Xtraordinary People is a charity in the United Kingdom. Founded by Kate Griggs in 2004, the group aims to increase public understanding of dyslexia and to reduce stigma, and campaigns for improved training for teachers to support children with dyslexia.
In the 2005 general election, Kate Griggs stood for the Xtraordinary People Party against Ruth Kelly in Bolton West to raise awareness of dyslexia and her charity, receiving 74 votes, 0.2% of the total.
Famous quotes containing the word people:
“The enthusiastic uprising of the people in our cause, is our great reliance; and we can not safely give it any check, even though it overflows, and runs in channels not laid down in any chart.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)