One of my followers asked me a question about how I do to nurture my mental health.

Hello all of you out there in the real world

One of our followers asked me what I was doing to nurture my well being, mental health. If this video I walk about some of the music I have been listening to during COVID. What music have you been listening to? How are you supporting and nurturing your own mental health and well being during COVID?

Apologies for the state of the video. One of my very early ones.

#PeaceLoveGrooveyness from me

Steve #UniqueDyslexic McCue

 

I founded my social enterprise Dyslexia Pathways CIC in 2008.

 

Hello to you all

I founded my social enterprise Dyslexia Pathways CIC in 2008 and we are still going strong. In response to COVID I started a my called Unique Dyslexic Eye podcast.

2020 I passed and HND in Podcasting / Broadcasting. This was to support dyslexia and neuro diverse communities. The show has had over 2000 downloads. Not to shabby I guess for a niche show.

My Steve Unique Dyslexic McCue blog has had over 370.000 views and our aim is to bring that success to our podcasting and broadcasting.

#PeaceLoveGrooveyness from me

Steve #UniqueDyslexic McCue

Ok, not a dyslexia post, just a post about on of the top 10 days of my life

 

Genesis reunion gig Oct 2nd 1982

Hello everyone, hope you are all well?

One of the top 10 days of my life.

Genesis reunion Concert at Milton Keynes Bowl '1982, 42 years ago today. Rain, rain and even more rain all day. But it was a fab magic day. Myself and a couple mates rode up on our motor bikes early in the morning.

One of my top 5 days of my life, despite the rain. #TalkTalk were taking off the stage. I say taken off, the crowd gave them a bit of a hard time. I seem to remember beer cans being thrown at the band, full and empty, the singer shouting, "stop throwing them fecking cans". The singer got hit on the bonce by what looked like a full can of beer.. I know, not good, but it got the band the biggest cheer of the set.

The gig started with Peter Gabriel getting out of the coffin while singing... Another huge cheer when Steve Hackett appeared at the end of the show to a rousing cheer. The guys went into my fave Genesis song, I know what I like. The lights on one of my mates bike stopped working, which made for an interesting ride back home.

Have you got a top 10 day of your life you would like to share?

#PeaceLoveGrooveyness from me,

Steve #Uniquedyslexic McCue

Assistive technology and you?

 

Living in a neuro diverse universe

Hi Blog readers hope you are all well

Dyslexia Pathways CIC and myself invite you to:

Have your say on how easy or difficult your dyslexia assistive technology / software / hardware was to learn and use.

Tell us or how useful, or not, it was to you.

Please send us a review of any software and hardware you use. 

Tell us about the companies where you bought your technology. Were they themselves dyslexia friendly?

Have you any recommendations on assistive technology you have used.

Let us know what dyslexia friendly strategies you use  as well

Send your views and reviews to me via a message on Facebook. 

If you wish to remain anonymous, you can forward your reviews and feedback to me, and I will post and share it on my blog 

Or leave a comment on my blog.

#PeaceLoveGrooveyness to you all from me

Steve #UniqueDyslexic McCue

Dyslexia neuro diversity Social model or medical model?

 

Hellay there blog readers hope you are well


We as dyslexics must change the way we think and talk about dyslexia. We must challenge the negative medical discrepancy model of dyslexia. It has nothing positive to say about dyslexia or to dyslexics. The medical discrepancy model has gotten the dyslexic community precisely nowhere. Our education system still fails far to many dyslexic kids. Our kids fail because our education system is dyslexia unfriendly.

That's why I support and promote the social model of dyslexia and I support and promote it through social enterprise. This is a more positive, empowering and inclusive way forward.

Do we need to be talking social model of neuro diversity? Your thoughts, suggestions and ideas please?

#PeaceLoveGrooveyness

from me

Steve #UniqueDyslexic McCue

Dyslexia: deficits, disorder and discrepancy? I don't believe so.....

 

Me in the Boom radio station during the my Unique Dyslexic Boom radio broadcast

 Hi readers hope you are all feeling fab

Almost all new ideas are generated by individuals but they are given life by and nurtured by communities and the cultures they create.

If we are ever going to move away from a negative medical model of dyslexia that has nothing positive to say to dyslexics or about dyslexia. We, as dyslexics, need to come together and create a coherent global dyslexic community. A global dyslexic community that has a more positive social model of dyslexia vision. A vision which nurtures and values dyslexic diversity and difference and celebrates all that we have achieved and are still to achieve in the future.

We need to consign the medical model of dyslexia to history where it belongs because it has failed us as dyslexics. The medical model defines us in terms of deficits, disorder and discrepancy. Its a model that has nothing positive to say about dyslexia or to dyslexics.

The social model of dyslexia defines us by what we can do and achieve, it empowers us and it frees us from the negative medical model stereotype that tells us being dyslexic means we are disabled is some way.

That's why I believe that dyslexia is a difference that reflects diversity and that neuro diversity is as important as biodiversity. My organisation Dyslexia Pathways CIC was the first dyslexia focussed social enterprise in the world and we have embraced and promoted the social model of dyslexia.

Why not join us and let's create a global community and culture we are dyslexics need to move forward and enable our dyslexic kids to thrive and succeed.

Anyway many thanks for reading, you are invited to leave comments in the comments section.

 #PeaceLoveGroovyness from me

Steve #UniqueDyslexic  McCue

Humanity is not an example of intelligent life

 

I am a citizen of Planet Earth

Hello all. Hope all is well for you all?

Just a short blog from me today. 

Humanity is not an example of intelligent life. We are a species of super parasite. The ultimate parasite. What sort of parasite kills it's host? A stupid species of parasite.

Yeah, not exactly a positive blog today, but hey, cant be positive all the time.

#PeaceLoveGrooveyness from me.

Steve #UniqueDyslexic McCue