Disabilities x Minimalism x Location Independent
Last Friday, I had my PhD graduation. It was a very long 6-year road that took me around life’s quirky bends such as Dyslexia, Asperger’s, Bipolar, Anorexia, self harm and my thyroids dying. It was also a much longer journey that saw me from being at the bottom of school classes and being bullied horrendously,… [Read More]
In my post about how I dealt with my Dyslexia during my PhD, I mentioned that I used many techniques to improve my reading and writing. Learning to read more effectively as an adult is hard but well worth the effort. It’s hard because there’s no one single technique that works well for everyone, so… [Read More]
After my undergraduate degree, I became curious to see how far I could go, even with Dyslexia in tow. I got accepted to do a master’s degree in a related topic I was very much interested in. I completed the course okay. Well, it is more accurate to say, ‘I stumbled through it’. I worked… [Read More]
‘You have a reading age of a 13 year old.’ That’s pretty hard to take in at 23 years of age. I was getting ready for my final exams at university. This was my second go at doing an undergraduate degree after I dropped out of my first degree. This time, I had managed to… [Read More]
We're Akiyo and James. We believe you can do anything you want even if you have a learning disability or a mental illness, such as Dyslexia, Asperger's and Bipolar. Why those three? Because AK has all three and James has two of them. We don't let that stop us from having a life that makes us happy, and it shouldn't stop you either! Find out more about us here.