How Dyslexia Looks In Adults Explained By Experts

hello everyone my name is Nathaniel William or Nat and I am the head of community exceptional individuals so today we are going to be looking at dyslexia though genuinely we support the whole spectrum of diverse ways of thinking that includes as dyspraxia autism ADHD dysgraphia dyscalculia the whole package but as I said today we're going on dyslexia now as a team a lot of you already know who we are but this is some of our lovely bunch we're a social Enterprise that supports people of all walks of life from CEOs of organizations to people looking to find inclusive employment but what makes us particularly unique is winner diverse so we're experts by experience as well as experts by traditional means so you can see all lovely bunch and in the chat today we've got April nice we've got Kinga here as well we've got me and we also have Garfield who's supporting us but we need to get a picture of him now we do these webinars every single week and we record them to make sure more people can watch them and the one we did last week was ADHD in the workplace now a lot of you will know that being a diverse often comes with other additional things so if any of you do have ADHD I wouldn't be surprised as well I'm guessing most of you have dyslexia but maybe some of you are here today just to learn about how it affects your peers your loved ones colleagues anything along those lines but we also did have a dyslexia in the workplace a previous week which might also be worth a checkout okay dyslexia at 40. now again why did we pick 40 not because you magically turn into a unicorn at 40 but just because people there's a massive increase of people who are finding out they are dyslexic later in life and you know arguably a kind of young person might be 16 to 18 might be under 25 30 but I think 40 is a safe bet when we are pretty much considered adults at least physically if not mentally and some of you were being diagnosed at a younger age and have a different experience but a lot of people are getting diagnosed later on in life um like 30s onwards and that does kind of like it's interesting because when you're younger and you are told you have something that kind of becomes part of your identity it grows with you you learn coping strategies with that bit of knowledge in mind but when you're older and you get diagnosed you've already kind of developed you've already kind of created those coping mechanisms and maybe you got diagnosed because those mechanisms aren't working for you so your brain has to rewire now our brain is nice and plasticky and every time we're learning new things it creates new neural Pathways and the more we use those Pathways they kind of get stronger and like thicker but the older we get the brain is less bothered about making them they're not as sturdy so it gets kind of harder to reinforce those new pathways basically means it's harder to adapt you can't teach an all dog new trick tricks not true you can it just takes a little bit more work because the brain is pretty chilled where it currently is with its understanding of things so now we understand why we might want to look at dyslexia in later life we can get to it so first little check-in how are we doing today great meh or down and now this is just for me to read the room it doesn't have any impact nice we've got a lot of people who are feeling just okay that's good enough for me I would probably give myself a middle one as well I didn't sleep so well but I always like webinar day it's a fun day so yeah great stuff for most of us oh and just so you know all the little gifts I'm using today are all from successful people in their 40s plus who have dyslexia so I didn't just pick this person for their great jiggling it's also because they are a successful dyslexic and this individual is an actress so do keep an eye out on them and I try to reference things at the top of the screen as we go along now if we are successful today there's a few things we're going to be looking at we're going to be looking at what is dyslexia in later life is it a different diagnosis is it the same does it treat you different and you might think derna pretty obvious but when you look at the history of Dyslexia it was very much seen as a childhood condition a lot like the other neurodivergence it was also very much considered a male condition a white condition you know so it does change and though we are smarter now than we were yesterday that doesn't mean that Society has moved in a linear path we're still a little bit outdated in a lot of regards why is it difficult to diagnose dyslexia in life to life believe it or not it's more difficult I think the average is around seven is when most people get diagnosed but it can be young as free but as you get older it's that the signs of dyslexia are hidden because you have learned to cope with the way your brain works try to like mask normalize activities so if people look at you and think I'm not sure you're dyslexic they probably work with young people on a more day-to-day basis so if any of you are thinking you know what maybe I will get a diagnosis always speak to the person doing the assessment that says do you have much experience of adults because if their experiences solely with um adolescence don't be surprised if they miss some of the uh signs and signals just because they're going to be a bit more suppressed or dampened what happens after you get diagnosed are you slapped with a goodie bag and told to be on your day does anything happen