The Dyslexia Life Hacks Show

Technology which helps many dyslexic people throughout the world started life in a place you might not expect! In this episode we meet the CEO and founder of texthelp whose aim is to help everyone to understand and be understood!  texthelp creates assistive technologies software to help people with dyslexia in many com

Last Episode of 2023! To finish off this incredible year full of amazing insights from equally amazing guests, we’re changing from our usual format for a one-off episode with our host Matthew Head answering some of your burning questions!  Join Matthew for a coffee (tea or other hot beverages also allowed) to discuss M

Have you ever found yourself masking your dyslexia so much that you stop being You!? In this episode we catch up with past guest on  the show, Kirsty Heap, as we find out how Kirsty has got on leaving her corporate job and going full time self-employed, and what"s that like for someone who is Dyslexic! Kirsty shares th

1,500! That’s the number of micro-traumas neurodivergent people experience just at primary school age (5yrs - 12yrs). This includes things like saying; “you’re not trying”, “you’re lazy”, “you don’t work hard. You need to work harder!”. When we hear words like this what is actually being heard is “you’re not good enoug

At school, Matt Bird was placed in remedial English classes  and left school education believing he was stupid. It wasn"t until he was in his 20"s when his mum suggested he may be dyslexic and should get tested. This was the first time Matt had even heard of the word "Dyslexia" but the description started to make sense

Of course, we all know the common challenges of dyslexia in reading and writing, but few know how people with dyslexia can improve their reading and writing skills, and even excel neurotypical people in these two areas.  Few know more about helping dyslexic people in this area than our guest for this episode Russell Va