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July 2, 2019

Ross Duncan interviews Matt Boyd Exceptional Individuals -employment agency

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

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July 1, 2019

Ross Duncan interviews Johanna Basford- World of Flowers/Secret Garden adult colouring books

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

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June 30, 2019

Ross Duncan -skills for the future ‘if you know where to look’

If you were to identify one person from your workforce that you consider would potentially to have a “competitive edge” and that you might see them having a future in your organization or business. As a CEO or HR Director, would you be interested? If the same person displayed unique…READ MORE

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June 29, 2019

Ross Duncan interviews Rossie Stone- Dekko Comics

As a boy growing up Rossie Stone was told by his mother, the BBC presenter Sally Magnusson, Icelandic stories about mythological creatures which are commonly known as Sagas. Of course these stories have come down from Rossie Stone’s late grandfather Magnus Magnusson who was reported to have said about his…READ MORE

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June 29, 2019

Ross Duncan interviews Rev Margaret Shuttleworth- Church of Scotland

It was reported in 2015 that the Chaplin for Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service, Rev Murray McBride, was dyslexic and running a very successful dyslexia support group for his local fire service and for local Ministers. Rev Margaret Shuttleworth, the Minister for Sauchie and Coalsnaughton Parish in Clackmannanshire, is unaware…READ MORE

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June 28, 2019

Ross Duncan interviews Katie Goode- games developer

However, when she was at school, although she was clearly a very bright student, she fell behind. In some subjects she struggled greatly, yet at the same time, she was exceptionally good at others. Clearly she was demonstrating a spiky profile to her strengths and weaknesses. For years it wasn’t…READ MORE

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