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Dyslexia and ADHD: What’s the Connection?

Feb06

Featured Image by Karolina Grabowska, Pexels Everyone in class is looking at you. The teacher looks annoyed. You look down at the paragraph you’ve been asked to read, but something’s wrong. The words don’t make sense. Or maybe they do, but you can’t concentrate long enough to read them –

What is the Access to Work Scheme?

Feb03

Featured Image by Marcus Aurelius, Pexels What is ‘Access to Work’? The Access to Work Scheme provides practical and financial support to people with any disability (visible or not) to start or stay in work. The publicly funded employment support programme not only helps people with mental health issues, but

Does ADHD Affect Sleep?

Jan30

Featured image by cottonbro studio, Pexels You know how it feels to get a bad night’s sleep. You wake up about as tired as you were when you went to bed; you spend the day in a haze; you find yourself forgetting simple things. For most people, this problem is

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Supporting Someone with Dyslexia at Work

Jan26

Featured image by Tima Miroshnichenko, Pexels Work can be challenging for people with dyslexia. Find out about how dyslexia can affect people at work, if there are any advantages or benefits of dyslexic employees, if they experience workplace bias or discrimination, how dyslexia bias and discrimination can be avoided, and

How to Focus at Work with ADHD

Jan23

Featured image by Tima Miroshnichenko, Pexels People with ADHD can find it difficult to focus at work. Find out about why they can’t focus and some top tips on how people with ADHD can find it easier to focus. The tips include setting aside time to create clear plans, writing

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How Can Dyslexia Affect Emotions?

Jan19

Featured image by Andrew Neel, Pexels If you have dyslexia, you might find it difficult to manage your emotions. Find out what dyslexia is, if there is a connection between dyslexia and emotional issues, if dyslexia symptoms affect people’s emotions, how dyslexia affects emotions of children and people at work,

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What Are the Differences Between Social Anxiety & Autism?

Jan16

Featured image by Afta Putta Gunawan, Pexels People with autism can also have social anxiety. Although social anxiety and autism are similar, there are also some differences. Find out more about what social anxiety and autism are, their similarities and differences and how to tell is someone has social anxiety

5 Common Myths About ADHD

Jan13

Featured image by Tara Winstead, Pexels Despite popular understanding, we’ve known about ADHD for a long time. Some place its first mention as early as 1775, with German physician Melchior Weikard’s discussion of ‘attention deficit’. After this, British paediatrician George Frederic is generally credited with first identifying the condition in

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