Disability Rights and Services, Post Brexit

What is the impact?

I think it’s safe to say that the Leave result of the EU Referendum last Friday sent shock-waves across the country, regardless of which way you voted. We’re already starting to feel the…

Digital Accessibility in Higher Education

It’s crunch time and universities up and down the country are in the midst of an accessibility revolution. Following changes to the Disabled Students Allowance (DSA), funding for support such as notetakers and readers is no longer covered. Universities must…

Re-framing Dyslexia

A personal story of dyslexia, the label and its associated perceptions

Time is elastic to me. I often bite off more than I can chew; conceptualising how long things actually take is virtually impossible for me. I often try to pack too many things in and periodically…

Government Hypocrisy: Universities to be Welcoming but not Hospitable

The Government’s recent spate of cuts to public education are worrying, short sighted and downright baffling. Another shining example of how ‘austerity’, the attempt to reduce our budget deficit, is actioned at…

Identifying Dyslexia!

…acceptance of my own ways of thinking, working and learning.

I was identified as Dyslexic as soon as school started for my writing and reading. Yet I thought of dyslexia as entirely about literacy; It wasn’t until my early twenty’s that I started to link my…