Sources of Help, Information and Reading List
There are many resources, the following list offers a few suggestions that you may find helpful. If you have any suggestions to add to this list, please do email them to me.
Documentaries that can be viewed on YouTube
‘Can Video Games Make Dyslexic Children Read Better?’
‘Kara Tointon: Don’t Call Me Stupid’ (BBC Documentary with Actress Kara Tointon)
Dyslexia International – ‘The Gift of Dyslexia’
Henry Winkler OBE – Actor, director, producer and author – speaking clips Steven Spielberg – ‘Dyslexia Interview’
‘The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia’ produced by James Redford
Books
Audio books: Listening to audiobooks can remove the strain of reading. They are available from various sources, including libraries, Amazon and audiobooks.com.
Autobiographies referenced in Dyslexia and Success:The Winning Formulas;
- ‘Susan’s Story’ by Susan Hampshire
- ‘Tom Jones: Over the Top and Back’ by Sir Tom Jones
- Barrington Stoke Books barringtonstoke.co.uk Dyslexia friendly books, pitched at the age of the reader, not their reading ability
- ‘Dyslexia’ by Nicola Brunswick
- ‘Hank Zipzer: The World’s Greatest Underachiever’ by Henry Winkler and Lyn Oliver. A popular series of story books about a boy who has dyslexia, also a BBC television series, aimed at children around the ages of 7 to 12.
- ‘Instrumental Music for Dyslexics: A Teaching Handbook’ by Sheila Oglethorpe
- ‘Music and Dyslexia: A Positive Approach’ by Professor Timothy Miles
- ‘Music and Dyslexia: Opening New Doors’ by Tim Miles
- ‘Music, other Performing Arts and Dyslexia’ produced by the BDA (British Dyslexia Association)
- ‘Studying with Dyslexia’ (Pocket Study Skills) by Janet Godwin
- ‘The Dyslexia Handbook’ produced by the British Dyslexia Association
- ‘The Gift of Dyslexia’ by Ronald D Davis
- ‘The Self-Help Guide for Teens with Dyslexia: Useful Stuff You May Not Learn at School’ by Alais Winton
Dyslexia Charities
The dyslexia charities have advice and tips on their websites. They are also able to offer testing, recommend specialist tutors and some have a shop with dyslexia friendly learning materials.
Local Dyslexia Support Groups are really helpful and are in many regions of the UK, for example: The Hampshire Dyslexia Association hantsda.org.uk
Dyslexia Materials supplied by:
Other Websites
- Acting and Dyslexia, Deborah Groves deborahgroves.com
- BBC Bitesize – free learning and revision website, that supports the national curriculum, for all ages bbc.co.uk/bitesize; bbc.co.uk/education
- Nessy – includes information and multi-sensory learning program. nessy.com/uk/
- NHS Dyslexia nhs.uk/conditions/dyslexia/
- Touch Typing – learn to touch type for free typingclub.com