Job hurdles
Dyslexia Scotland has recently published Dyslexia and Us, a collection of over 100 stories of personal experiences of being dyslexic. They find it hard to get jobs because they can’t complete application forms and the Jobcentre apparently hasn’t got time to help them to do so.
It is estimated that over 10 per cent of the population is dyslexic and perhaps with targeted funding and support in schools, the number of Neets could be reduced by that amount. What a long-term saving that would be.
SUSIE AGNEW
Director Dyslexia Scotland
Careers Adviser
Palmerston Road, Edinburgh