October 2, 2019 Getting the Message Out – Listen to the Lexxic Interview https://www.lexxic.com/blog/2019/9/20/if-we-were-all-the-same-life-would-be-so-dull-and-boring Categories Biography/Dyslexia Comments: 0
July 16, 2019 Ambassador for Dyslexia Scotland, Shares His Thoughts Ross Duncan interviews Ben Thomson Many may not have heard of the name Pete Conrad, but Conrad was the third man on the moon, but what’s was more remarkable was that he was dyslexia. Following behind is Ben Thomson who is also dyslexic and who “has always wanted to go…READ MORE Categories Biography/Dyslexia/Neurodiverse Comments: 0
July 10, 2019 Racing Ahead Sir Jackie Stewart OBE Dyslexia Patron/ Former Formula 1 World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart’s autobiography helped change my life after reading his book ‘Winning Is Not Enough’, so when the opportunity for me to interview Sir Jackie came along it was too good an opportunity to miss It was dream come true: the opportunity to interview my hero, Sir Jackie Stewart,…READ MORE Categories Biography/Dyslexia/education/Neurodiverse/sport Comments: 0
July 5, 2019 Dundee entrepreneur/business investor Chris van der Kuyl- computer games Chris van der Kuyl is, front and back, a proud northern European based entrepreneur who has successfully been associated with and involved with computer games and other types of technology and computer software since early 1992 but has also seen at first hand the important contribution people with dyslexia have…READ MORE Categories Biography/education/Games Industry/Neurodiverse Comments: 0
July 2, 2019 Finding Jobs for Extraordinary People Matt Boyd- Employment Agency Exceptional Individuals Resulting from my own experience and using this experience of being unemployed and struggling to find work plus being dyslexic, I eventually set up an employment agency in 2015 called Exceptional Individuals, specifically for people who might consider them to be neurodiverse. Matt Boyd is an entrepreneur running and…READ MORE Categories Biography/Dyslexia/Neurodiverse/software Comments: 0
July 1, 2019 Creative Thinking Johanna Basford Adult Colouring Books- World of Flowers/Secret Garden In an article titled ‘Rebalancing Dyslexia and Creativity at the RCA’, the Royal College of Art, the world’s number one art and design university, claim that 29% of its current students identify themselves as being dyslexic, when compared to 5–10% of the overall population (RCA, 2018). Coincidently, Johanna Basford, has…READ MORE Categories arts/Biography/Dyslexia/education/Games Industry/Neurodiverse/Social Entrepreneur Comments: 0
