Mother and author, Margaret Rooke, once had the assumption that Dyslexia was something that happened to other families. Within a family that had always done well academically and had no history of Dyslexia, Margaret was shocked to find the tell tale signs of Dyslexia in her daughters homework. This revelation was the catalyst for Margaret's latest book.

‘Creative, Successful, Dyslexic’ features interviews from the likes of Richard Branson, Eddie Izzard, Sir Jackie Stewart OBE and 20 more of the worlds most prominent Dyslexics .

Margaret pops into The Codpast studio to tell us how she got many of the worlds most famous people to contribute to her book.

Owner of MSFT Management, and one half of Dyspla (the Dyslexic theatre company) Lennie Varvaradies shares her views on how Dyslexia has helped shape her career, the thrill of launching her new film via kick starter, and the exciting new direction for Dyspla.

Brando Yelavich was going down the wrong path, until he made a pact with himself, “change my life and give myself opportunities in a way that school can’t”. This resulted in one hell of a journey.

At school Jane’s creative writing exercises would often be returned covered in red ink. Now a published author, Jane returns to those same books to find what her teachers had dismissed as lazy sloppy writing, were actually the early musings of a celebrated author.

After finishing her GCSE’s with grades including F’s, G’s and even U’s. Natasha thought her journey in education had reached an impenetrable brick wall. Share her inspirational journey to academic at career success, inspite of her severe dyslexia.

In this episode musician and music teacher Trev William shares the story of his battles with dyslexia, metal health and the psychotic episodes, that he believes, his dyslexia played a part in.

In this show journalism graduate and creator of the House and Heals blog shares her struggles with dyslexia and how she successfully navigated school and university and the world of work.