Stories of impact, voices breaking the silence, and insights from experts and lived experiences in the dyslexia community.
Powerful stories and expert perspectives on dyslexia in Nigeria
Chinelo Ngolikaego EzigboChildren with undiagnosed dyslexia become adults with undiagnosed dyslexia. The child who struggles in school becomes the university student sitting in a lecture theatre feeling lost and overwhelmed. The student becomes the employee struggling with reports, emails, written instructions and administrative tasks.
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Ijeoma NwanosikeThe Joe Ezigbo Foundation has expressed concern over the health and educational impacts of undiagnosed dyslexia among Nigerian children, calling for urgent early screening and support systems. With an estimated one in five children having dyslexia yet 80% lacking access to professional support, the foundation is launching initiatives to drive change.
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Chinelo Ngolikaego EzigboDyslexia is not an illness that needs to be cured—it is a different way of processing information. What changed for me was not that I was cured, but that I was finally understood. Understanding must lead to action, and systems must learn to recognise difference rather than trying to fix what was never broken.
Chinelo Ngolikaego EzigboWhen I first wrote about growing up in Nigeria with undiagnosed dyslexia, the response reminded me I was not alone. Parents worried for their children, adults shared the hidden scars they still carried, and teachers admitted they had never been trained to recognise dyslexia.
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Chinelo Ngolikaego EzigboI grew up within the walls of academia at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), where my father worked as a lecturer. But behind the surface of that privilege was a quiet struggle that no one could name.
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Chinelo Ngolikaego Ezigbo is a mental health nurse and social worker with the NHS (UK), and a former disability analyst. She is passionate about neurodiversity, inclusion, and improving support for children with learning differences in Nigeria and beyond.
Having grown up with undiagnosed dyslexia in Nigeria, Chinelo brings lived experience to her advocacy work. After being diagnosed in her 30s in the UK, she earned a double degree in Mental Health Nursing and Social Work, and is now dedicated to breaking the silence around dyslexia in Nigeria through policy change, community awareness, and direct support.
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