and what made you want to get diagnosed as an adult so again why is it important to know what made you want to have one when you're younger you're kind of obliged you know if you do not get that kind of a certificate that tick on a paper you're not going to get extra time you're not going to get equipment you're not going to get support as an adult that is less true you know whether you're diagnosed or not that doesn't really matter maybe you're doing it for your own personal self for your own kind of justification to kind of shed some light on why you are the way you are maybe you do work in a bad employer and they kind of like you need it so there's different reasons and we're going to be looking at those now for a quick definition dyslexia officially it is a learning disorder that affects both children and adults now I know the word disorder is a little bit scary try not to get spooked we use the word disorder in a clinical setting because it is something which causes like stress or challenges in day-to-day life it doesn't mean that it is inherently a disorder but in the world we live in I think most people could argue it does have its swings and roundabouts its symptoms are different with age and also severity as well so people think it's just like you know you are born with dyslexia you die with dyslexia typically is lifelong but that doesn't mean it's like an easy path it's like roller coasters it might be really dominant in childhood and in like simmer down it might be pretty manageable and then you can go for a stressful period in your life but it doesn't have to go that way sometimes it could be not that impactful in your childhood but as you become like a more adult your situation change you might find actually it's impacting you more than it ever has previously so it doesn't necessarily get easier with age uh symptoms very different generally people with dyslexia have difficulty breaking down words into simple sounds now we all know that's an oversimplification it's a lot oh Indigo says Pacific Learning difficulty is what I was told yeah and the terms do change a lot as well so don't be surprised if you have been told different things tomato tomato in a lot of sense depends what the flavor of the month is depending who your diagnostic assessor is there's a lot of different factors that kind of get involved oh sunshine has says definitely my dyslexia has become worse with my age no thanks for sharing that and I think that is not something which is reported not nearly enough so a quick one here what symptoms do any of you have and hopefully this can apply whether or not you know you're dyslexic or not do you have difficulties with reading do you have troubles with mathematics do you struggle with memorizing things what about time management overreacting to mistakes now this is one we don't talk about a lot but typically if you make a mistake people with dyslexia they have like a whole internal crisis because they're reevaluating their entire self-worth you also have low self-esteem from being told you're not good enough uh Europe from yourself and from others now if you notice some of these are things that are baked into the diagnosis of Dyslexia and others are related to the way that Society impacts you but you can't really separate them because we live in this world so they do go hand in hand oh let's say what we've got we've got most people overreacting to mistakes that's an interesting one I put that one on there new today and it's interesting it got a quite a high one and also interestingly reading which is what people think of the ABCs of Dyslexia didn't get the highest one and that is very telling oh nice Sun John says all of them it affects all of them but again not all at once and not at the same level it can vary it can move things can change so what decade were you born in don't worry this is anonymous were you pre-50s if so great for coming here were you swinging 60s what other decades are there 70s 80s 90s or Beyond okay great stuff so we've got someone from the 60s we've got 90s great and again this is important why because people's views of themselves and others with dyslexia very dramatically depending on the decade you were born in just a hundred years ago uh you were told to be word blind you know they thought it affected your vision people then thought it was Intelligence based which it's not you know in um like the 70s and 80s people thought you're a cold pairing you like weren't very treated very well in like 90s uh people were like all different theories so your view understanding and perception of the learning condition does have an impact depending on your decade worth taking into fact and we're not just talking about your own identification we're also talking about others around you and if you notice the uh in terms of decades the the further we go along in time the more people getting diagnosed why well I'm guessing you can work that out more people are feeling comfortable to talk about it and more people are getting diagnosed there's no like sudden of a reason for an increase so the Slicks are in adults what are some of the key differences well for one a lot of people would have dyslexia on an adult are not aware it's not that they're just not diagnosed they really don't know because this is just how their brain works they've only known this way of thinking so it could be more challenging because you don't know how to research support strategies it also affects one in ten really common and this does change because in child in adolescence most