Xtraordinary People
Who are Xtraordinary People?
Xtraordinary People is a charitable initiative that is supported by the leading dyslexia charities, The British Dyslexia Association (BDA), PATOSS and Dyslexia Action. We aim to raise awareness and funds to instigate dyslexia training in schools. We also want to strip away any stigma attached to being dyslexic - there shouldn't be any!
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Being dyslexic, I had to train myself to focus my attention. I became very visual and learned how to create mental images in order to comprehend what I read ”
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Xtraordinarypeople News
Xtraordinary Week 19th - 23rd May
This year our theme is Recognising Dyslexia. We have some suprises in store that will demonstrate how important it is for us...
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Telephone 0844 561 7977
Email info@xtraordinarypeople.com
Xtraordinary People
@ The British Dyslexia Association,
Unit 8, Bracknell Beeches,
Old Bracknell Lane,
Bracknell,
RG12 7BW
Our View
Clearly dyslexics have the potential to achieve wonderful things if they are sympathetically educated, but if unrecognised and unsupported, they cannot learn effectively, leading to frustration and failure.
Sadly no matter how well intentioned, very few teachers are adequately trained to recognise or teach dyslexics who account for at least 10% of their pupils (research shows that 1 in 5 children have some sort of SpLD).
What's more, the methods used to teach dyslexic children help with all learning difficulties and literacy and numeracy in general, so it's not just the dyslexic children who will get the right start.
So how can you help?Associated Partners...
