I dont suffer with dyslexia

It seems everywhere I turn I see the phrases suffers with dyslexia or dyslexia sufferer. There is a deluge of information and misinformation about what we, as dyslexics, cannot do. About 90% to 95% of what I read about dyslexia is negative and most of it is claptrap.

But dyslexics have extraordinary talents and gifts and can achive in all walks of life from politics to science from architecture to acting from entrepreneurship to writing. I could make a very long list of famous dyslexics which is cool.

But I have met many many extraordinary unsung people in the street dyslexics. Many who have struggled and overcome the barriers that a non dyslexic world places in front of them. However, many dyslexics still do no know they are dyslexic, many will struggle with unemployment, with reading and with writing. Its a waste of their lives and a waste to the economy.  It wouldn't take much to enable dyslexics in this position to enable them to overcome the barriers they face.

Unlocking potential

There will always be people who will tell you that something cannot be done. If we had listened to them we would never have built Stonehenge. I listened to my teachers at school who told me I would never pass an exam and to be fair I passed no exams at school. I gave up on school when I was 14 years old because school gave up on me. When I found out I was dyslexic aged 35 and was given stratagies for passing exams I passed exams from basic skills and up onward to me degree and further on up the ladder of academia. At Dyslexia Pathways we unlock potential.

so far so good

Hmm Linkedin seems interesting so far and has potential....might win some new business from that. Now sure about Twitter yet. For me as a dyslexic it all seems a little disjointed to me.

Today I am going to get out and enjoy some good weather for a while take a little drive and listen to music. When I come back I will have a look at my phone app and games design and do some more work on them.

upgrading web profile

Had a very interesting and fruitful conversation with Lucy Haughey from PlanB Partnership in and around financial inclusion and business funding ideas.

Developing Dyslexia Pathways web profile on Linkedin this morning too.

news updates

I have been looking around for funding for training for myself and or for Dyslexia Pathways. Like everywhere else funding is hard to find in this difficult times. It gets rather frustrating as I enjoy learning experiences and working with other students as a student. Let the teacher teach me lol.

I would never have believed that I would have gained a love of learning but I have. We all have a desire to learn from birth dyslexic or non-dyslexic its a bad scene that many of us lose this at school. In my view learning is inate and something that needs to be nurtured and if this is not done we lose interest in learning.

I am going to be putting together a new plan and set some new goals for myself for this year. Some of the things to be planned for are:

Working on a new project hopefully with a university as a partner.

I have been rather remiss with my game and app design in that I have not gone any further with it but this is going to change. I have to find an artist to help me realise the app so I can go out and look for funding from potential investors.

I have to update mt web site again. Put in some of the great testimonials from people who have used Dyslexia Pathways service.

I have also bought a licence for Studyscan and have to promote that.

Putting together some new promotional material for Dyslexia Pathways seeking new business.

On a more personal note I have just completed all the music for a new cd. In needs a little work here and there but all the songs are completed.

My latest composition

Eye 1

not quite finished needs more polish but you get the general idea

a big suprise? I don't think so

Now there is a suprise yet another study telling us the gap between rich and poor in the UK is getting bigger. You have to wonder how rich have to be before they are rich enough and how poor do the rich want the poor to be. We have been told by the condems we are all in this together. But it seems to me that the poor and vulnerable in our society are being scarificed for the sake of an economy that only the rich benefit from.