Dyslexia & possible victimisation :(

sillysid

as you will be very aware, it will come down to your daughter discovering strategies to navigate thro.

I'm sure she will have fantastic verbal skills, and a great memory once it is learned it sticks - just the learning that's the tricky part!

my son is dyslexic - and is also a visual learner. How did she rote learn at school?
Get a copy of the menu and think of the menu like learning a poem, each line has an image attached to it, or a number. first she draws that on it, then learns the line aloud using the image as her prompt, so every time she hears the words, she has her own image to translate it. Do 3 lines at a time, look, cover, learn, repeat. Every time a new line is added start at the beginning, re-enforcing learnt lines. Break unfamiliar words down to ones she does know or into syllables she can learn, use pneumonics.

in time, it becomes routine.

ditto the till, attach an image, symbol or a number on a bit of paper, or her phone, her head, to abbreviate the input code. Get her to ask if she can practice operating it at times when restaurant is closed to customers, and using her own time.

ditto the medical opinion - they will want to know what strategies she has used in the past/feels could use now that will help.

zzzLazyDaisy

piglet25 wrote: »

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. . . . .

The manager does not know anything about dyslexia, that much is obvious and to be honest he is not expected to know. He is expected to follow company procedure, and that is what he has done by referring the matter to the company's 'medical experts' who will either advise him what the company's obligations are under the Equality Act, or if necessary they will refer her to the company's OHA who will similarly advise.

There is nothing further you, or anyone else, can do, regarding the employer's practices apart from to let the procedures take their course and see what happens.

But in the meantime you can focus your energies on helping her to develop coping strategies, and working out what she can do to help herself to overcome some of the difficulties.