Dyslexia Week 2021: Your Stories
Contents
- Bushra Abu-Helil
- Catherine Boafo-Yirenkyi
- Ruth Breen
- Lorna Burnett
- Mark Cooper
- Olivia Corrie
- John Crawshaw
- Winsome Duncan
- Seán Fay
- Alice Ferns
- Charles Freeman
- Chantal Gagnon
- Sarah Hill
- Victoria Hind
- Nicholas Hounsfield
- Shelley Johnson
- Raheem Mu Khepera MBE
- Callum Langstroth
- Lynn Matthews
- Bronya Meadley
- Eva Middleton
- Leigha Neverson
- Jacqui Perks
- Sophia Preston
- Ryan Rahim
- Remi Ray
- Nicola Sandy
- Paul Strick
- T - Further Education Lead Tutor at a Creative College
- Dr Helen Taylor
- Kim To
- Lennie Varvarides
- Tahirah Yasin
Raheem Mu Khepera MBE
Raheem Mu Khepera MBE
Re-reading sentences multiple times, not being able to write legibly and feeling that he was always working from outside of the box was common-place for Raheem. His strong determination led him to complete both his undergraduate degree in Law and Masters in International Relations without any support. Raheem didn't find out that he was dyslexic until his late twenties.
A fateful conversation led him to booking an appointment with an educational psychologist who confirmed that he was dyslexic. Since then, Raheem has been an advocate for dyslexia and has described it as his “super-power” and actively promotes early screening for those who suspect that they may be dyslexic. He has been candid about his experience of chronic depression and social anxiety and attributes much of this to the lack of support for his dyslexia.
For the last 15 years Raheem has been actively involved in community development in Haringey, north London and in 2019 was awarded an MBE for services for youth in Haringey. Most recently he has become the Founder and CEO of Brothers Safe Space CIC, a social enterprise which aims to provide non-clinical community based safe spaces for African and African Caribbean men to discuss their mental health and well-being challenges, journeys and triumphs and provide support for early intervention without shame, judgement, nor stigma.