A child never fails......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUu1Rp3Mito an old vlog but still valid

A big hi to all my blog readers hope you are all well and have been behaving yourselves lol

A child never fails.

Never put blame on any child for the failures of adults around them.

Schools can fail kids, parents and carers can fail kids, social services and the law can fail kids.

Kids are victims of the failures of adults around them.

Dyslexic kids don't fail at school because they are dyslexic, they fail because the adults around them fail them.

Peace love and groovyness to all

Steve McCue (dyslexic dyslexia and inclusion specialist founder of Dyslexia Pathways CIC world's first Dyslexia social enterprise.

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Finally, a little music from Ray Wilson just chill and have a listen;

Unique Dyslexics the #fab one in 10

How do we know what people think dyslexia is about unless we get out there and ask. How do we challenge negative perceptions and change minds?

Hi Blog readers hope you are all well.

I don't have dyslexia, I am not a person with dyslexia, #IAmDyslexic😎 I think, feel, see and make sense of the world as a dyslexic, I see the world through my dyslexic prism, Dyslexia is about diversity and difference not about disability, discrepancy and disorder. 

Tell me your story I am inviting people to write or film a blog, share art work or music or anything that expresses what you feel about being dyslexic or neuro diverse.

Peace, Love and groovyness to all

Steve McCue Dyslexic, dyslexia and inclusion specialist for 26 years now social entrepreneur

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sometimes you have to take the rough with the rough

Cover from my first album

Hi Blog readers hope you are all feeling fab

Rough day today, back to Uni doing my dyslexia support work. First student arrived very upset lots of tears. Self esteem and self confidence totally at a low. Our dyslexia unfriendly education system has a lot to answer for. still we have a plan to go forward with. 

More on my rough day lol. Got on an HND course in broadcasting. Fife college told me there would be no problem with funding. Of course there was. Next they said I could do it part time lol. Yep you guessed it problems with funding. I got my degree and post grad 26 years ago and that's the problem sigh. No problem said Fife College lol ohhh dear. I gave up two days a week dyslexia work to do this.

#inclusion #socialenterprise #dyslexic #diversity #student

Peace love and groovyness to you all

Steve McCue Dyslexic dyslexia and inclusion specialist and social entrepreneur.

Please feel free to comment or if you have something to say and want to write a guest blog please just contact me so we can sort it our.

Dyslexia; its about diversity and difference

I designed this 1 in 10 logo for dyslexics and those who support us to raise awareness

Dyslexia is about diversity and difference and definitely not about disorder, disability and discrepancy. 

Yes society disables and this disabling begins day one at Dyslexia unfriendly schools for far to many of us. Unless we dyslexics as a community change they way how we think and talk about dyslexia we will enable society to continue to disable us.  

Unless we change how can we expect society to change how it sees Dyslexia?

From an inclusion perspective there are three models of disability. The charity model say we are poor disabled people who are broken and society needs to give us money because society pity's us. It is a model imposed upon us by society and it is a disempowering model.

There is the medical model that basically says we are disabled, that it is we dyslexics that are the problem, that we are broken is some way and need a cure. It is another model imposed on us by society. This is another disempowering model.

Finally, there is the social model of dyslexia which say Dyslexia is about diversity and difference and it's is society that disables. 

It is our model developed by dyslexics for dyslexics. In my view this is an empowering model. It may not be perfect but its a start.

From my perspective both as a dyslexic and a Dyslexia and inclusion specialist with 29 years of experience working in the fields of dyslexia and inclusion I know what model I choose.

Which model would you choose?

I don't need pity, I am not broken and disabled #IAmDyslexic😎 And that's fab.

You are welcome to comment and send me thoughts on this, and any other, of by dyslexia blog, Comments welcomed from people from all other neuro diverse communities  and well as from people who are disabled.

Peace love and groovyness to you all 

#PeaceLoveAndGroovyness

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Thanks for reading

Steve McCue 

Dyslexia: discrepancy, disorder and disability or diversity and difference

One in 10 people in the UK population are dyslexic

Hi blog readers hope you are all feeling as fab as you can in these troubled times

I founded my dyslexia focussed social enterprise Dyslexia Pathways CIC over 10 years ago. It was the first Dyslexia focussed social enterprise in the world. 

We have a social model of Dyslexia ethos we see dyslexia in social model of Dyslexia terms. 

Where society sees disability and discrepancy we see diversity and difference. #VivaLaDifference

This video will take you to my You Tube channel
Many thanks for reading and watching. As ever your comments and feedback and invited and welcomed

Dyslexia: discrepancy, disorder and disability or diversity and difference? what are your thoughts on this?

For me dyslexia is about diversity and difference and that's why we say:

#VivaLaDifference

Peace Love and Groovyness to you all.

Steve McCue founder and MD of Dyslexia Pathways CIC world's first dyslexia focussed social enterprise.

Hi blog readers it been a while so without more ado here is my latest blog

Love planet earth

Hi blog readers hope you are all feeling fab

We human beings need to live up to our own dreams and start to solve the real problems we have on planet earth. 

We must work together to solve the problems of hunger, of poverty, of 

global warming and of pollution. These issues will not go away. They will not 

solve themselves.

All these problems are self created but nobody takes any responsibility for them. 

We can only solve them if we as a planet work together to solve them. We must put away our bigotry, our greed, our lust for power and our desires to consume for the sake of consumption. 

#GreedKills and it must stop.

These are human frailties we as a planet, and as the human race can no longer afford to have.  We have now become a danger to ourselves and to the planet. 

Peace, love and groovyness to you all

Steve McCue 2019

PS I know its been a while since I posted a new blog just been too busy. Also been having a few issues with my Blogger blog page which I cannot seem to resolve. If there is anyone out there who could help me out with solving this please that would be fab

social model of dyslexia and social enterpsie a more empowering, inclusive and positive way forward

just a photo of me with my I am dyslexic logo

Good day to all my blog readers

I can only comment on this from a dyslexic perspective. I believe the medical discrepancy model of Dyslexia has gotten us pretty much nowhere. This model say it's we dyslexics that are the problem. It makes no mention of diversity and difference. 

That's why my social enterprise, Dyslexia Pathways CIC, (Community Interest Company,) promotes and support the social model of Dyslexia. 

We see the social model of dyslexia together with social enterprise offers the dyslexic community a more inclusive, positive and empowering way forward. The social model tells us it is society that disables and here is how society does. 

My own research showed only 19% of dyslexic adults were assessed while at school. That the majority of adults assessed as dyslexic were assessed while at university. 

But you have to remember only about 5% of undergraduates are dyslexic while in the UK research shows around 10% of the population are dyslexic. Society disables us in so many ways and this disabling starts from day one at school for many of us and does not stop even at higher education level.

Heart News,

I only realised a couple days ago that I had reached my two year anniversary since my two heart attacks in a week. Two years since I had my two stents fitted. I remember the first time I mowed the grass in our front garden after my hear attacks. It took me ages and totally knackered. I mowed it the other day and it took less that 15 minutes with no rests.

We have also applied for an allotment through our local council and now have an 55 square meter plot on top of our front and back garden. Just planted some potatoes and carrots over the last few day and looking at other possible veggies to grow.

New business plan:

Finally, FINALLY!!!!! with the support of my business mentor and my wife I have completed my next three year business plan sheesh I have sweat blood over this lol.

thanks for reading, please share and like or like and share lol

regards

Steve McCue

Oh and yes once again thanks to all who have enabled my dyslexia blog to achieve over a quarter of a million views.