people will find like there's a higher percentage of children with dyslexia but considering we know it's a lifelong condition it seems odd that why would there be more children that have it and then it just kind of drops off as you get an adult well it doesn't drop off these people just kind of blend into the world and maybe what was a severe problem because of the education system in day-to-day adult life maybe it's not so much of an issue that's not the case for everyone but it would explain why we see a big drop in the amount of people reporting that they have dyslexia and lastly learning differently so again with children is quite often that when you have dyslexia they try to support you to learn the way that everyone else learns but as an adult you typically think I'm just going to learn the way that my brain works because CBA to learn a style which just isn't working for me I mean let me know if you kind of agree or disagree with these things anything else that has changed as a dyslexic adult so for all of you I'd love to know your thoughts is there things which you have noticed like either it might be you think things are easier now or maybe things are more difficult maybe they stayed the same maybe people's views are a change do you see dyslexia different how you saw it as an adolescence let me know oh Indigo it says for me it was work colleagues who said they thought I was dyslexic my response was but I can read yeah that is a classic one quite often people just assume it's to being illiterate I don't know if this is a correct stat but I read somewhere that like one percent of dyslexics have are illiterate meaning they can't read the vast vast vast majority of dyslexics absolutely can we've got I'm now more confident right for you uh I would say the same it doesn't mean that the challenges go away but you're kind of more self-assured with yourself yes I thought I was stupid when I was at school ume both the school system isn't created for dyslexics we are very much an afterthought if not a four at all I think you know maybe it's getting better but the way I think sets are kind of divvied up in terms of like intelligence or ability aren't really fair I was stuck in the class with all the people who are picking the nose and licking Windows that's not what I wanted to be a part I wanted to be challenged and pushed I just wanted it tailored for my way of processing but because that wasn't done and because it wasn't acknowledged I thought I was one of the um the people who struggled I it's a tough one isn't it I'm a lot more open about it and I'm proud I use colors a lot that's brilliant I think you know I'm a bit proud of it as well now it's uh you know yes it's a bit of a double-edged sword sometimes but there is a lot of positives that go with it I'm more open about being dyslexic and explaining it to others and how it affects me yes we let learner at better at learning to explain it to others again when you're younger you might just say I can't read very well but as you get older you can kind of add so much more color and depth which can turn something which is a perceived negative into probably a unique selling point we've got I only found out this year everyone was surprised I feel much better knowing everything makes more sense yes and that is definitely something we're going to be touching on it a bit more later about how understanding yourself even if you get no kind of extra goodies or benefits through being diagnosed that self-awareness can make a big difference we also got saying becoming more aware of other neurodivergent traits in me yes sometimes dyslexia can be like the Pandora's Box on opening up a whole schnagus Board of different ways of thinking the processing many people say dyslexia is the marijuana or of the neurodivergent world gets you hooked jokes no one says that but it kind of makes sense you know it is a very accessible way of understanding how other parts of the brain May function because it is less kind of tabooed and stigma compared to ones like autism or ADHD so some fun facts on managing adult dyslexia now originally this title was treating and I I don't really like the word treating it's not you can't get rid of it um but kind of learning to work with it can be really beneficial so first of all trading and tutoring now for me there's two ways of doing this one you're TR you're trying to train yourself to work like everyone else and that actually might work for some people but for me I think that leads to burnout eventually because your brain is kind of working uphill I'd rather find strategies that work for my type of brain then we've got your occupational therapist they kind of support you with finding like the ways that work for you a little bit more holistic you've got reasonable adjustments you know things like access to work workplace needs assessments they're essentially covered under the UK quality act which means an employer has to do them um if they don't you know get in contact request instructions to be spoken instead of written now this is a really simple one but a lot of the time with people with dyslexia or any neurodivergence the key challenge is about communication so if you're misinterpreting things then try to get it given in multiple formats and do a little bit of cross-referencing so someone has written something down I then asked them to verbally tell me or someone has verbally told me I asked them to write it down and then I kind of compare the two and make sure I've understood it if there's some like discrepancies then