Dyslexia careers …

On Thursday 19th March 2015 the lovely Jim Hawkins & BBC Radio Shropshire were kind enough to invite me to a phone interview about Dyslexia Information Day being nominated for the ‘Community Organisation Award – disability category’ at the National Diversity Awards 2015

One of the questions Jim asked me for me thinking; Jim asked me to tell him about the different dyslexics I work with, what they do for a living etc. (or at least this is how I interpreted the question at the time – am hoping when I listen back to the interview that I interpreted it correctly!)

At the time this question caught me off guard, simply for the fact that suddenly the faces of everyone I worked with were appearing in my head like a slide show. I could see their faces, I could feel their personalities, but I couldn’t separate that to what they did for a living.

However after the interview, when there was no pressure, all of a sudden I was able to list with ease, all their professions as they flooded to the forefront of my mind, (of course, now the interview was over they would do!)

So that prompted me to do a quick Blog post listing some of the professions of some of the dyslexics I have worked with, am working with & some of the inspirational dyslexics who have been invited to the Dyslexia Information Day as local inspirational dyslexics!

The List:

School Students

College students

University students

Teaching Assistants

Teachers

University lecturer

Fire-fighters

Farmer

Office staff

Cooks

Admin assistant

Baker

professional Photographer

Businesswomen

Managers

Businessmen

Presenter

Charity worker

parish councillor

volunteer

Campaigner

Actor

Creators

Innovators

Entrepreneurs

Engineers

Life Guard

Window Cleaner

Tree Surgeon

Beautician

Authors

Technology Trainer

Designer

Public Relations

Publicist

Coach

I hope this list achieves one or two things; I hope it demonstrates the wide ranging abilities of dyslexics & I hope it inspires you to reach for the stars and your goals!

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