Issue 29: The Unlikely Author | Chanelle Moriah Paid Members Public
Chanelle Moriah reflects on becoming an unexpected best-selling author despite lifelong struggles with reading and learning, sharing how their lived experience of autism, ADHD, and dyslexia shaped a series of affirming, community-informed books that challenge deficit-based narratives.
Issue 29: Dystinct Report - A Conversation with Julia Davies-Duff | Flynn & Eva Eldridge Paid Members Public
Flynn and Ava speak with University of Canberra lecturer and researcher Julia Davies-Duff about teacher education, exploring how a better understanding of learning differences, early identification, and appropriate accommodations can create more equitable outcomes for students.
Issue 29: The Students Schools Miss: Why Capable Kids Slip Through the Cracks (And What Parents Can Do) | Julia Davies-Duff Paid Members Public
Julia Davies-Duff draws on nearly three decades as an educator, researcher, specialist, and parent to reveal why capable, compliant students with hidden language and cognitive difficulties are systematically overlooked in secondary schools, and offers parents clear insights.
Issue 29: Dystinct Report - A Conversation with Simon da Roza | Flynn & Eva Eldridge Paid Members Public
Flynn and Ava speak with educator, coach, and counsellor Simon daRoza about growing up with undiagnosed dyslexia and ADHD, his journey from punitive schooling to neurodiversity-affirming practice, and how curiosity, connection, and understanding neurology can transform learning experiences.
Issue 29: The Boy They Thought Would Toughen Up | Simon da Roza Paid Members Public
Simon shares how growing up with undiagnosed ADHD and dyslexia in a punitive school system left lasting shame, and how understanding, neuroscience, and lived empathy led him to become the educator he once needed, determined to protect children from being labelled broken for their differences.
Issue 29: Re-imagining Dyslexia: Why We Made “The Dyslexic Advantage” Movie | Dr Brock Eide Paid Members Public
Dr Brock Eide reflects on what inspired him and Dr Fernette Eide to create the documentary movie The Dyslexic Advantage, in which they share decades of clinical insight and lived stories to challenge deficit-based views of dyslexia and reframe it as a specialised way of thinking.
Issue 29: Dystinct Report - A Conversation with Nicole Lobsey | Flynn & Eva Eldridge Paid Members Public
Ava and Flynn speak with neurodivergent speech pathologist and Yass Valley Speech Pathology founder Nicole Lobsey about dysgraphia, masking, schooling, and neuroaffirming practice, highlighting how lived experience and advocacy can reshape support for the neurodivergent.
Issue 29: Unlocking Reading Potential: Dual Factor Reading | Dr Olwyn Johnston Paid Members Public
Dr Olwyn introduces Dual Factor Reading, an evidence-informed, classroom-based framework grounded in the SoR that strengthens decoding & language comprehension simultaneously through explicit word-level instruction and technology-supported teacher read-alouds, accelerating literacy growth.
