How Scotland busted dyslexia myths

This year’s Dyslexia Awareness Week Scotland focused on Busting Myths – and people across Scotland joined in to learn the facts about dyslexia.

Dyslexia Awareness Week in numbers

Over 42,000 blue ribbons were worn to show support, and our campaign reached more people than ever before. Our social media posts made 65,188 impressions and reached 33,904 people, while 154 new followers joined our online community. We also saw a welcome rise in new memberships throughout September.

Our quiz gave us a good insight to how well the public were learning the facts we shared. There were 867 entries and an average score of 83% correct. But only 28% got every answer right, showing that Scotland still has quite a way to go to understanding dyslexia.

Our new resources released during the campaign proved popular too, with over 1,200 downloads of lesson plans and posters. In addition to these, we published a new dyslexia-friendly typed formats guide, with feedback describing it as “clearly presented”, “easy to use” and “empowering”. Our new guide for journalists also reached newsrooms across the UK – a great step towards more accurate and inclusive reporting.

What people thought

People told us they loved the campaign visuals and messages.

“Fantastic posters, important messages and big visual impact.”

“A brilliant campaign. There needs to be far more awareness of all forms of neurodiversity.”

Lots of other organisations championed the campaign, sharing posts daily with their followers, helping to extend our reach. ILF Scotland posted, “We’re seriously learning a lot about dyslexia this week. Things we thought we knew as fact are, in fact, myths! Great job, Dyslexia Scotland.”

Photo credit: Dave Ferguson

Human impacts

Events such as DyslexiFest and Dyslexia and the Classroom helped parents, educators and young people connect and learn from lived experience. One teacher said, “It really helped me to understand what reading is like for someone with dyslexia.”

And one of our Young Ambassadors even received a Pupil Leadership badge at school after recording voiceovers for our campaign animations – a fantastic unplanned outcome that perfectly illustrates the spirit of the week.

Thank you to everyone who helped make Dyslexia Awareness Week 2025 such a success. Dyslexia Scotland raises awareness all year round, so stay involved.