I would seek for further explanation maybe I'm being over the top but I'd rather have the extra time in the beginning rather than having a lot of extra time towards the end okay so we have find methods to help you learn and remember seems basic but there's so many strategies I'm terrible at spelling so I remember a lot of things like said Superman and I dance because big elephants can't always understand small elephants uh you know lots of things like that that really help and finally additional training and tasks that make you more that make you uncomfortable I think a lot of the time people who are dyslexic will typically say I hate reading and you don't hate reading you hate the way it made you feel when you were forced to read and no one was teaching you strategies I think if you continue to learn to like to read in your own way you might find actually you quite like it I listen to a lot of audio books some may say that's not reading I say whatever it is reading and I love reading now and I get through loads of audio books a year so now let's do a quick brief history of Dyslexia why because it might help you understand why you think the way you do about your own dyslexia and probably more likely why others think the way they think about your dyslexia nice Indigo says I like larger print or yellow backgrounds of paper definitely that helps a lot of people for me it's more of a light bluish color that seems to work well son John says I try to do brain train games regular to improve my grammar and vocabulary yes great when I used to have like a Nintendo DS I'd always play those brain training games I'm not sure if you actually trained my brain but April says when my sister was younger she would learn how to spell because with the sentences big elephants can always understand small elephants yeah I mean there's different ones you know like never under oh there's lots of them actually some of them not so appropriate but whatever helps you remember so anyway let's do a brief history of Dyslexia started off in 1877 cracking on a bit word blindness so if you had dyslexia people just assumed it was a type of like visual impairment then it kind of changed us kind of more terminology then in 1887 dyslexia was first used so actually it's been around a while but not really as long as some people would think then in the 1900s the first report of child reading disability so don't get me wrong like when it was first mentioned you know it cropped up in conversation but it wasn't until the 19th century where we're like oh okay it's now actually reported but remember still in children at this point then in the 1930s dyslexia comes common most people have heard of it doesn't mean you understand it but they've heard of it so it's starting to pick up a bit of momentum but it still has this baggage attached to be like word blindness still needs shifting a little bit moving on to the 60s learning disability is first used so they're kind of changing the terms around making it a bit more descriptive because let's face it if you've never heard of the word dyslexia it doesn't really give that much away it's a bit of an odd word also a very ironic word because it's not the easiest spell then in the 1990s we start to do a bit of brain research so we realized it's the thing what's going on with the hood and you know brain research is difficult not the easiest so we're starting doesn't mean we're particularly getting anywhere but in 2002 we start to do MRIs these are where you kind of go in those like Space Age machines and they kind of like see where the brain is like lightening up and it turns out there is a difference for people who have dyslexia and those who do not have dyslexia there is a difference and these are really important adjustments because again at the start it was just something which was kind of conceived and you know is it real isn't it real I don't know but now the scientific evidence that's dyslexia is real so it's not so much like not denied anymore most people accept it as a thing but it depends kind of when you were born and when the research kind of came to light 2005 we found a dyslexic Gene now this still needs a lot more research but it kind of showing us that dyslexia is hereditary it does run in the family it is something that you are born with because some people are like is it just people who are bad at reading no it is actually baked into your DNA which again changes how society looks at something when they understand like the origin but bear in mind early days early days indeed so quick question to all of you again influences what do you think influences your dyslexia the most now this could be how it presents itself how you see it kind of any of those we've talked a bit about historical context a little bit about kind of science but what about the others we've got things like culture and race you know some cultures don't even accept that dyslexia is a thing so that will have a big impact the time we lived in if you grew up in a swinging 60s maybe dyslexia seem very different the media again anything in the media is like I can't read I got the dyslexia you know they're not exactly the most apparent and family values and belief some families are proper Advocates and like you can do anything you want to be others are like you're dumb um unfortunately oh and also we've got educational policies in the systems so how the education world has taught us so the results are in and the number one is the education system yeah let's say you screwed a lot of us up very very outdated