Lots going on here and Pecha Kucha thrown in for free lol

Employability Forum Presentation:


Well its a fab Monday Morning and start of a new

week here. Hope you are all well.

Lots has been going on here at Dyslexia Pathways CIC.

Last week I was invited Voluntary Action Fife to give a presentation on dyslexia at their Employability Forum. There were around 50 people there from various organisation in Fife. The presentation went very well, better than I expected. I was quite nervous but I received a lot of positive feedback from many people in the audience.

The event took place at the Fife Renewable Innovation Centre. Some of you may remember that in spite for four years studying and passing a BSc Hons in Geography I have no sense of direction at all.

Oh I found my way there fine but got totally lost on the way back. Took me around 30 minutes to get there and over an hour traveling around Fife to find my way home. I always get lost finding my way back lol. 

Pecha Kucha event

I met with Gillian Parsons a couple weeks ago who is Programming and Engagement Officer at Fife Cultural Trust. I was meeting with another representative from the council re our plan to open a new dyslexia / neuro difference hub here in Fife.

One of the results of the meeting was an invitation to give a presentation on Dyslexia at the next Pecha Kucha event at the Fire Station Creative in Dunfermline. The fab thing about this is I can give a very visual presentation. I have already completed this and ready to go on June 30th.

I am hoping we might be lucky and find people willing to volunteer their time to support want we are doing.

A Pecha Kucha is a Japanese style way of giving presentations that are concise and fast moving. You have to prepare 20 slides and have 20 seconds to speak about each slide. But for this event we each have 7 minutes.....hmmmm talk about challenging lol.

Anyway my presentation is completed, including the script and I am feeling confident it will all go well.

 

More on our dyslexia awareness training and 

feedback from the first session.

Some feedback from the first dyslexia awareness training session:

1/ More awareness of the impact on a person's 

confidence and self esteem from childhood 

through to adulthood




2/ Greater understanding of the difficulties and 


issues in the work place re acknowledgement


of assessment of dyslexia



3/ Information about support tools Texthelp

4/ My Study Bar


5/ Breakdown the task / information


6/ Clearer understanding of how to look at 

dyslexia




In 2016/17 Dyslexia Pathways CIC is working in 

partnership with Healthy Working Lives Fife to 

deliver four half day dyslexia and neuro difference 

awareness training sessions in Fife. 


This training is suitable for businesses, 

organisations, individuals or anyone with an interest 

exploring dyslexia and neuro difference.

The training sessions will each last three hours and will be held on: June 17^th, July 22^nd and September 19^th, at Voluntary Action, Flemington Road, Glenrothes.

Training runs from 10 am to 1 pm. 

The cost has been part subsidised by funding 

provided by Foundation Scotland and has been kept 

to the low price of £30 per participant per training 

session. I did explore way to make the training free

but was unable to find a way to do this

This specialist training will enable participants to 

gain a better understanding of dyslexia and neuro 

difference, from barriers to solutions. 

We can also offer in house training for organisations 

if required.

The training sessions will include:

ü  What is dyslexia?

ü  Definitions

ü  Dyslexia and legislation (2010 Equalities Act etc)

ü  How to be dyslexia friendly

ü  Being dyslexia positive

ü  Models of Dyslexia, (medical and social models of dyslexia)

ü  Dyslexic strengths

ü  Assistive technology and free dyslexia friendly options

If you would like to pre-book a place on one of 

these training sessions, or find out more about them 

or about other services we provide, please contact 

Steve McCue on: 01592 756 187 or by email at:



stephen.mccue@dyslexiapathways.co.uk

Alternatively visit our web site 

at: www.dyslexiapathways.com

 

primordial goo, evolution, neuro diversity and dyslexia

Hi blog readers hope you are all well

Had a fab time at the Inclusion Scotland and Disability History Scotland politics hustings event a couple weeks ago. Had the pleasure of meeting with lots of fab people there.

I am not really a political animal but that's the second hustings I have been to in the last few weeks. The other was focussed on social enterprise.

Also you cannot advocate for positive change for dyslexics from the bottom upwards.

I believe a report and film of the event will be published soon and I will post that in a future blog. I had not heard of Disability History Scotland before so I have added a link to their internet site.

http://www.disabilityhistoryscotland.co.uk/timeline-early-history/

If you go back to my previous blog you can still find a link to a recording of the live stream of the event.

I do not believe dyslexia in itself is a disability. That it is society that disables. Dyslexics do face many of the same barriers that disabled people do. I discovered the social model of disability when training as an inclusion specialist.

