Finally, got it started lol

Hi everybody, hope you are all well

Finally, started writing my book. I think I could probably go through my blogs and find enough material to put it together. Here is a draft of my intro: I had been thinking for some time about writing a book about my life as a dyslexic. But somehow, I could never get around to doing it. There just seemed so many reasons why I shouldn’t write it.

Why would anybody want to read it?

Would I be actually be able to write a book?

What would I write about?

Do I actually have anything interesting to write about?

The list of reasons why I shouldn’t do it just kept on getting longer. My confidence in being able to write the book just kept on getting less and less. When it came to exploring the book idea procrastination became my middle name.

It wasn’t as if I couldn’t write because I’d been writing my dyslexia blog for years. 310.000 views so far.

It wasn’t as if I couldn’t get through my bouts of procrastination because I done that many times in the past.

It wasn’t as if I couldn’t motivate myself to write because I enjoy the writing process. Certainly, writing my dyslexia blog enabled me to explore my life experiences of being dyslexic, and enabled me to make sense of them.

I think maybe it was about commitment. About making a commitment to myself to explore the highs and lows of my life as a dyslexic. There was also something in there about reliving painful experiences from my childhood with my family and school.

In the end I thought to heck with it. Even if I was the only one to ever read it.

Writing a book about my life as a dyslexic might enable me to finally get rid of that little voice in my head that still today says things about me that I would never say to my worst enemy.

I think many dyslexics are the same we say things about ourselves to ourselves that we would never say to others friend or foe.

#PeaceLoveGroovyness to you all

Steve Unique Dyslexic McCue

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Why many dyslexics feel so negative about being dyslexic?

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Hi all my followers and readers

We dyslexics tend to focus on mistakes and dyslexic issues, dyslexic kids get more negative feedback from teachers than non dyslexic kids. So its not surprising. School can feel like purgatory for so many dyslexic kids. 

I am very positive about being dyslexic but my problems at school can still come back and haunt me when I am stressed or tired. Many of us lose site of, or are not aware of, any positives. 

Sometimes I ask a student to draw a line down the middle of a bit of paper. On one side i ask them to list positives and on the other negatives of being dyslexic. Hey, that negative list fills up pretty quickly, while the positives can take some time to find one or two. 

We then have a conversation and try to rebalance the lists. We have a fab sense of empathy and strong emotional intelligence. We can be the person our family and friends turn to for emotional support because of our empathy. On the other hand we are very bad at confiding in others when we need support.

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The first Unique Dyslexic Get Creative Celebration of Creativity event. October 29th 2014

 



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.

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Lord Provost of Fife opening the event. We at Dyslexia Pathways CIC and Unique Dyslexic Get Creative have found a new friend in the Provost. He showed a keen interest in what we did and achieved over the last year 

 

 
A few pictures of me opening the event, have to say I was very nervous and I actualLy threw away all my prepared notes and made it up as I went along LOL

 

 

 
A few pictures of Ross Cooper giving us his key note speech. I think everyone I talked to was inspired by what he had to say about dyslexia, being dyslexia positive and challenging the old medical model of dyslexia. For me it was good to hear someone else saying what I have been since about dyslexia since I founded Dyslexia Pathways CIC just over 5 years ago.  

 

 

 

 

 
I have some film content from the day including film of Anita Govan and Siannie Moodie performing which I will add in the next blog. I will also be adding them to our youtube page.

The next few photos are of Lizzie who, with her beautiful quilt told us some of her aural stories. Stories which have been passed on generation after generation for over at least 800 years or more.

 

 

 

Watch this space for Unique Dyslexic Celebration of Creativity number 2 next in 2015 where we have a bigger and better event.

Many thanks for reading my blog. Watch out for movie content next week.

Remember you can still get involved in Unique Dyslexic by sending us any photos, film, poetry anything creative with us on out Facebook page and web site:

http://www.uniquedyslexic.com/


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

I have updated our Unique Dyslexic android app which I designed and built with info and photos from the event also.

Many thanks for taking the time to read this blog

#PeaceLoveGroovyness to you all

Steve Unique Dyslexic McCue

#PeaceLoveGroovyness to you all

 

Rexi wishes #PeaceLoveGroovyness to you all

Take time out every day to nurture yourself. Remember depression always tells you lies.

#PeaceLoveGroovyness from me Steve Mccue

#IAmDyslexic and that's fab

 

Unique Dyslexic: Embracing Diversity Celebrating Difference

Hi everyone hope you are all well;

1. I have dyslexia says dyslexia is about discrepancy, disorder and deficits.

2. #IAmDyslexic says dyslexia is about diversity and difference. I choose number 2, which do you choose?

#PeaceLoveGroovyness to you all from me Steve McCue