Words Fail Me: A podcast about thriving with dyslexia

Tasha is a highly experienced broadcast journalist and reporter. She has recently become one of Granada Reports' newest reporters, having previously worked at the BBC across various news programmes, from Panorama to Radio Five Live and more recently Newsround. As a self professed advocate for social equality she specialises in making films for underserved youth audiences.

Find out more at dyslexia-help.org

Tasha is a highly experienced broadcast journalist and reporter. She has recently become one of Granada Reports' newest reporters, having previously worked at the BBC across various news programmes, from Panorama to Radio Five Live and more recently Newsround. As a self professed advocate for social equality she specialises in making films for underserved youth audiences.
Find out more at dyslexia-help.org

Harvey’s media company, Captured Time Productions, has For almost three decades, created feature length documentaries and short form projects which have won almost 60 festival awards - including four Emmys.
Harvey’s idiosyncratic visual sense found a natural outlet in filmmaking, a natural auteur film has given his out-of-the-box creativity a home as a writer,
producer and visual storyteller.
In 2013, Captured Time released Dislecksia: The Movie, Harvey’s passion project seven years in the making. It’s a documentary feature that focuses on the serious and seriously misunderstood subject of dyslexia with his trademark humour and lightness.
Funding from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund (distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund) has helped the Dyslexia Foundation make this podcast.
Find out more at dyslexia-help.org

Harvey’s media company, Captured Time Productions, has For almost three decades, created feature length documentaries and short form projects which have won almost 60 festival awards - including four Emmys.
Harvey’s idiosyncratic visual sense found a natural outlet in filmmaking, a natural auteur film has given his out-of-the-box creativity a home as a writer,
producer and visual storyteller.
In 2013, Captured Time released Dislecksia: The Movie, Harvey’s passion project seven years in the making. It’s a documentary feature that focuses on the serious and seriously misunderstood subject of dyslexia with his trademark humour and lightness.

Funding from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund (distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund) has helped the Dyslexia Foundation make this podcast.

Find out more at dyslexia-help.org

Her extensive credits in the highest sphere of the Opera world are too extensive to list. Suffice to say she has worked all over the world with some of the most illustrious Opera companies and Venues in Italy, the UK and Australia. She is an alumna and graduate of the Royal Opera House’s Jette Parker Young Artist programme, the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the National Opera Studio.

She is also deeply passionate about nurturing new talent and gives masterclasses at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin as well as coaching at the Royal Academy Opera Course in London.

Funding from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund (distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund) has helped the Dyslexia Foundation make this podcast.

Find out more at dyslexia-help.org

Ep 20. is with the CEO of Vessels of Hope, Dr Tracy Johnson.

Tracy is a self professed lover of learning. Now a teacher and lecturer herself it was her innate curiosity and pervading love of knowledge which served as a beacon of hope in the problematic circumstances of her schooling.

Underfunding, teachers insufficiently aware of the problems a dyslexic child faces and insensitive class mates were just a few obstacles she had to navigate.
She uses the pain she endured to help children and adults with dyslexia avoid those same hardships.

Vessels of Hope is a non profit organisation Tracy founded to help support similarly low income individuals with learning differences particularly with dyslexia. They lead workshops, spread awareness and empower children and adults with dyslexia.

Funding from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund (distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund) has helped the Dyslexia Foundation make this podcast.

Find out more at dyslexia-help.org

Ep 20. is with the CEO of Vessels of Hope, Dr Tracy Johnson.
Tracy is a self professed lover of learning. Now a teacher and lecturer herself it was her innate curiosity and pervading love of knowledge which served as a beacon of hope in the problematic circumstances of her schooling.
Underfunding, teachers insufficiently aware of the problems a dyslexic child faces and insensitive class mates were just a few obstacles she had to navigate.
She uses the pain she endured to help children and adults with dyslexia avoid those same hardships.
Vessels of Hope is a non profit organisation Tracy founded to help support similarly low income individuals with learning differences particularly with dyslexia. They lead workshops, spread awareness and empower children and adults with dyslexia.
Funding from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund (distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund) has helped the Dyslexia Foundation make this podcast.
Find out more at dyslexia-help.org

This episode is with Finance Executive and Social Innovator Joan Bohan. While working at Disney Joan set up the Dis-Ne Network to help dyslexic employee’s realise their full potential. Doing this work was the happiest of her professional life. Which is exactly why she decided to continue that work with Social Innovation, Inc. In her words, she is not ‘reinventing the wheel’ but aiming to help businesses pick the low hanging fruit in order to ensure all their employees reach their full potential.
Funding from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund (distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund) has helped the Dyslexia Foundation make this podcast.
Find out more at dyslexia-help.org

This episode is with Finance Executive and Social Innovator Joan Bohan. While working at Disney Joan set up the Dis-Ne Network to help dyslexic employee’s realise their full potential. Doing this work was the happiest of her professional life. Which is exactly why she decided to continue that work with Social Innovation, Inc. In her words, she is not ‘reinventing the wheel’ but aiming to help businesses pick the low hanging fruit in order to ensure all their employees reach their full potential.

Funding from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund (distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund) has helped the Dyslexia Foundation make this podcast.

Find out more at dyslexia-help.org

As a classically trained singer Ailie has toured the world. As a teacher and singing coach she has pondered the most effective ways to teach music and rehearsal techniques to singers with learning difficulties and specifically dyslexia. She graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music with a B.A. in Music and performance.
She is currently developing the ‘Reid Rhythm Hand Cards’ technique for helping dyslexic children and adults to learn music more efficiently. Which is a brand new technique and currently in the final stages of development.
Funding from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund (distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund) has helped the Dyslexia Foundation make this podcast.
Find out more at dyslexia-help.org