How a publicly funded UK Dyslexia High School began

This is a story about how a child psychologists dream of a dyslexia school happened. It ended up being one of the few publicly funded UK Dyslexia High Schools. It began in 1997 with Dr Sionah Lannan and Colin Lannan. There is so much useful information in this story.

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