Reasonable adjustments for dyslexia

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Summary:

Occupational psychologist Dr Nancy Doyle describes research, and its practical implications, on ways to support people with dyslexia at work.

Around 8% of working adults are dyslexic thinkers¹, which means that they struggle with processing sounds and working memory, but will have strong abilities in verbal comprehension and/or visual spatial reasoning. Dyslexia can be a disability protected by the Equality Act 2010 (EqA), and the EqA employment code of practice gives an example of a possible reasonable adjustment for a job applicant with dyslexia who was unable to complete a job agency’s registration form. A reasonable adjustment, it suggests, could simply be …

 

Dr Nancy Doyle is an HCPC registered occupational psychologist and CEO of the employment support and coaching provider Genius Within CIC. The research presented here is from her doctoral thesis, which was passed in November 2018 at City, University of London.

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Occupational Health at Work August/September 2019 (vol. 16/2) pp28-31

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