Unique Dyslexic web site developments

 

The Uniique Dyslexic Phone app I built

Hello everyone, hope all is well for you all

Wayyyy, way back in 2015 we launched Unique Dyslexic campaign. 

My social enterprise, Dyslexia Pathways CIC, focussed on supporting dyslexic and neuro diverse University students. We have support many thousand of students in that time.

Unique Dyslexic was all about nurturung and supporting dyslexic and neuro diverse creative talents and their mental health. 

The basic premise of the website was to support our successful Unique Dyslexic, Get Creative campaign.

The objective of Unique Dyslexic Get Creative is to support, promote and celebrate the creative talents of the dyslexic community across the full range of creative spectrum. At Unique Dyslexic Get Creative, we promote and support the social model of dyslexia. We see dyslexia as a difference that reflects the diversity inherent in humanity. Its been renamed Unique Dyskexic Eye.

The campaign was very successful, however, the web site, looking back on it now, was a bit of a dogs dinner. Some if it worked well and some of it less well so lol.

The idea was to develop the site myself. Bur what with work and life I never managed to do that. I did try to find a volunteer to help us out with it but that never came together. I designed and built a Unique Dyslexic mobile app.

I have been thinking of just closing it down but, well my head is telling me to close it down and my heart to keep it up and running. I believe its worth keeping it up to support dyslexic and neuro diverse communities.

Below  is a link to the Unique Dyslexic website, have a good rummage around the site and see what you think:

Unique Dyslexic website

I am looking at paying the web devopler, Toolkit Websites to edit it and make it more mobile friendly. So I have asked for a quote. I am thinking of running a funding appeal also for £750.

What do you think?

Blog about one of our Unique Dyslexic Get Creative Workshops

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Steve #UniqueDyslexic McCue

There are many dyslexic geniuses out there?

 

There are many dyslexic geniuses out there? However, because of our education system so many of us never realize that genius

Unique Dyslexic Eye t shirt

 

Hi blog readers and followers, hope you have had an enjoyable holiday

Scenius is: ‘a group of creative individuals who make up an ‘ecology of talent’. 

There are many dyslexic geniuses out there but because our education system fails us many never realize that genius. But it is out there because we know over 35% of dyslexics are entrepreneurs. 

Dyslexic geniuses that do succeed do so in spite of there experiences in education and not because of it.

If we are ever going to change how society sees dyslexia we must come together and develop our creative dyslexic scenius to do it.  

We need to challenge societies medical model of dyslexia that tell dyslexics that dyslexia is about deficits, discrepancy and disorder. This medical model has nothing positive to say to dyslexics or about dyslexia.

This is why I developed the social model of dyslexia together with social enterprise. The social model of dyslexia tells us dyslexia is about diversity and difference and the social enterprise part basically means we can support ourselves to solve the issues we face in a dyslexic unfriendly society. 

The social model of dyslexia is our model its provides dyslexics with positive and inclusive vision. It tells it like it is, we struggle at school because our education system is dyslexia unfriendly. It is also neuro diverse and disability unfriendly.

Dyslexics have unique minds, we need to come together to create and untilise our dyslexic scenius to benefit the dyslexic community.

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Below is a link to my Unique Dyslexic Eye blog on dyslexic scenius:

Dyslexic scenius podcast

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My dyslexa assessment was a very, "light switched on", eureka moment in my life.

I dont have dyslexia, I AM! dyslexic, #IAmDyslexic

Hello to you all out there

The whole point of Unique Dyslexic, is to promote the idea that every dyslexic mind is unique to the individual. Every dyslexic's life experiences are unique to each individual dyslexic. Also a focus is on the dyslexic creative mind and our unique abilities. As well as the unique minds of neuro diverse communities

All of us have to explore and find the tools that work for us as individuals.

There is no one size fits all needed here. For school, every dyslexic student need to be empowered to build a dyslexic learning tool box that works for them.

Dyslexic positive art installation from me 

This shows an art installation I did as part of our Unique Dyslexic Get Creative campaign. 

The light over the letter I expresses the positivity I have about being dyslexic. (I know positivity may not be a real word but it should be LOL)

It also expresses the impact that my own dyslexia assessment had on me and my life. My dyslexia assessment enabled me to re evaluate the difficulties that I had experienced at school as an un-assessed, and unaware I was dyslexic, dyslexic learner. 

It wasn't me that couldn't learn it was the education system that couldn't teach me in ways that enabled me to learn. My dyslexa assessment was a very light switched on eureka moment in my life.

Also I wanted to say it's not how you write but what you write that's important. 

Be that by hand, by keyboard or by speech to text technology etc. 

Writing by hand is just a strategy and its not the only strategy. 

