APP 5 PLANT NANNY Plant Nanny helps you stay hydrated by giving you a plant friend to look after, watering them as you drink throughout your day. I find it extremely difficult to remember to drink, and was constantly tired and dehydrated until I gave plant nanny a go. You input your weight, age and […]
APP 4 CLUE My favourite Period Tracker, getting reminders about when my period is due, or when I might be experiencing PMS makes managing my period so much easier. The depth in which you can log your symptoms and receive details about what regularly occurs during your periods, anywhere from cycle length, variation or the […]
APP 3 WHERING Whering allows you to see your wardrobe at a glance, make outfits or have outfits recommended to you. It makes picking outfits and sorting my wardrobe so much easier, knowing exactly what clothes I have and keeping track of what I wear without having to take anything out or make a mess. […]
APP 2 SWEEPY Sweepy is a Task oriented cleaning app that helps me to break down the often difficult and overwhelming job of cleaning into small manageable steps. I find it difficult to maintain cleaning as a habit, and knowing when and how often I need to clean is made so much easier with recurring […]
Hi! I’m Charlotte, and as a neurodivergent person, I rely a lot on my phone to keep me organised. Using apps and alarms helps me to maintain habits I struggle to do by myself, and having them has allowed me a higher level of independence and organisation that I would struggle to achieve without resources […]
I think neuro-diverse profiles are still very much misunderstood. People seem to think that dyslexia means you can’t read, dyscalculia means you cannot count and dyspraxia is you can’t… keep your balance? But having a neurodiverse profile is far more than that. As a child I was covered in bruises, and now I have […]
This is Kirsty’s story and is very typical account from the students we support and service we provide at Diverse Learners. Kirsty is a 3rd year nursing student who came to us just 10 weeks ago for specialist study skills support often referred to as “dyslexia / dyspraxia support” or accessing a “SpLD tutor” – […]
Here at Diverse Learners we do our best to raise awareness of dyslexia and dyspraxia every day. This blog ends a week of tweetchats, tweets, Facebook posts and videos to do our bit for Dyslexia Awareness week ending on Sunday the 8th of Oct 2017. We wish to extend our congratulations to Dr Rachael Major […]
As the new term starts it can take a while for learners who have dyslexia, dyspraxia, autism and other learning needs to get back into the routine of school. Some teaching professionals expect learners to return having remembered all the routines and expectations of behaviour the learner had in place before the holiday period. They […]
This blog lists 3 of our favourite things. These resources are also the ones we recommended on almost a daily basis to healthcare students and Health Care Practitioners we support. We love them so much that they are also included in our “Some Simple Solutions” inclusive practice workshop for mentors and Trusts and our dyslexia […]