and it's such a beast it's so hard it's a hard thing to change media the media has a bigger impact on us than any of us would ever think the time we live in raise Family Values so really interesting actually and these things are as much to do with how we see ourselves as the condition itself the label is empty without these other contextual things kind of giving it meaning who have a positive or negative now my son Janna says educational policies and families and values completely against you so now quick question again to all of you when did you get diagnosed slash believe you had dyslexia so I appreciate not everyone's going to be diagnosed and neither should you be necessarily for me it's a difficult one because I knew I was dyslexic like all my life really because my mum was very certain about it but it wasn't until I was 16 when I was officially diagnosed um however I was diagnosed pre-16 and then it stopped being valid after that they've now changed the rules a little bit so it's interesting how a diagnosis which is seemingly for life can become invalid or at least could have been so yeah let's see what anyone else has got we've got at 48 years old wow but yay I mean I'd love to know like why you why you wanted to get that diagnosis ah 17 I mean did how did it help 17 interesting so actually you know when I said dyslexia 40s actually we're not far off a lot of people do kind of get around their age range and it may be the assessments are becoming a bit more accessible don't go wrong they're still expensive because I don't think they're covered by the NHS sometimes there's grants and different school systems maybe employers will do it but there's not kind of like a consistent of this organization will help you out oh nice so we've got I I got it through work because I was struggling see that's nice not a lot of workplaces will offer that um so that's great if you can so next one what was it like before you got diagnosed now this question will be different depending on when you were diagnosed but were you kind of like ignorances Bliss or were you more confused and lost was there any things that there was a noticeable difference hey I appreciate this is maybe a difficult question so let's have a little think what was it like before you got diagnosed I guess for me I just had a lot less support in school I would just see perceived as a very slow developer rather than someone who had a recognized medical condition we've also got one here that says it was difficult to understand the world I think that's really true as well because remember dyslexia doesn't affect intelligence so your brain is like very very aware that you're struggling to understand things and kind of pull them apart we've got confused and didn't understand why I did things differently that's difficult because again it's not like you're talking to other people and think oh I got this I've got this and create a kind of unity it feels very isolating because it's not something you share but I was stupid sadly that is one of the big ones we also got confused and struggling education at every stage needed extra help from teachers I think the biggest thing I'm getting here is it affected a lot of our self-esteem uh just quick shout out to Anne who is an Arctic traveler who was I think the first female-led team to go across the Arctic and dyslexic so a really inspirational woman who um I recommend searching more if you can oh God I was very slow in learning always behind others by a university I was the best the diagnostic did nothing for me as none knew what to do that's interesting actually still improving a gay it can affect you different in your life whether or not a diagnosis is beneficial or not to you I think that's quite an individual thing not just personally but also determined in a society that you find yourself around not all universities are created equal held back because of being misunderstood a lot yeah I'm a year older than most of my friends because I start everything a year later it's tough and I don't think teachers well I think they're starting to realize it can have quite a big impact on people but before send them back you know it wasn't really a big deal okay I hope you're all still doing good still with me if diagnosed in later life what made you want to do it so I know some of you have already answered on this but if you could put it again that would be great so I think one of you said your work wanted you to get to it or offered it because you were struggling at work did anyone else have any other reasons about why they wanted to get diagnosed ah okay I was studying nice I mean I'm studying at the moment as well and I tell you what if I didn't have support for my dyslexia like the extra time there's no chance I would survive but the university is really strict you have to show him a valid approves it's annoying in the amount of Hoops you have to jump through in order to be treated equally I was studying a masters and was curious about some quirks and their test support was on offer well that's great so it seems a lot of you are like right place right time you know if it's offered why not what about anyone else did anyone get it like privately I think that's always interesting like people will you know use their own money because it is an expensive uh investment at high school only because my mum knew there was nothing there was something not right yes mums are can be a great Advocate I probably wouldn't be where I am today if it wasn't for my mum a kind of champion trying to resupport my studies