Acknowledgements
This free course was written by Sarah Myhill and Patricia Covarrubia. Parts of the material were adapted from the earlier course DSE212_1 Understanding dyslexia.
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Figures
Figure 1: AlexSava/Getty
Figure 2: Yaroslav Olieinikov/Getty Images (model used for illustration only)
Figure 3: Image Source/Getty Images (model used for illustration only)
Figure 4: Bohdana Tkachuk/Getty Images (model used for illustration only)
Activity 3 Notable individuals with dyslexia – Images:
Alexander Graham Bell: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_Graham_Bell.jpg
Richard Branson: Richard Branson Addresses the Our Ocean Conference 2015 in Valparaíso U.S. Department of State from United States https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_Branson_Addresses_the_Our_Ocean_Conference_2015_in_Valpara%C3%ADso_(21783214958)_(cropped).jpg
Thomas Edison: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Edison2.jpg
Henry Ford: The Henry Ford Collections, Object ID: 64.167.833.P.2973 Author Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Ford_portrait_1915_original_(3x4_cropped).png
Whoopi Goldberg: Whoopi Goldberg speaks about her book, “Bits and Pieces,” with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden during a special presentation, May 10, 2024. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whoopi_Goldberg_in_2024_(cropped).jpg
Carol W. Greider: Carol Greider in 2021 by Christopher Michel https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carol_Greider_by_Chris_Michel_1s946948-11-23.jpg https://creativecommons.org/lice Pablo Picassonses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
Steve Jobs: Steve Jobs at the WWDC 07 17 June in Flickr 2007 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en
Keira Knightley: Allstar Picture Library Ltd/Alamy
Pablo Picasso: Pablo Picasso (1962) File:Pablo picasso 1.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
Erna Solberg: EPP Congress 2025 | Valencia | Day 1 European People’s Party https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
Georgia Steel: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Georgia_Steel_on_Cosmopolitan_UK.jpg https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.enCC BY 3.0
Videos
Video 2: Patricia Covarrubia (course author) interviewed as a recipient of Kindness & Leadership’s ‘50 Leading Lights’ listees in 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N9_OZaSkKk https://www.kindnessrules.co.uk
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