Dear Dyslexic Podcast

Welcome to the Dear Dyslexic Podcast Series. These podcasts share stories of the lived experiences of people who have dyslexia and other learning disabilities, as well as those who care for, live and or work with us.

Shae Wissell the creator of the Dear Dyslexic Podcast Series states "I wanted to use podcasts as the medium to share unique stories of everyday Australians who have dyslexia and other learning disabilities, to shine a light on the success and the challenges of life with dyslexia. Without the reading barrier, we can all listen and learn."

You can listen to a variety of guest speakers from authors, to actors, entrepreneurs and every day dyslexic people not just surviving but thriving!

Courses Self-Improvement Education

Update frequency: every 27 days
Average duration: 40 minutes
Episodes: 80
Years Active: 2017 - 2025

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Episode 20 with HR Expert Nicole Dominique Le

Nicole is a highly valued leader within the Global HR industry with 20 years of experience in people operations management. Remote working and distributed teams are her “thing” (- long before it beca…

Sat 02 Nov 2019

Episode 19 with Brian Hagan

This month Shae speaks with Dyslexia Consultant Brian Hagan on all this dyslexia and HR. - Shae hope's you enjoy the first of many podcasts on this topic.

01:04:19 | Thu 31 Oct 2019

Episode 18 with Tasmanian of the Year Rosalie Martin

Rosalie is a criminologist, an accredited facilitator with the Center for Courage & Renewal, and a clinical speech pathologist with more than 30 years’ experience. In 2013 Rosalie founded a charity, …

Wed 30 Oct 2019

Episode 17 with DDF Board Director Christine MacJouvelet

ear Dyslexic Board Member, Christine MacJouvelet

Christine originally trained as a primary school teacher and has a strong background in education and financial services. She has taught at all leve…

Tue 29 Oct 2019

Episode 16 with Dr Jacquline Caskey

Jacqueline recently completed her PhD in Sociology, focusing on dyslexia and Learning Difficulties with a particular interest in working with adult students in higher education and in workplaces. She…

Mon 28 Oct 2019

Episode 15 with Vice Chancellor Rufus Black

Professor Rufus Black is the Vice Chancellor and President at the University of Tasmania.

He has extensive tertiary education experience and many years working in government and corporate roles.

Ruf…

Sun 27 Oct 2019

Episode 14 with Dr Grainne Cleary

In this episode, I talk to Dr Grainne Cleary about science and wildlife ecology.

Not the first topics that come to mind for a dyslexia podcast, but this amazing lady has been doing some fascinating w…

00:59:17 | Thu 24 Oct 2019

Episode 13 with Assistive Technology Expert Jamie Crabb

Jamie has over 10 years of experience working in education. In his life in London, Jamie's worked for the Metropolitan Police in schools and worked extensively in theatre.

He's also heavily involved …

00:59:17 | Tue 22 Oct 2019

Episode 12 with LJ Kidd

This month Shae speaks with LJ Kidd who, in spite of struggling to read a restaurant menu, is a successful Australian author and illustrator of a series of children’s books.

00:36:28 | Thu 01 Nov 2018

Episode 11 Anthony Gartner from Swinburn Univeristy

Anthony Gartner is the Manager of Student Equity and AccessAbility Services at Swinburne University. He is a social worker with a commitment to access and inclusion for students who are often margina…

00:59:17 | Fri 01 Jun 2018

Episode 10 with Cheri Shone

This month Shae speaks with Cheri Shone, a dyslexia tutor who shares her story about working with students with dyslexia as well as living life with dyslexia.

00:30:34 | Tue 30 Jan 2018

Episode 9 with Mandy Nayton

In this episode, Shae speaks with Mandy Nayton, the CEO of DSF Literacy and Clinical Services, Western Australia and President of AUSPELD.

00:46:38 | Tue 28 Nov 2017

Episode 8 with Gemma Bilardi

In this month’s episode, Shae speaks to Gemma Bilardi. Gemma is a passionate advocate for supporting those living in rural and regional Victoria and is a dear friend of Shae's and a fellow dyslexic. …

00:23:02 | Tue 24 Oct 2017

Episode 7 with Sandra Hargreaves

This month we speak with fellow dyslexic Sandra Hargreaves who is an English teacher, the co-author of the practical textbook Study Skills for Students with Dyslexia: Support for Specific Learning Di…

00:36:05 | Tue 26 Sep 2017

Episode 6 with Professor Keith Houghton

Respected academic and Patron of SPELD Victoria speaks about his experience as a dyslexic academic and the value of the support he has had throughout his career.

00:27:02 | Tue 29 Aug 2017

Episode 5 with Jackie French

00:37:22 | Sat 22 Jul 2017

Episode 4 with Mayor Daryl Quilliam from Circular Quay

Did you know that 48% of Tasmanians do not have the literacy and numeracy skills they need for life in a technologically rich world? Find out more on how the 26TEN program is trying to address this m…

00:18:00 | Wed 28 Jun 2017

Episode 3 with author and comedian Catherine Deveny

Catherine Deveny is a writer, comedian, author, social commentator and speaker well known for her work as a columnist with The Age newspaper, as a Melbourne International Comedy Festival favorite and…

00:36:05 | Wed 28 Jun 2017

Episode 2 with Dr Nola Firth

Episode 2 - Dear Dyslexic speaks with Dr Nola Firth who is an Honorary Research Fellow at The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and the University of Melbourne. Nola has over 30 years’ experience…

00:22:16 | Sat 22 Apr 2017

Episode 1 with Savvy Motivation

Episode 1 - Dear Dyslexic speaks with Savvy from Savvy Motivation a dyslexic advocate. Savvy has worked in the media and entertainment industry for over 16 years and now runs his own audio and sound …

00:23:44 | Thu 02 Mar 2017

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