Lindsay is a Practitioner Psychologist, international speaker, author & expert witness. In 2002, she was appointed CBE for services to Education & Dyslexia. She is a Patron of GroOops, a charity dedicated to creating an emotionally healthy, dyslexia aware world. In 2011, she was presented with an Outstanding Lifetime Academic Achievement Award by the British Dyslexia Association.

In 2017, she won a Science Council Chartered Scientist CPD Commendation. She is an Associate Fellow & Chartered Scientist of the British Psychological Society, & Fellow of both the International Academy of Research in Learning Disabilities & the Royal Society of Arts. She is a member of the Association of Child Psychologists in Private Practice & of the Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health. She is registered to practice with the Health & Care Professions Council. She held the posts of Education Director & Deputy CEO of the BDA. She has had many years experience as a teacher, teacher trainer & SENCo. Lindsay has lectured extensively as keynote speaker internationally since the late 1980s & has advised governments, policy makers, lawyers, adults, schools, psychologists, therapists & parents.

She has published a considerable body of material both theoretical & practical & published the first ground-breaking book linking Glue Ear with Dyslexia. Lindsay has a private practice assessing children & students. She is authorised to assess for public examinations. Expert witness experience: Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, AD/HD, ASD, Speech & Language Difficulties, APD, Hearing Impairment, Global Delay, MLD & Emotional challenges.