Empowering dyslexia in higher education Dyslexia Awareness Week
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Empowering dyslexia in higher education #Dyslexia. Awareness. Week Sponsored by…
Questions for you What percentage of the population do you think are dyslexic? How would you describe dyslexia? Will everyone who has dyslexia be affected in the same way? Legally, can dyslexia be classed as a disability? Does dyslexia sometimes co-occur with other neurodiversity? Sponsored by… Share your session… #Dyslexia. Awareness. Week
What is dyslexia? 10 – 15% of the population are dyslexic A combination of abilities and difficulties Affects everyone differently Is included within the Equality Act Sponsored by… Share your session… #Dyslexia. Awareness. Week Can co-occur with neurodiversity like dyspraxia, dyscalculia, ADHD
“Teams solve problems faster when they’re more cognitively diverse… “…we need to encourage people to reveal and deploy their different modes of thinking. We need to make it safe to try things multiple ways. ” Harvard Business Review, 2017 Sponsored by… Share your session… #Dyslexia. Awareness. Week
Ideas to explore Commitmen t Top down, bottom up Training Peer support Information Awareness training, identify dyslexia, exam access arrangements Dyslexia networks, forums, mentors, champions Handbooks, intranet, policies dyslexia explicitly mentioned Want to ensure you are empowering dyslexics? Sign up for British Dyslexia Association Quality Mark Sponsored by… Share your session… #Dyslexia. Awareness. Week
British Dyslexia Association receives no government funding to support its work, which includes… Running a national helpline offering free advice Campaigning for better diagnosis and support in education Championing and sharing new research and ideas about dyslexia Organising Dyslexia Awareness Week To make a donation of any amount to support this work visit, www. bdadyslexia. org. uk/support-us/donate, or to donate £ 5 text “VSOA 24 £ 5” to 70070. Thank you for your support! Sponsored by… Share your session… #Dyslexia. Awareness. Week
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