive style with its own set of strengths.
Doctors Fernette and Brock Eide, psychologists who’ve studied dyslexia for decades, have come to believe that dyslexia is “not a disease, but a gift.”
As they put it, “Dyslexic minds are not disabled. They’re specialized. They’re wired to learn best through direct experience, not through print or rote repetition.”
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