Dyslexia Awareness Week free events @ Oxford Street

Pop-up Dyslexia Resource Centre, 29-31 Oxford Street, London
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This event ended on Friday 7th of November 2014
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Free (registration via website required)
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Pop-up Dyslexia Resource Centre, 29-31 Oxford Street, London

Nearest Tube/Rail Stations
Tottenham Court Road 0.05 miles

The Dyslexia Association of London charity is relaunching and will be holding a series of free events in Central London as part of National Dyslexia Awareness Week, which starts on Monday, 3 November.

Activities during the week will take place at their pop-up resource centre in Oxford Street and will be mainly focusing on adult dyslexia. On offer will be free one-to-one advice, an art exhibition, plus a series of workshops and seminars. There will also be opportunities to explore ways of managing dyslexia in the workplace and even demonstrations of the latest apps and gadgets to help overcome the difficulties those with the condition often face.

Speakers include renowned specialists in the field, such as educational and occupational psychologist Dr David McLoughlin, who will give a seminar to help deepen an understanding of what dyslexia is and how it affects people.

A number of dyslexic artists, inventors, writers and entrepreneurs will be joining the activities, with workshops for creativity and entrepreneurship. A 16 year old serial entrepreneur, Ollie Forsyth, will speak about how he went from being bullied about his dyslexia at school to finding how it can be a real advantage in business.

Dyslexia is also believed to affect more than half of the UK prison population, so the Cascade Foundation will share success stories from their innovative and award-winning project, which is coming to London in January 2015.


About Dyslexia:

Dyslexia is a specific learning difficulty that affects the skills involved in accurate and fluent reading and spelling, but is not simply about learning to read or write. It is believed to affect over 800,000 people living in London. Up to 10% of the UK population experiences dyslexia to some degree, with 4% of the population having a severe form of it.

Dyslexia is not a disease or a condition that can be cured, and it is not something that is only experienced in childhood and is later grown out of.

It is not all bad news though, as it regularly results in strong creative, entrepreneurial or interpersonal skills. A study by Cass Business School in 2009 found that 35% of successful entrepreneurs were dyslexic. London has provided the world with many dyslexic innovators, such as Richard Branson, Tim Berners-Lee and Apple's lead designer Jonny Ive.

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