2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 2,300 views in… Read More
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What a year!
As we move towards the Christmas period, schools, colleges and universities are starting to wind down, people are thinking about buying presents and getting a turkey and we start to reflect on the… Read More
New teacher training campaign videos
The British Dyslexia Association is very proud to announce the production of two new videos as part of our campaign to ensure that all teachers recieve dyslexia awareness as part of initial teacher… Read More
Audioboo demo at Leicester DA
For those of you that have not seen or heard Arran Smith, Membership and Projects Officer, give his presentation and ICT and the dyslexic learner, his discussion includes a section on Audioboo. This… Read More
Producing the Contact magazine
Producing a contact magazine takes a lot of time, planning, coordination and hard work. It relies on a lot of people giving up their time to write articles and take pictures to go… Read More
All we want is a fair education for all
When you work in any job for a while you start recognising patterns in the work you do. You can identify certain people who have a certain query and it will almost certainly… Read More
Former BDA Music Committee Chair wins Classic FM Award
Sheila Oglethorpe, former Chair of the British Dyslexia Association Music Committee, was awarded the Special Education Needs Music Teacher of the Year at the Classic FM Awards, held at the Royal Albert Hall… Read More
Dyslexia Awareness Week 2011
Dyslexia Awareness Week 2011 has arrived. As the name implies, this week is all about raising awareness of dyslexia. Around 1 in 10 people in the UK are dyslexic. It can take many… Read More
Amy’s First Blog
“I have been working for the British Dyslexia Association (BDA) for two months now and I am really excited about our next conference that will take place next week on the 24th February… Read More
Happy New Year from the BDA
What a good year 2010 was for us. The BDA had its first Music Conference which was a brilliant success thanks to the good work of the Music Committee, so much so that… Read More
