In this episode of The Dyslexia Life Hacks Show, Matt is talk to Eric Cheung who current works as the
Relationship & Partnership Officer for the British Dyslexia Association. He has had a varied life after find out he was dyslexic at university, he went on to set up his own event and marketing business while studying the final years of his degree before going to moving into a roll as an events coordinator. It was in the employed roll he started to struggle and after reaching out to his supervisors he got reassessed and found the strategies he was using at university were not serving him well at work, post this he got coached in new strategies that help him far better in the workplace.
In this podcast we talk about Eric’s experience on working in Singapore and Hong Kong. You will hear how attitudes towards dyslexia change for different countries and cultures and the keep people he met that help him as a dyslexic person trying to navigate the workplace in different countries.
This podcast is Eric’s personal stories and opinions; he is not talking on behalf of the British Dyslexia Association.
Selected Links
- British Dyslexia Association
- Solent University
- SATS and GCSE
- Mini disc recorder
- Text Help
- Inspiration
- Screen tint for visual stress
- Using an Amazon Kindle for Dyslexia
- British Dyslexia Association guidance on dyslexic friendly websites
- Sparsholt College
- Financial crisis of 2007–2008
- St. Regis Hotels
- Shanghai Hotels
- Hong Kong Dyslexia Association
- Singapore Dyslexia Association
- Disability with confidence
