In this episode of the Dyslexia Explored Podcast, hosts Darius Namdaran and Jo Lee speak with Ellie Barbour, a candlemaker and content creator who recently left her job as a high school PE teacher to pursue her business full time. Ellie shares being identified as dyslexic in primary school, receiving a formal diagnosis in later primary, and the impact of confidence, stigma, and support such as Touch Type Read and Spell. She describes a difficult first year of high school with missed support, followed by a pivotal move to Morrison’s Academy where small classes, learning support, and mind mapping transformed her study strategies, including using a scribe in exams. The conversation explores dyslexia strengths, teaching as a role model, possible ADHD, and how her all-in focus helped grow her taper-candle business from a lockdown hobby to markets and beyond.

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Links: 

• Ivvi: https://www.ivvi.app/ 
• What is Dyslexia: https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/dyslexia/about-dyslexia/what-is-dyslexia 
• How to Mindmap: https://www.bulletmapacademy.com/mindmap-beginners 
• Instagram link: https://www.instagram.com/ellie_tyninghame?igsh=Z3NvbzExN3Flc2Nl&utm_source=qr
• Website link: https://tyninghamecandles.co.uk/
• British Dyslexia Association: https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk
• International Dyslexia Association: https://dyslexiaida.org/ 
• SEND: https://www.gov.uk/children-with-special-educational-needs 
• SEN Support: https://www.gov.uk/children-with-special-educational-needs/special-educational-needs-support
• Disabled Students Allowance: https://www.ivvi.app/dsa-for-dyslexia 

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