Understanding Dyslexia

This time, join Yems and I discussing mostly dyslexia in the work place. In this episode we share our own experiences with dyslexia in the work place, talking all things from miss spelt work emails to what the solution is to making spelling a more common and less stigmatised thing !

In this episode I had a chat with an old friend of mine Adele. Adele and I were at the same secondary school together. Our school was a french school, so everything is taught in French by french teachers and all the pupils are french, in fact, most students don’t really speak english. In this episode we speak all things French Education and we have an amazing testimony from Adele about the struggles of being ‘different’ in such an environment. 

Adele also takes us on the journey of how she got to where she is now, studying business management at Kings. 

In this episode, a colleague and friend of my mother’s joined me to talk about his dyslexia. Jon was one of the first and youngest children ever to be diagnosed with dyslexia in the mid-70s. His mother was a teacher and fought for Jon’s learning difficulties to be recognised. He was tested and given much specialist support in how to overcome this condition. This testament was really special because I had never heard of anything like it and because it gives an insight into Jon’s journey into his career as a copywriter.  He says that dyslexia was “taught out of him”.

In this episode, Brad and I discussed all things dyslexia and mental health as well as his experience with learning in the kitchen ! Brad shared some very heart warming stories about his journey conquering dyslexia and building up his wall of confidence one brick at a time.