My mother, Helen Arkell, who has died aged 99, was a dyslexia campaigner who drew on her own experiences to help others. She had dyslexia herself and founded a centre that introduced pioneering teaching techniques from Denmark to the UK. Many people who had dyslexia in childhood credit her with changing their lives. Helen's childhood involved frequent moves throughout Europe. Born in Amsterdam to Emil Huiteldt, a Norwegian diplomat, and Dorothy (nee Latham), an English nurse, she went to a Frenc...
My mother, Helen Arkell, who has died aged 99, was a dyslexia campaigner who drew on her own experiences to help others. She had dyslexia herself and founded a centre that introduced pioneering teaching techniques from Denmark to the UK. Many people who had dyslexia in childhood credit her with changing their lives. Helen's childhood involved frequent moves throughout Europe. Born in Amsterdam to Emil Huiteldt, a Norwegian diplomat, and Dorothy (nee Latham), an English nurse, she went to a Frenc...
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