Dyslexia and Employment

Introduction (Sylvia Moody).
1. Dyslexia: A Case of Mistaken Identity (SylviaMoody)?
How dyslexia can be wrongly diagnosed or escaperecognition.
A. Dyslexia Difficulties in the Workplace (DianaBartlett).
2. A Human Resources Manager Speaks (Brian Hagan).
B. Reasonable Adjustments (Brian Hagan).
3. How to Do a Workplace Needs Assessment (SylviaMoody).
4. Dyslexia on the Front Line (Pauline Sumner).
A dyslexic person wishes to train as, say, a nurse, policeofficer or firefighter and the question arises as to whetherhis/her inefficiencies might put lives at risk.
C. Disclosure Guidelines (Pauline Sumner)
5. Dyspraxia: Problems and Solutions (Sarah Howard).
D. Neurodiversity (David Grant).
6. How To Do an Assistive Technology Assessment (SylviaMoody).
E. Visual Stress (Melanie Jameson).
7. Disputes around Dyslexia (Katherine Kindersley).
A change in job or manager can bring unexpected difficultiesfor a dyslexic employee and relations between manager and employeecan become acrimonious. How can such situations beresolved?
F. Access to Work Disability Support (KatherineKindersley).
8. A Dyslexic Employee Speaks (Jeffrey Till).
9. How to Set Up a Workplace Skills Training Programme(Katherine Kindersley).
G. Careers for Dyslexic Adults (Brian Hagan).
10. Dyslexia: Attitudes and Emotions (DianaBartlett).
11. Dyslexia on Trial (Melanie Jameson).
At an employment tribunal a dyslexic person may be sohampered by their communication difficulties that they give theimpression of being unco-operative and obstructing justice. How canthe legal profession be made aware of dyslexic problems?
H. Disability Discrimination Legislation (BrendaAllan).
12. How to Write a Legal Report (Sylvia Moody).
I. Specific Learning Difficulties: Guidelines for Lawyers(Melanie Jameson).
Conclusion (Sylvia Moody).
Appendix I: Checklists.
Appendix II: Assistive Technology.
Appendix III: Useful addresses.
Appendix IV: Further Reading.
Author Biographies.
Index.