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DYSLEXIA IN THE WORKPLACE
INTRODUCTION
•The Situation
•The social and emotional impact
•The Solutions
THE SITUATION
• The modern work environment
• Workplace poorly informed
CATEGORIES OF DYSLEXIA
The Candid
The Closet
The Confused
SOCIAL IMPACT
• The fast-paced corporate world• A lifetime of failure
IMPACT ON CAREER CHOICE
• Unskilled jobs
• Employment changes
• Barriers to promotion
• The art of concealment
EMOTIONAL IMPACT
IMPACT IN THE WORKPLACE
• “What stopped me ever liking the job was because I was not there because I wanted to be there: I was there because I couldn’t choose the job I wanted” (Martin)
• “Get anything that paid money, whether it was cleaning or anything. Just do it and get a job” (Gill)
• “Jealousy. I could do the job what technicians were doing, 9 out of 10 times I was doing their job but I didn’t have the paperwork to say I could do it” (Adrian)
• “ It is sometimes hard to get them [employers] to understand why you can’t do it. That is quite a problem” (Susan)
SOLUTIONS
A Paradigm shift Relief
A THREE-PRONGED ATTACK
Learning Strategie
sUp-
skilling Negation
SUCCESS
EMPLOYERS
•An inclusive workplace
•Training
•Literacy programs
THE GIFTS OF DYSLEXIA
Intuitive ,muti-
dimensional thought
Picture thinkin
g
PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE
•Workspaces
• Organisation
• Technical support
CONCLUSION
‘As individuals and as institutions, we need to be open to the idea
that sometimes, to find our way in a time of crisis, we will have to
turn to someone who had been at the bottom of the class’
Thomas G West
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