There is a saying, I think? 

"The saying is, "a picture is worth a thousand words". Which means that a single image can convey a complex idea or story more effectively than a lengthy verbal description. It highlights the power of visual communication, to quickly and clearly communicate information and ideas.

Find the strategy that works for you. Its only a non dyslexic society that says we all have to write by hand. A non dyslexic society that disables us.

For me personally I would never have achieved academically without access to a computer keyboard 

Question for you all:

How would you express dyslexic positivity? 

Please share your ideas in the comments section of my blog.

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Steve #UniqueDyslexic McCue

Performance poet Anita Govan performing at our Unique Dyslexic Get Creative event.

 

The fab Anita Govan

Hi Blog readers hope you are all well

October 29th 2014 saw the first Unique Dyslexic Get Creative Celebration of Creativity event. It was the culmination of Unique Dyslexic Get Creative.

Has to have been the hardest days work, most enjoyable, most joy full and most stressful day of my life. I am so proud of everyone who was involved in this project. Including all our volunteers for all their work.

This was the first event of this kind to be held is Scotland and the UK. Organised and run by the first dyslexia focussed social enterprise to be constituted in the UK Dyslexia Pathways Community Interest Company.

I thank everyone, every participant of every workshop, my wife, my directors, The Lord Provost, Ross Cooper, Anita Govan Siannie Moodie and Lizzie Mcdougall, all the artists and everyone of the 60 or so people who came along to the event through out the whole day and making it such a great day.

We had people coming through the door even when we were closing down the event.

Below is a recording of Anita Govan, performance at the Unique Dyslexic Get Creative Celebration of Creativity at the Rothes Halls in Fife Scotland on October 29th 2014 Unique Dyslexic is a Dyslexia Pathways programme. Just select the link below.

Anita Govan, Dyslexic perfomance poet

Below is a link to Anita's web site:

Anita Govan's web site

Thanks for taking the time to read this blog.

#PeaceLoveGrooveyness from me

Steve #UniqueDyslexic McCue

Humanity has thrived because of neuro diversity and diversity in all its forms

 

Neuro diversity is as important as bio diversity

All Children, including dyslexic, non dyslexic, neuro diverse and disabled are are born creative. The problem is, schools educate that creativity out of us. Education and society does not value that creatiity. Education teaches us to pass exams and that is all it does.

School does not teach us about the value of empathy or emotional intelligence.

School does not enable us to nurture our mental health.

In fact school does the opposite, for far to many of our kids. They leave traumatised by their experiences at school

That why school does not work for our dyslexic, neuro diverse kids, dyslexic, neuro diverse or not.

Humanity has thrived because of neuro diversity and diversity in all its different forms.

What are your thoughts on this?

#PeaceLoveGrooveyness

from me

Steve #UniqueDyslexic McCue

We all came from a puddle of primordial goo. Everything else after that first life came into being is about diversity. With out that diversity we would not be here.

Welsome to a guest podcast from Dyslexic Mum

 

Unique Dyslexic t shirt logo designed by myself

Hello, hope all is well with you all

I would like to give a big Unique Dyslexic Eye welcome to our guest, Collette Costello, the founder of DyslexicMum. 

In this podcast she will be sharing her, experiences as a dyslexic child at school as well as a dyslexia specialist. She will also be sharing her experiences daughter’s, experiences of school as dyslexic learner.  Collette will also be talking about her organisation, DyslexicMum. 

Below is a link to her guest podcast:

Dyslexic Mum's guest podcast

Just click on the link below. 

Link to Dyslexic Mum's website

Dyslexic Mum's site has a lot of good resources and advice for mum's who are supporting their dyslexic kids.

Hope you all enjoyed the podcast.

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Steve #UniqueDyslexic Mccue

Please leave your thoughts on this podcast

Episode 5 from series one of the Unique Dyslexic Eye Podcast show

 

Participants of our Unique Dyslexic Get Creative Workshop receiving their certificates

Hello all, hope you are all

Here is our latest Unique Dyslexic Eye show. We feature 3 new tracks from 3 talented dyslexic / neuro diverse musicians. Also includes articles on dyslexia / neuro diversity and mental health and well being. 

Also includes an update on our successfully completed Kickstarter campaign. Many thanks to all those who backed and supported our campaign. 

If you are a dyslexic or neuro diverse musician or poet please accept this cordial invitation to send me recordings of your work to feature on my show. 

Just email me steve_mccue@hotmail.com so that we can arrange it. If you have something to share about your experiences of dyslexia and neuro diversity please contact me. Please share, follow or leave a like.

Episode 5 from series one of Unique Dyslexic Eye Podcast show

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Steve #UniqueDyslexic McCue