and say you know what he needs help you know do not ignore this individual okay now we've got a uh creepy picture of Jennifer Aniston kind of like a staring into our souls but she is dyslexic by the way and another great role model so a few reasons why people may want to get diagnosed not exhaustive but it's a starting point is to overcome trauma remember like if you've been told your entire life you're dumb you're stupid you're thick you know you know nothing you'll never amount to anything that's going to take a toll but if someone can say actually you know what your struggles weren't your fault there is a reason behind it which you had no control over it could be uplifted that can like you know make you feel a lot Freer it could help you understand yourself give you context you know if you don't understand your own mind how can you expect anyone else to to educate yourself you know knowledge is power if we have the understanding about how our brain works we can actually make decisions which can help us so for instance I would wouldn't go for a role which wouldn't allow me to use my assistive technology because I know I'd find it too difficult I actually really wanted to be a doctor right but actually that's not the life for me because the way it's done I would struggle more and what I would benefit from it get support yes sometimes support is only available if you're dyslexic I don't think that's right but that's how it's done and another one is sometimes you'll find that you learn that your child has dyslexia and because you know it's hereditary and you've seen a lot of their characteristics in you you might want to explore it a little bit further to find out a bit more about what kicks so now let's look at some famous dyslexics adults we've looked at a few already and uh there are some pretty interesting ones and why I wanted to show these is not just because they're dyslexic but because it has actually been beneficial to their career Whoopi Goldberg is a great example I'm not going to give you a fact about Wookie because I've got one coming up but hold on to that then we've got Richard Branston he was a school dropout very entrepreneurial and his brain would always wonder and he'd create so many things he is a big advocate of Dyslexia and if you ever need any inspirational quotes from a powerful rich white man I highly recommend it no but genuinely he is a good advocate so we've also got Orlando Bloom I think a fun fact Johnny Depp Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley who are all in Pirates of the Caribbean are all dyslexic that must have been fun for the director oh and also Princess Beatrice um okay big advocate of Dyslexia so I promise you some Whoopi Goldberg action and I'm going to deliver so a great quote from her is that some people read really fast but you ask them questions about their script and they'll forget I take a long time to read a script but I read it but I read it only once and this for me is a really great quote because it very much acknowledges the challenges of Dyslexia if you were to compare you know apples to oranges the apples will probably win um because they're faster at reading and you want to see instant gratification on how someone picks up the material but if you look at the bigger picture those people might not be able to retain it as well but the person with a dyslexia who takes their time to meticulously break things apart word it together it retains the information so much more now I know what some of you are probably saying I can't remember anything because I know I can't it affects everyone differently but I think whoopies a great example on how something which on a light touch looks like a negative actually can have a lot more benefits attached to it back to some fun questions what do you know now about dyslexia that you wish you knew sooner we've talked a lot about trauma today you know let's try and break the cycle if you could talk to the younger you what would you say to them now which you think could help them grow through their kind of experience this could get a little bit deep so you are take your time this is not only about Troubles of reading yes tell them early on I think I probably could have done with some like good Role Models when I was younger and then people would often tell me it gets easier it gets easier but I think I would have liked some more tangible examples ones I could really kind of see I mean I'm not talking about Richard Branson here because he's a bit unrelatable but just some more like real life people you've got that explains my creativity nice part of the abilities that come with it I'm stronger at big picture and creative thinking which are valuable skills yes the things you are good at are very much needed and sought after life your time in the sun might not be in school but you wait after that might be the time where you can really show the world you've got some to offer which not many other people have so yeah really great answers everyone so what are some support available you're an adult you're dyslexic you know you've had a nice therapy session with me today what is there available well there's some Facebook groups which we have exceptional individuals one is like dyslexic opportunities it's actually quite buzzing you know a lot of people are messaging it it's a good place just to unwind and kind of like maybe Ranch yes gestures we've also got EI exceptional individuals coaching and mentoring coaching is when they kind of walk you through the different processes and mentoring