Adult Dyslexia Book: How Dyslexia Unlocked is Advice I Couldn't Find Anywhere Else

My clients often talk about an amazing idea they had halfway through a meeting. But they are frozen by the memory of the last time, when they spoke in circles, or when someone on their team said they didn't quite see how that connected to the discussion. They go home that evening telling themselves the same thing: next time, just stay quiet.

At their annual review, their manager tells them they need to speak up more and double-check their work. They know it is all to do with dyslexia. But when they go to Google for suggestions, everything that comes up is advice for children.

It can feel incredibly isolating to be a dyslexic adult. That is why adult dyslexia books are so important and I am so excited that Dyslexia Unlocked was published this year by bloomsbury.

An Adult Dyslexia Book: The advice I couldn't find

For years I looked for something that spoke to dyslexia as it actually shows up in adult life. In work, in meetings, in confidence, in the quiet moments of telling yourself to stay small. Everything I found was written for children, or stopped at spelling and reading. So I wrote the book I needed and could never find: a simple, practical path to managing dyslexia successfully as an adult.

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What's inside: the Successful Dyslexic Formula

Dyslexia Unlocked is built around three areas dyslexic adults need to work on together. I call it the Successful Dyslexic Formula.

Creating Confidence. It is easy to see the meeting example as a simple communication problem. But dive a little deeper and you find the thousands of moments just like it, each one reinforcing the same narrative: I am not capable, so it is best to stay silent. Breaking that belief is essential to meaningful success.

Building Systems. Working memory takes a beating in our modern meetings culture, with endless ideas and small details flying around. One simple strategy from the book is to repeat key details back, something as easy as "okay, to confirm, the next steps are..." It gives you back the capacity to focus on sharing your perspective.

Unlocking Strengths. Dyslexic thinking tends towards connection and the unexpected angle. The catch is that others often cannot see the route you took to get there, so a genuinely good idea can land as a confusing one. Speaking up is only half of it. The other half is learning to walk people through your thinking, so the connection you spotted becomes something the room can use.

All three work together. Confidence without systems collapses on contact with a real meeting. Systems without confidence sit unused. And strengths stay private until we learn to explain our perspective.

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Dyslexia in Adults

Dyslexia in Adults was created to help people stop struggling in silence and finally get the understanding and support I could never find myself. If you are ready to take the next step.

Here are a few ways to start:

Read the book. My book Dyslexia Unlocked, published by Bloomsbury, explores all of this in much more detail, and is a good place to begin making sense of your own dyslexic mind. 

Grab the free resource. Our free guide has been downloaded over 8,000 times and is full of practical, simple strategies you can start using straight away.

Explore coaching. If you would like more personal, tailored support, coaching works through exactly these challenges with you. You can find more details here.