The social model of disability says that disability is caused by the way society is organised, rather than by a person’s impairment or difference.

It explores solutions for removing barriers that restrict life choices for disabled people. When barriers are removed, disabled people can be independent and equal in society, with choice and control over their own lives.

Disabled people developed the social model of disability because the traditional medical model did not explain their personal experience of disability or help to develop more inclusive ways of living."

As a dyslexia specialist I promote and support the social model of dyslexia.

The history of dyslexia globally is a history of struggle against the medical model of dyslexia. The medical model of dyslexia has nothing positive to say about dyslexia or to dyslexics Yet it has become the dominant way dyslexics are defined.

Question:

What are the life barriers dyslexics face?

We are seen as a problem to be fixed through therapy, or special treatments or through remediation. We become marginalised and excluded by an education system and society that fails to meet our learning needs and this carries on into our adult lives.

We support and promote the social model of dyslexia at Dyslexia Pathways CIC because we believe it is a positive way forward through a positive and inclusive way. 

We all come from the same puddle of primordial goo. The rest is just about evolution and diversity. Nature thrives on diversity and the human race thrives because of neuro diversity ‪#‎uniquedyslexic‬ ‪#‎vivaladifference‬ ‪#‎dyslexiapathwayscic

Dyslexia Pathways CIC supports and promotes

dyslexic and neuro difference communities as well as

the people who support or love them.

We at Dyslexia Pathways CIC believe that dyslexia is

a difference that reflects diversity and that neuro

diversity is as important as biodiversity.

Our Unique logo designs enable people from all

communities to promote a more positive vision of

dyslexia and neuro difference, one that respects and

values inclusion, equality, diversity and difference.

http://stores.clothes2order.com/unique-dyslexic/dyslexic/

Please take some time to visit our little shop and even if you don't see anything you like give us a little feedback.

I have two meetings with Fife Council this week. One with a representative regarding our goal of opening a dyslexia centre here in Fife.

Later this week I am going to be delivering a presentation on dyslexia to representatives of Fife Council in a couple of weeks. Should be fun lol and I am also delivering some dyslexia awareness training sessions also.

Anyway ta for reading and peace love and groovyness to all in the dyslexic and other neuro difference communities and to those who support and or love them.

ta for reading much appreciated Steve oh yes my blog has reached over 30,000 reads

Donate social crowdfunding:

We are currently running a little donate social campaign to raise funds to help with running costs of Dyslexia Pathways CIC.

The link is below:

https://www.facebook.com/Unique-Dyslexic-Get-Creative-1431413910440768/

Any money raised will enable us to keep our web sites running, for paper and ink for printing and promoting what we do etc.

Its easy to do just follow the link to our Unique Dyslexic Facebook page and select the Donate Social button which is highlighted in the picture above. Its pretty straight forward from there.

New dyslexia awarness training from Dyslexia Pathways CIC

 

 

In 2016/17 Dyslexia Pathways CIC is working in partnership with Healthy Working Lives Fife to deliver four half day dyslexia and neuro difference awareness training sessions in Fife. This training is suitable for businesses, organisations, individuals or anyone with an interest in finding out more about dyslexia and neuro difference.

The training sessions will each last three hours and will be held on: May 20^th, June 17^th, July 22^nd   and September 19^th, at Voluntary Action, Flemington Road, Glenrothes. Training runs from 10am to 1pm. The cost has been part subsidised due to funding provided by Foundation Scotland and has been kept to the low price of £30 per participant per training session.

This specialist training will enable a better understanding of dyslexia and neuro difference, to become dyslexia and inclusion friendly, recruit and sustain a more effective, inclusive and diverse workforce, and enable employers and organisations to meet their statutory duty under the 2010 Equalities Act. We can also offer in house training for organisations if required.

The training sessions will include:

ü  What is dyslexia?

ü  Definitions

ü  Dyslexia and legislation (2010 Equalities Act etc)

ü  How to be dyslexia friendly

ü  Being dyslexia positive

ü  Models of Dyslexia, (medical and social models of dyslexia)

ü  Dyslexic strengths

ü  Assistive technology and free dyslexia friendly options

If you would like to pre-book a place on one of these training sessions, or find out more about them or about other services we provide, please contact Steve McCue on: 01592 756 187 or by email at:

stephen.mccue@dyslexiapathways.co.uk

Alternatively visit our web site at: www.dyslexiapathways.com