is when someone who might be a dyslexic professional will kind of like take you under their wing and support you there's also like different assistive Technologies and one thing you could do is record meetings or important conversations to listen to them again one of the reasons we record today sessions you might use a Dictaphone you might use a pen and paper whatever it takes also things like speech to text where you can speak into a mic and it translates for me that's a lifesaver now obviously these are like just hardly any things at all but the important thing to take away from this is there is support available and don't expect everyone to be you know uh knocked out in the park winner a lot of them aren't going to work for you I think when it comes to finding support for neurodiverse people it's like a cocktail you know a little bit of this a little bit of that a bit of shaking around oh okay stall Fork let's try a game until you get the right combination nice and we've got Sanjay says I'm not stupid I have a brain difference I am different not a failure and I think you've got to keep telling yourself that because if if the rest of the world's not telling you well you've got to be your own Advocate and I tell you people will eventually kind of follow suit so before we finish up for the day any other Support options that you know of so are there things that have helped you in life maybe system for technology maybe support groups anything which you think if someone else saw this potentially they could take that away and maybe benefit them okay for myself what has really helped me uh I think just learning more about it really knowledge really is power the more I learned about it the more I understand how my brain works maybe more proud of it we've got reading dyslexic strengths nice that's a good one I'm always uh interested in reading more books studying's been great for me coaching coaching is really useful colleagues families friends just having good support strategy we've got dyslexia support groups on Facebook good to share experiences absolutely different memory techniques it is going to be different for everyone but I think there are going to be things that help if you feel that your dyslexia is holding you back do not think that is something which is kind of fixed in place I think it's a combination of working on how you see it and also finding the places in society which already accept it they'll get me wrong they're difficult to find but they do exist we've got spider graphs nice I I like um infographics you know where they break complex things up and lots of images bullet points yes bullet points are a lifesaver for me I I know I talk about it all the time but things that like read it out loud to me really really help me with uh concentration so here are some quick things on when we got our information today we're trying to make these webinars more scientific so uh feel free to check some of them out when on the recording and if any of you are dyslexic which a lot of you are if not all of you and are in the workplace a bang about it a lot of the time but do you consider about contacting us for a workplace needs assessment it's a free thing to do and it doesn't mean you can get that support that's training if any of you aren't diagnosed it doesn't matter you can still get support with us and is it an official diagnosis no but I would argue it's like the next best thing you get all the support you would get if you were diagnosed without the kind of strain and of like paying the money for one but if you are diagnosed still eligible as well so get in contact if this does apply for you I think it's a great opportunity and that's why I'm such a big advocate of each webinar so we have done it but any last questions or whatever hold your peas any questions on dyslexia or maybe just some final words of encouragement that you might want to share with everyone exceptional individual works and work in schools like web School teachers so you know what good question it's something which we have done it's not something we officially do but it is something we're planning to do so yes we're currently in talks with schools to do that but our main demographic is people who are of working age and above but um we're not opposed to anything okay so would it be in schools with pupils or would it would be with the teachers if uh at the moment some of the talks are with students but we also work with anyone who I think is either in work or approaching the job market so are we going to work with like young children probably not but we do work with um graduates with students you know people along those lines okay cool oh Indigo says there is a film on Netflix called I used to be famous which is about an artistic drummer very good and filmed in my manner heckham nice I looked at that I'm actually gonna I'm definitely gonna watch that looks really interesting and if you want to get in contact here's our details you know what to do just drop us a message email phone whatever we're here for you but I hope you found that interesting today found a few Little Gems and I always enjoy uh spending my Thursdays with you I even delayed my uh holiday just to stay here for you today I genuinely enjoy it [Music] foreign

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Keywords: neurodiversity, dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, Autism, over 40s, middle age, later life, webinar

Id: qy5eTFf09L8

Length: 42min 8sec (2528 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 04 2022