Richard Hogan: Having dyslexia doesn't mean you're stupid - I should know

When a teacher is working with a dyslexic student, they shouldn't see limitations but all the limitless potential that is there.

Richard Hogan is an ambassador for Dyslexia Ireland. Photograph Moya Nolan

One of the great honours of my life is being an ambassador for Dyslexia Ireland. It is such a joy working and meeting other dyslexic children from all over Ireland.

Hearing their stories and their struggles living with dyslexia. I am always struck by what I have come to call, ‘the dyslexic voice’. It is like Ozymandias, it rules with the sneer of cold command. It is brutally harsh and burgles all joy and happiness from the child’s life. In fact, I have met adults too who have laboured with such a destructive internalised voice.