How can your organisation become dyslexia-friendly?
The more dyslexia-aware and dyslexia-friendly
an organisation is, the fewer adjustments are likely
to be necessary for individuals. The following measures
will support staff with dyslexia, and will also benefit
all other staff and customers:
- Write and speak in plain English.
Always give clear, explicit instructions.
- Make instructions and procedures
available in spoken and written forms (e.g. speech
followed by a confirming email)
- Use charts and diagrams to present
information
- Use a dyslexia-friendly house
style for all written materials
- Construct simple, clear, colour-coded
filing systems
- Have appropriately-trained, supportive
managers and colleagues
- Ensure forward planning and thinking,
resulting in adequate time to perform tasks and minimisation
of pressure
- Make available quiet places to
work, with natural daylight
- Ask individuals about their own
styles and preferences in performing tasks
- Use wall charts to plan and monitor
tasks
- Allow regular breaks, especially
from the PC screen e.g. a change of task
- Cultivate a non-judgmental atmosphere;
welcome individual differences
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