In this clip from Red Light Busking Presents Kanda Vol.1: Bedroom Shut, Music Up, the speaker reflects on dyslexia, spelling, teaching and making education more accessible. He shares a moment from teaching in college, when students noticed spelling mistakes on the board. Instead of hiding it, he used it as a lesson: spelling difficulties should not stop anyone from learning, thinking, teaching or progressing. Part of the Making a Way Through Education storyline, this clip challenges the idea that spelling equals intelligence and asks how education can become more accessible for young people who learn differently.

In this clip from Red Light Busking Presents Kanda Vol.1: Bedroom Shut, Music Up, the speakers reflects on the difference between being contained by the education system and being properly supported by it. After repeated exclusions and difficult school experiences, they describes how an IT centre became a turning point. There, they found their place, discovered photography, took part in trips and group activities, and felt that staff worked with him rather than against him. The clip also explores what happens when young people remain vulnerable within systems, and how education later became a form of survival — helping him understand legal language, read statements, and explain clearly what had and had not happened. Part of the Making a Way Through Education storyline, this testimony asks what education can become when it sees the whole young person, not just their behaviour.

In this clip from Red Light Busking Presents Kanda Vol.1: Bedroom Shut, Music Up, speakers reflect on dyslexia, ADHD, memory, learning difficulties and the education system. One person shares how they were diagnosed with dyslexia in primary school because of reversed letters. Another describes recognising dyslexia through a child’s spelling test, noticing that he could remember words in order but struggled once the order changed. The clip also reflects on how, in the past, dyslexia and ADHD were not always recognised or understood in the way they are today. Part of the Making a Way Through Education storyline, this clip asks a powerful question: how different might someone’s life have been if their learning needs had been recognised, supported and understood earlier?

In this powerful clip from Red Light Busking Presents Kanda Vol.1: Bedroom Shut, Music Up, the speaker reflects on being repeatedly excluded from school, placed in what felt like an “end of the road” setting, and carrying anger, trauma and confusion as a child. Looking back, he describes how what adults saw as bad behaviour was really a cry for help. He talks about struggling to write, falling behind in class, feeling hot, anxious and overwhelmed, and not understanding why he could be smart in some areas but unable to keep up on the page. Part of the Making a Way Through Education storyline, this clip asks an important question for schools, teachers, parents and youth workers: how many young people are punished for behaviour that is really communicating pain, ADHD, dyslexia, trauma or unmet learning needs?