MEd SEN | Doctoral Researcher | Innovate UK Winner MySpeekie® – Speech Sound ‘Phonemies’ Typing | NeuroReadies for Autistic Minds – Personalised Learning. Facilitating Linguistic & NeuroDiversity via Word Code Mapping®
Who better to explain the #InnovateUKFunded tech than a 3-year-old? :-) Avery loves Thomas the Tank Engine and maps the character names, e.g., Ben. He doesn’t need to wait to learn the letters though—that learning is secondary! The focus is on the speech sounds in the right order using the speech sound monsters (Phonemies). The tech does the rest! #MySpeekie Starting school as readers who read what THEY want, for pleasure, is the by-product, not the goal. My goal is to ensure no child struggles to learn to read. We don’t wait to find out if they are autistic, have ADHD, or are dyslexic—we just send them to school as avid pattern seekers with great phonemic awareness who can communicate with spoken or written words.
