Watch time: 14 minutes 15 seconds
Marcia Brissett-Bailey (author of "Black, brilliant and Dyslexic") shares her experiences of the intersectionality of issues she's faced and how she conquered challenges through the diagnosis of her dyslexia and with the right support and mentoring.
While she initially felt that she didn’t belong at school, Marcia talks about how she was soon being supported once she got diagnosed with being dyslexic, about parenting a dyslexic child and how she's gone on to becoming a dyslexic champion and advocate.
As a black woman girl living in London, Marcia reflects on her experience growing up in Hackney, and talks about the vital importance of questioning if race plays a part in how various institutions perceive certain behaviours, or if support is forth coming - and how those prejudices can have a perilous impact on how children. Not just on how they feel about themselves and what they can (or aren't given the chance to ) achieve, how the reality of failing to get a diagnosis and support can lead to being excluded from school and potentially into the direction of the prison system.
Marcia explains the importance of early diagnosis, screening, getting help through counselling, tutoring, encouraging a child to gain confidence and joining a family forum.
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00:00 - Introducing Marcia
00:18 - MA in Special Education Needs
00:23 - Author of Black Brilliant and Dyslexic
00:42 - common signs of Dyslexia
01:05 - Word blindness
01:17 - Dyslexia is genetic
01:28 - Is dyslexia the same for everyone?
01:40 - Why is dyslexia missed?
02:05 - Different ways Dyslexia shows up
02:29 - Getting a diagnosis of Dyslexia
02:55 - Marcia's experience of Dyslexia
03:08 - Racial bias and dyslexia
03:16 - Dyslexia is nothing to so with intelligence
03:42 - My school reports
04:03 - Why I wrote Black, Brilliant and Dyslexic
04:07 - Advocating as a black dyslexic woman
04:43 - Institutional racism in schools
05:09 - Behaviour and racial bias
05:44 - Class and access to proper support
06:14 - Without a diagnosis
06:22 - Neurodiversity in prisons - the reality of lack of support
07:00 - private & specialist schools
07:14 - Multi-sensory learning
07:39 - Dyslexia & white privilege
08:15 - Early intervention Early support
08:24 - self esteem vs self sabotage
08:50 - What the right support produces
09:13 - Parenting a child with dyslexia
09:20 - neurodivergent parenting
09:36 - Talking together at home about dyslexia
10:00 - Advocating for your kids
10:20 - Know the law and your rights
10:30 - Mentoring and safe spaces
10:54 - Senco support
11:10 - Support for parents
11:30 - local support
11:57 - Confidence building
12:32 - Find your child's strengths
13:02 - Get your child the right support
13:20 - Schooling fit for purpose
13:40 - We need more creative education