Dyslexia Awareness Week
October 5 - October 11
Dyslexia is a neurological difference and can have a significant impact during education, in the workplace and in everyday life. As each person is unique, so is everyone’s experience of dyslexia. It can range from mild to severe, and it can co-occur with other specific learning difficulties. It usually runs in families and is a life-long condition.
It is important to remember that there are positives to thinking differently. Many dyslexic people show strengths in areas such as reasoning and in visual and creative fields.
The theme for the week will be Dyslexia in real life: At work
This year, Dyslexia Awareness Week will focus on dyslexic adults and their experiences of work and the workplace.
Our theme, Dyslexia in real life: At work, will look at how recruitment, communication, workplace systems, management and access to adjustments can affect dyslexic employees.
Dyslexia is often associated with school, reading and spelling, but it is lifelong and can affect many parts of working life. This may include completing applications, processing information, managing workloads, using workplace systems and progressing in a career.
Dyslexic employees bring valuable skills, experience and different ways of thinking. But when workplaces are not designed with different needs in mind, unnecessary barriers can make it harder for people to show what they can do.
Our aim is to build understanding, challenge barriers and encourage workplaces where dyslexic people can contribute, develop and thrive.
In the spirit of breaking through the barriers of #Dyslexia, we’d like to share methods for supporting people with dyslexia. According to the NHS, the following methods are how best to support a child with dyslexia:
- occasional 1-to-1 teaching or lessons in a small group with a specialist teacher
- phonics (a way of teaching children to identify and process the smaller sounds that make up words) combined with other techniques
- technology like computers and speech-recognition software that may make it easier for your child to read and write when they’re a bit older
Source: NHS
Source: Dyslexia Awareness Week – British Dyslexia Association (bdadyslexia.org.uk)