Dyslexia & possible victimisation :(

zzzLazyDaisy

Just wondering, if she wants to work in the hotel and leisure industry, whether she might consider going back to college to get a qualification in this area? This might give her the confidence, familiarity, and coping mechanisms she needs.

piglet25

She has said she is going to look into whether any part time courses will help her, she is really enjoying this job, its just the dyslexia issue thats putting the fly in the ointment. She is hoping to progress once her learning methods have been sorted out, and move up the ladder in the long term, so would need to get some sort of knowledge behind her.

Thank you to everyone for the replies - I appreciate you all taking time to respond

Tenyearstogo

Good luck. I hope it all works out for her.

seven-day-weekend

I too hope it works out for her .

piglet25

Just an update, she has asked her manager tonight exactly what the medical appointment is for - the manager said it is to see if they can cure her.

Fingers crossed. . . . .

pinkduvetdiva

Whereabouts in the country are you? This place may or may not be of interest.

http://www.foxesacademy.ac.uk

piglet25

That place looks brilliant, it is an excellent idea Its not anywhere near where we are but I wish it was because it would have been ideal, thank you for the link

ILW

I would be careful about throwing claims of victimisation about unless something has happened to substantiate it.

You could unwittingly install a sense of victimhood into your daughter, despite having all the best intentions.

piglet25

I would call it more 'singled out' than victimised, despite the title of the thread. My question is this - if an employee had mild downs syndrome, or a visible disability, would they still be expecting it to resolve, and would they send them to see if they could be cured?
Or would they do the right thing and offer to help them?

I hope they can cure her at this medical, it would improve her life a thousand per cent and she wouldn't have to listen to their ridiculous comments anymore, sadly I feel that its not going to be the outcome. Which makes her worry about her position once they realise this.

kingfisherblue

piglet25 wrote: »

I would call it more 'singled out' than victimised, despite the title of the thread. My question is this - if an employee had mild downs syndrome, or a visible disability, would they still be expecting it to resolve, and would they send them to see if they could be cured?
Or would they do the right thing and offer to help them?

I hope they can cure her at this medical, it would improve her life a thousand per cent and she wouldn't have to listen to their ridiculous comments anymore, sadly I feel that its not going to be the outcome. Which makes her worry about her position once they realise this.

This part made me smile - my son has Down's Syndrome, and I had to ring the Disability Living Allowance office once. The woman on the phone asked me when he would be cured :rotfl:

Regarding your daughter and her dyslexia...... my nephew has severe dyslexia, and my BIL also has it but not as bad. My nephew has support at school, including a reader and a scribe for exams. He finds reading and typing on a computer a bit easier, although he still has a lot of problems. He also finds coloured overlays help - there are different colours, but I believe green or blue are usually the most successful. Someone I was at university with used to have all handouts printed onto pale green paper because it helped her dyslexia.

Maybe your daughter could try overlays? It doesn't need to be expensive, just buy a few plastic wallets in different colours and let her try reading something through the back of the wallet. It won't solve the problem or cure her, but it might help a little.

It might be worth looking to see if there is anything similar to the place in pinkduvetdiva's link in your area. It doesn't have to be in your town. There is a garden centre in Skelmersdale, Lancs, called Midstream, that trains young people with disabilities in several areas, including horticulture, reception duties, woodwork, retail, etc. I can't find a link at the moment, but I know they have a minibus that is used to pick up and drop off people who live in other towns nearby.