About our founder, Kate Griggs.

About Kate

Kate has been shifting the narrative on dyslexia and educating people on its strengths since 2004. She has written two best-selling books on Dyslexic Thinking, published by Penguin: This Is Dyslexia and Xtraordinary People. Kate has shared her wealth of Dyslexic Thinking expertise in Made By Dyslexia’s free training courses for schools and workplaces on Microsoft Learn and LinkedIn Learning – and now on the DyslexicU, the University of Dyslexic Thinking. She is also the host of the chart-topping podcast, Lessons In Dyslexic Thinking.

Recent stories and a bit of history

IN THE MEDIA

Read Kate’s tips for working with dyslexia in Harvard Business Review

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Watch Kate explain Dyslexic Thinking on BBC1 This Morning TV show.

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A BIT OF HISTORY

2006

Kate’s BBC Documentary showed how training teachers in dyslexia could transform educational outcomes.

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2009

Kate’s campaigning resulted in the Rose Review, which recommended ALL teachers are trained in dyslexia.

Read The Rose Review