Dyslexics in Film: Dyslexia film made by dyslexic people
Dyslexic filmmaker Trevor Thomson is reaching out on the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo to aid the creation of a new documentary, exploring the emotional journey of ‘coming out’ as dyslexic. But this documentary has a unique quality [...]
Books for Dyslexics | I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
I Am Malala tells the story of author Malala Yousafzai, a teenage girl from Pakistan who was attacked by the Taliban, surviving a bullet to the head. Malala is now a world famous political figure and [...]
Jobs for Dyslexics | Actor – Phil Duguid-McQuillan
As dyslexics we are often told that there are some jobs that we are just not suited to, or that our unique challenges may make certain professions no go areas. We at The Codpast are [...]
Five Mistakes I Made in Business as a Dyslexic Entrepreneur
Being Dyslexic is hard enough when you’ve got a job, but what about when you’re setting up and running a business? You’ve got to deal with everything from writing professional emails to making sure your accounts [...]
Famous Dyslexics: Woody Harrelson
Profile Name: Woodrow Tracy Harrelson Occupation: Actor Birthplace: Midland, Texas, USA Woody Harrelson’s performance in the 1985 series Cheers, not only acquired two Academy Award nominations but he also walked away with an Emmy Award. His [...]
Books for Dyslexics | Full House by Maeve Binchy
There were two things that drew me to Full House - first of all, throughout my childhood I distinctly remember my grandmother always reading a Maeve Binchy book. I always used to ask her what the [...]
Image to Excel Converter Review: OCR with a cool trick up its sleeve
When you’re faced with a long boring list of data, or a document filled with a mind-numbing amount of facts and figures, one of the best ways to make this information easily digestible is to create [...]
The Codpast looks back at a fantastic 2016
As the year draws to a close, we thought we’d take a look back at the highlights of our year of podcasting, blogging and public speaking. February: At the start of the year dyslexia took pole [...]
Four Things I Learned from AA Gill
As someone who stays away from the broadsheets, (I find them difficult, long winded and energy sapping) the writing of AA Gill was something I was never really aware of. But three weeks ago, I received [...]
What’s the Future for Assistive Tech?
Establishing itself as one of the go to events of the year, ATEC (The Assistive Technology Exhibition and Conference) moved ‘tup’ north for it’s second annual conference of the year. With keynotes speeches from Microsoft and [...]