{"id":43,"date":"2017-02-03T10:54:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T10:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/able\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2017-06-01T08:06:45","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T08:06:45","slug":"support-for-literacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/able\/learners\/support-for-literacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Support for Literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First of all, it’s important to point out that there are a wide range of difficulties that people experience with literacy. Sometimes people get a diagnosis, often referred to as ‘dyslexia,’ but it can be useful for everyone to know how to access support if they’re struggling.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 what-is-dyslexia<\/a><\/p>\n

Worried?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s good to know what to look for:<\/p>\n

Visual issues <\/a><\/p>\n

If you’ve been told<\/strong> that you have a literacy difficulty then\u00a0you may\u00a0have lots of questions and worries.<\/p>\n

Sometimes it’s good to know you’re not alone:<\/p>\n

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“I don’t let it hold me back.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“Dyslexia is not due to lack of intelligence.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

famous people who’ve found literacy difficult<\/a><\/p>\n

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There are loads of apps and programmes that can help<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Text to speech\u00a0<\/strong>reads back what you’ve written so you can hear any mistakes<\/p>\n

Free text to speech plug-in if you have Word: http:\/\/www.wordtalk.org.uk\/home\/<\/a><\/p>\n

And PowerTalk reads back powerPoint slides: http:\/\/fullmeasure.co.uk\/powertalk\/<\/p>\n

My Study Bar<\/strong> gives you handy access to all the support you might need on your desktop: http:\/\/www.eduapps.org\/?page_id=7<\/a><\/p>\n

Useful apps<\/strong> to help with loads of stuff – planning, e-books, keyboards, readers – loads.<\/p>\n

Android apps to support literacy difficulties<\/a><\/p>\n

And if you use an i-pad<\/strong>, make sure it’s doing everything it can for you<\/p>\n

I-pad support with literacy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First of all, it’s important to point out that there are a wide range of difficulties that people experience with literacy. Sometimes people get a diagnosis, often referred to as ‘dyslexia,’ but it can be useful for everyone to know how to access support if they’re struggling.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 what-is-dyslexia Worried? It’s good to know what to … Continue reading Support for Literacy<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52269,"featured_media":0,"parent":35,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-43","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/able\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/able\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/able\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/able\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52269"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/able\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/able\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":595,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/able\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions\/595"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/able\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/able\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}