Dyslexia Unveiled: The Neurodivergent History You Never Knew!

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A Brief History of #Dyslexia and the Future of learning differently is a webinar by Exceptional Individuals

About this event

This workshop will equip attendees with an understanding of different learning styles due to their neurodiversity, and identify which strategies would help with their own learning style in the workplace.

A Brief History of Dyslexia is a webinar by Exceptional Individuals that discusses dyslexia and neurodiversity from historic, scientific and advocacy-perspective in an engaging interactive way.

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction
01:51 - What do we do?
02:22 - The spikey profile
04:41 - Dyslexia: A Brief History
05:16 - Word Blindness (1877)
06:00 - Dyslexia is first used (1887)
07:07 - Past names for dyslexia/dyslexic
10:36 - A Case of Congenital Word Blindness (1896)
13:49 - 'John is Not Really Dull' public health poster (1937)
15:39 - What is the biggest help for those with dyslexia?
19:27 - Belief of vision problems causing reading disabilities (1944)/What is the smallest paragraph you can read?
20:40 - 'Dyslexia' in parliament (1962)
21:17 - Are governments currently doing enough for dyslexics (children and adults)?
23:55 - Disabled Persons Act (1970)
26:22 - Should dyslexia be classed as a disability?
30:24 - Helen Arkell (1971)
32:21 - Tizard Report (1972)
34:12 - British Dyslexia Association (1972)
34:42 - What current dyslexia organisations have you heard of?
38:39 - Dyslexia recognised (1987)
39:04 - MRI Technology (2002)
39:43 - Disabilities become more socially acceptable (2003)
40:49 - Which celebrities are not dyslexic (quiz)?
41:56 - Dyslexia Gene (2005)
42:51 - DNA analysis for dyslexia
43:34 - Grammarly (2009)
44:05 - U.K. Equality Act (2010)
45:09 - What other protected characteristics do you resonate with?
45:57 - Electric current therapy (2016)
46:32 - Would you try electric current therapy?
47:04 - How far should we go to "cure" dyslexia?
49:16 - Ethics
50:42 - Summary/Workplace Needs Assessments/Any questions/What happens next?

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