Dyslexia Week 2021: Your Stories
Contents
- Bushra Abu-Helil
- Catherine Boafo-Yirenkyi
- Ruth Breen
- Lorna Burnett
- Mark Cooper
- Olivia Corrie
- John Crawshaw
- Winsome Duncan
- Seán Fay
- Alice Ferns
- Charles Freeman
- Chantal Gagnon
- Sarah Hill
- Victoria Hind
- Nicholas Hounsfield
- Shelley Johnson
- Raheem Mu Khepera MBE
- Callum Langstroth
- Lynn Matthews
- Bronya Meadley
- Eva Middleton
- Leigha Neverson
- Jacqui Perks
- Sophia Preston
- Ryan Rahim
- Remi Ray
- Nicola Sandy
- Paul Strick
- T - Further Education Lead Tutor at a Creative College
- Dr Helen Taylor
- Kim To
- Lennie Varvarides
- Tahirah Yasin
Eva Middleton
Tell us about your dyslexia diagnosis - when were you diagnosed and when did you / family members / friends / teachers realise that you were having challenges?
I have never been diagnosed, but I found just recently that I was dyslexic which is amazing as I am 93 years of age.
I knew my mother had learning difficulties and my daughter was the first in the family to be diagnosed with dyslexia. I went to school at 3 and could read quite well when I was 11.
I was evacuated from London to Somerset during the war. The whole School was in one classroom. It was at this time I found that my mind works faster than I could write. I missed whole paragraphs!
I was very good at spelling but could never spell necessary, although I wrote it hundred of times. As I have said I am in my nineties and am interested in everything.
What one thing would you like the world to know about dyslexia?
How interesting it is! I wonder for example if people knew that Leonardo da Vinci had dyslexia?!