Projects
Dyslexia@Work an Erasmus Project
EVENT:
How can we facilitate the inclusion of people with dyslexia in the workplace?
Dyslexia@Work.EU and the Région Auvergne Rhône-Alpes invite you to participate in a conference / multiplier event to disseminate the results of the project. The hybrid event will be held on April 1st 2022.
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This is the second multiplier event of the Dyslexia@Work.EU project, and it is delivered in partnership with: Fédération Française des Dys (FFDYS), European Dyslexia Association (EDA), Associazione Italiana Dislessia (AID), British Dyslexia Association (BDA), Malta Dyslexia Association (MDA), Dyslexia Association of Ireland (DAI) and University of Insubria.
The 3rd and final multiplier event will be held in Brussels in October 2022.
Dyslexia@Work an Erasmus Project
This is an Erasmus+ KA2 project (no. 2019-1-IT01-KA202-007433)
The British Dyslexia Association is proud to be working alongside the European Dyslexia Association and Associazione Italiana Dislessia of Italy, Dyslexia Association of Ireland, Fédération Française Des DYS of France, Malta Dyslexia Association and Università Dell’Insubria of Italy on this project to increase work prospects for dyslexic people.
There are two main goals of this project. Firstly, we hope to identify good dyslexia awareness practice amongst recruiters and employers to enable other organisations to emulate this good practice. The results from the project should form a good dyslexia friendly employment model; created to make the interviewing process easier to navigate through for the dyslexic employee, enhancing prospects and career progression.
Each project partner has researched and gathered information from their countries to compile a comparative analysis. In particular, we have examined legislation which protects dyslexia and work. We have also looked at the fairness of the interview process and whether or not reasonable adjustments are offered in the workplace, and whether there is a ‘levelling of playing field’ for achieving professional qualifications.
The BDA team have conducted virtual interviews over the last few months with numerous organisations. It was important that we engaged with companies and agencies within different sectors and of varying sizes, from small businesses with less than 10 employees through to large corporations, employing 500+. Donna Stevenson, BDA Commercial Training and Development Executive said “The experience of interviewing our UK based organisations has given us a real sense of the great practice out there for dyslexic employees, but also the realisation that there is still a lot to do. We hope for many of those we engaged with, this project will be a catalyst for real change within their teams.”
The project now enters its next stage, as the interview process closes and the academics across Europe get to work on analysing the results. If you would like to find out about raising awareness about dyslexia in your workplace, please contact Policy@bdadyslexia.org.uk
Seeking confidential advice and support? BDA Helpline can help: helpline@bdadyslexia.org.uk