International Dyslexia Awareness Day October 8, 2026
What better way to mark International Dyslexia Awareness Day than with a special screening of our documentary WHO KNEW Dyslexia is a Way of Thinking at the Star Cinema, 3rd Street, Sidney, BC.
Thursday, October 8 · 4:00 pm
Discounted Tickets $9 at the theatre
WHO KNEW has amassed 7 festival laurels and 8 selections, nominations and recognitions, including 3 award wins.. the latest being an Official Selection at the Texas Documentary Film Festival, October 24, in Austin, Texas.
It is now available on TELUS Optik TV. The general release will be early 2027.
We remember with gratitude the life and work of Ronald Dell Davis, who passed away in September 2026.
Ron dedicated his life to helping people understand that dyslexia can represent a different way of thinking, and to developing approaches that recognize and work with those differences.
His ideas, his work, and the lives he touched have had a lasting impact on families, educators, facilitators, and countless individuals around the world.
We are grateful for the life he lived, the knowledge he shared, and the difference he made.
Ron’s legacy lives on in all that he achieved and in the many people who continue to carry his work forward.
With gratitude and respect,
The Whole Dyslexic Society
Remembering Ronald Dell Davis
In 2023 we were tasked with creating a professional development pilot for Early Childhood Educators, and so began NeuroInclusivity for Early Years designed for ECEs working with 3-5 year olds. The first pilot was in BC, the second one in 2025 was with the Alberta Aboriginal Head Start Association. It is in repeat mode for 2026/2027. We are excited to gather all comments, improvements and be able to launch it again in September 2027. There is a very real need for our self-regulation tools and early literacy strategies so that all children, regardless of learning style are ready for their formal education.
Even before our Premiere, we learned that Jamie Oliver had made a documentary for Channel 4 about his experience of dyslexia. Sue was able to watch it and obviously it is really well made; he is an excellent campaigner, and showcases the ‘before’ so well, but knowing what we know.… it lacks the ‘after’, the solutions.
We sent WHO KNEW to him… Axel (in the photo with Jamie) visited his office in London… no further developments... yet!
As a unique national charity, we have the advantage of understanding why so-called learning disabilities arise. Confident in this knowledge we advocate very different, evidence-based programs designed to ensure every individual has the opportunity of fulfilling their potential. https://www.thewds.org/what-we-do
Our Mission
"To be an organization which offers a coordinated and central approach in addressing the needs of the dyslexic individual, their families and their community, while ensuring a safe place for accelerated learning, healing, education, social interaction and support of individual growth and development."
Our Vision
Our VISION is that any individual, child or adult, who has the 'gift' of dyslexia, will have the opportunity of reaching their full potential. To achieve that:
WE HAVE FOUR OBJECTIVES
Thank You
Thanks to our sponsors, from 2003 to April, 2026, we have provided $124,143.00 to 13 facilitators for 86 clients across Canada
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