Dyslexia is my strength and is a great advantage in certain fields, especially engineering and tech.
Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories Aaron Swan - Topic of talk - "Dyslexia is my strength and is a great advantage in engineering and tech. I got thinking about the reasons why I am such a sociable person. Is it innate or did I, at some point, make the choice to be that way? I came to some conclusions and realised that my dyslexia had a huge hand in the way I have ‘turned out’. As cliche as it is, although I am not defined by dyslexia, I certainly am made by it. Whilst I’m hoping that the way dyslexia is handled in schools has changed a lot since I was young, I wanted to write something about it in order to highlight that despite being defined as a ‘specific learning difficulty’, it can also be incredibly useful - if you can come out of school with your self confidence intact. Let me explain. I am the third of 4 boys, and when we were younger my parents would have navigated any obstacle in order to fight our corner. My mum tells a story of me coming home in primary 1 (about 5 years old) and telling her that “I wasn’t the same as the other kids”. My mum said that she had noticed a difference between me and my brothers, but this was the catalyst that she needed. Being the way she is, she marched into school and told the staff that they needed to work with her to find out what was going on as she wasn’t about to let her son feel ‘different’. Sure enough I had all the tests and it came to light that I was “really quite dyslexic”. Please join us to hear Aron's amazing story My aim with Neurodiversity Stories is to educate, inspire and motivate people to see a different side to Neurodiversty 💙 Please like , share and subscribe for more podcats around #Neurodiversity 🙌 If you would like to appear on one of my Neurodiversity Stories then please contact me on: darren@globaldysleixagroup.com please check out the website: https://www.neurodiversitystories.com/ Also follow us on: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/neurodivers... LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/7126... Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/neurodiverst... Also listen tour podcast on the following channels https://www.neurodiversitystories.com... Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/7c5o0t3... Apple Podcast : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Google Podcast : https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=... Anchor Podcast: https://anchor.fm/s/1fc503f4/podcast/rss Delighted to be working with our sponsor for our Neurodiversity Stories 📚 Touch-type Read and Spell (TTRS) TTRS is An award-winning, multi-sensory course that teaches typing, reading and spelling Touch-type Read and Spell (TTRS) is also suitable for people with Dyslexia and other learning differences. For more information please check out their wonderful website: 👉 https://lnkd.in/dveWgbM 👈 Thank you Touch-Type, Read and Spell for your support. Neurodiversity Stories was hosted by Darren Clark who is a Dyslexia Influencer and Award Winning Entrepreneur who is Changing perceptions for Neurodiversity globally through speaking,training and consulting and Making Organisations and schools fully SpLD Inclusive and trailblazing awareness For more information please click on the link: https://www.globalspldconsultant.com I hope you enjoy our stories and please subscribe to see more.