‘Nothing More Nothing Less’, is a extremely  important film created by a truly inspirational 13 year old. This film explores what it truly means to have dyslexia and provides Lucas, the main character with the choice of taking a pill which will make his dyslexia go away. It sounds too good to be true, but there’s a catch. The pill will also take away his creativity. Does he take it? Watch it to find out.

Lucas Haynes the creator, main actor and director of this film is dyslexic in real life and portrays the learning struggles with the frustration, true grit and  emotion. There is no doubt that every student who struggles with the formal process of learning to read, write and spell has days when they would give anything…..anything……, to ease their frustration and be able to demonstrate their true intellect via reading to learn and writing to show what they know.

A pill seems an easy solution, but do we want creative dyslexics to disappear from our boardrooms, our science laboratories, our movie screens. New research indicates that 35% of all entrepreneurs are dyslexic. Individuals with dyslexia are often highly skilled and intelligent, think Einstein, Thomas Edison, Winston Churchill, Richard Branson, Lindsay Fox, Sean Micallef, Dick Smith and Kerry Stokes among thousands more with brilliant creative, strategic minds.

According to research, approximately two to three children in every English speaking classroom has dyslexia. In many countries there is a lack of support for these children. For example in Australia teachers are not trained and in there schools early screening, diagnostic testing, specialist programs are not available and schools are currently not funded for dyslexia. Incredibly all these resources exist in a lot of schools in some English speaking country. Lucas has managed to create a film to get this conversation started. This film will be emotional for some students, but most will be relieved that people are finally talking about dyslexia. The film is now available from the web site Helping Children With Dyslexia By Liz Dunoon