Day 39: The British Dyslexia Association (BDA)
Day 39: The British Dyslexia Association (BDA)
Website: http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/
The British Dyslexia Association (BDA) works towards a vision of a dyslexia friendly society that enables dyslexic people of all ages to reach their full potential. I think that this is a worthwhile cause because of two things:
1) (The correct reason) Everyone (in the UK, in this example) benefits from being competent at reading and writing as these are prerequisites for so many other parts of life. Not being able to do these things as an adult locks you out of much hope of success or progression and pretty much relegates you to subsistence living - being 'left on the scrapheap'. This charity goes some way towards addressing this problem for some subset of those people.
2) (The actual reason) The actual individuals I have known with dyslexia have all also been very smart, and whatever irritation at being slowed down at school or patronised or underestimated I felt was experienced fiftyfold by them at school, as it seems unreasonably hard to get across the concept of somebody being very alert, quick-thinking and knowledgeable but yet not able to write properly with a pen. Obviously, their not writing is because they are too stupid to understand how to write, even little babies can write to some extent, etc (facepalm). A label 'I am not thick, I have dyslexia' is at least a start towards getting useful education, and charitable help with, for example, provision of a laptop that will record speech as correctly spelled text, is a major breakthrough in quality of life.
"Ten percent (10%) of the British population are dyslexic; 4% severely so. Dyslexia is identified as a disability as defined in the Disability Discrimination Act 2005. Many of the dyslexic people across the UK, whether adults or children, are unable to fulfil their potential as a large percentage of the population still do not understand what dyslexia is, the difficulties which the condition presents and do not know how best to support them. Dyslexia is not an obvious difficulty; it is hidden. As a result, dyslexic people have to overcome numerous barriers to make a full contribution to society. The British Dyslexia Association (BDA) campaigns for a dyslexia friendly society where barriers to dyslexic people do not exist. The BDA works to ensure that ALL people with dyslexia fulfil their potential. To achieve this we need to create change, set standards and support and enable people. It is the voice of dyslexic people; it listens to their views, represents their agendas and presses for long lasting sustainable change." It also provides objective information and advice about dyslexia and funds research!
Donation Page: http://www.justgiving.com/dyslexiaassociation
Today my 5 pounds has contributed towards the general work of the BDA.
Website: http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/
The British Dyslexia Association (BDA) works towards a vision of a dyslexia friendly society that enables dyslexic people of all ages to reach their full potential. I think that this is a worthwhile cause because of two things:
1) (The correct reason) Everyone (in the UK, in this example) benefits from being competent at reading and writing as these are prerequisites for so many other parts of life. Not being able to do these things as an adult locks you out of much hope of success or progression and pretty much relegates you to subsistence living - being 'left on the scrapheap'. This charity goes some way towards addressing this problem for some subset of those people.
2) (The actual reason) The actual individuals I have known with dyslexia have all also been very smart, and whatever irritation at being slowed down at school or patronised or underestimated I felt was experienced fiftyfold by them at school, as it seems unreasonably hard to get across the concept of somebody being very alert, quick-thinking and knowledgeable but yet not able to write properly with a pen. Obviously, their not writing is because they are too stupid to understand how to write, even little babies can write to some extent, etc (facepalm). A label 'I am not thick, I have dyslexia' is at least a start towards getting useful education, and charitable help with, for example, provision of a laptop that will record speech as correctly spelled text, is a major breakthrough in quality of life.
"Ten percent (10%) of the British population are dyslexic; 4% severely so. Dyslexia is identified as a disability as defined in the Disability Discrimination Act 2005. Many of the dyslexic people across the UK, whether adults or children, are unable to fulfil their potential as a large percentage of the population still do not understand what dyslexia is, the difficulties which the condition presents and do not know how best to support them. Dyslexia is not an obvious difficulty; it is hidden. As a result, dyslexic people have to overcome numerous barriers to make a full contribution to society. The British Dyslexia Association (BDA) campaigns for a dyslexia friendly society where barriers to dyslexic people do not exist. The BDA works to ensure that ALL people with dyslexia fulfil their potential. To achieve this we need to create change, set standards and support and enable people. It is the voice of dyslexic people; it listens to their views, represents their agendas and presses for long lasting sustainable change." It also provides objective information and advice about dyslexia and funds research!
Donation Page: http://www.justgiving.com/dyslexiaassociation
Today my 5 pounds has contributed towards the general work of the BDA.