Dyslexia Awareness Week This week is Dyslexia Awareness Week What is Dyslexia? Dyslexia is a learning difficulty which affects millions of people all over the world. It is a life-long neurological condition which often runs in families and affects people’s abilities with reading, writing and spelling. People with dyslexia may have difficulty processing and remembering […]
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Dyslexia Awareness Week 1-7 November 2023 This week marks Dyslexia Awareness Week in Scotland, raising awareness and understanding. Dyslexia and how people experience or deal with it are unique to them. And Dyslexia Awareness Week is shinning light on the diversity of experiences. Dyslexia is extremely common, NHS.uk estimates that 1 in 10 […]
Dyslexia Awareness Week It is Dyslexia awareness week in the UK, and we are here to guide and increase visibility to people all over the world! The theme this year is Breaking Through Barriers. Dyslexia Awareness Week will take place between 03-09 October 2022. But what is dyslexia? Dyslexia is a lifelong learning difficulty that can affect communication, learning, reading, and writing. You may be able to […]
Make online reading easier: three accessibility tools worth trying Accessing eresources can sometimes feel overwhelming, especially when dealing with dense text or distracting layouts. To help, the library has created tutorial videos that walk you through some excellent accessibility tools. Here’s a quick overview of three tools that can make reading online resources much easier. […]
Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2025 This week marks Neurodiversity Celebration Week, a week dedicated to celebrating those with neurological differences and challenging the negative stigmas associated with these differences. It’s a week all about celebrating what makes us different from each other and trying to better understand the unique view we all have of the world. […]
Library: Eresources and Accessibility Library: Eresources and Accessibility. We have a wide range of online resources at the library, ranging from ebooks, journals, databases, and subject guides. In fact, we have over 330,000 ebooks and over 220 online databases. More and more libraries and their resources are entering the digital sphere. With that, these resources […]
Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2024 Neurodiversity Celebration Week 18th – 24th March 2024 A week observing the strengths and talents of people with learning differences. Because everyone has a differently wired brain and a unique way of thinking, experiencing the world, learning and interacting. What is Neurodiversity? Neurodiversity is based that neurological differences should be recognised […]
Neurodiversity Celebration Week Neurodiversity Celebration Week is on the 13th – 19th of March this year and is a wonderful chance to embrace and learn about neurodiversity. The term Neurodiversity encompasses a wide variety of neurological differences. The brain can be wired in a multitude of ways. This leads to many variable and complex possibilities […]
Held annually on 3 December International Day of Persons with Disabilities was established by the United Nations (UN) in 1992 with the aim of promoting the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities, and breaking down the social and physical barriers faced which prevent persons with disabilities from participating fully in many aspects of daily […]
Mental Health Awareness week is an annual campaign to focus on achieving good mental health. It is part of the Mental Health Foundation that was established 21 years ago. This year the campaign explores loneliness, the effect it has on our mental health and how we can reduce loneliness. Loneliness is a […]
