you are not dyslexic!

No but then again the workplace isn't about evaluating your academic potential. If someone is badly dyslexic they are hardly going to aim for a career where they have to write essays all day and if they do so they should have to work to the same level as everyone else.

Well yes of course not, but English is important when it comes to any job. Well that was what I was asking, you feel they should have to work at the same level as everyone else and if not, they shouldn't be in that job, am I correct in saying that is what you believe?

I'm slightly confused about the wrongful dismissal bit, if they don't get extra time to do their work, and therefore don't hand it in on time because they have dyslexia and so are sacked then could that be viewed as wrongful dismissal?

so according to you im lying about my dyslexia?

If that poster was dyslexic, brow beating them with such useful advice as 'just concentrate harder' would be of no help what-so ever in dealing with the problem(s) that dyslexic people face regarding language. You are an ignorant fool.

Okay, so I'm slightly confused now I understand it is a difficult question to answer, as of course you wouldn't refuse help when it is clear it would be beneficial to you.

Okay let me ask you this, if in work you were given a week to complete a task and due to your dyslexia, that was not a workable time frame for you, but that is what the job requires, and your colleagues are able to do it in that time. Would you expect to get extra time, when your colleagues did not, and the task actually needs to be done in that time frame?

Also, if you couldn't complete the work in said time, when you were told that it needs to be done in a week or else they would have to let you go, would you consider getting sacked, being wrongfully dismissed?

I'm quite interested to hear your opinions on the matter

I wouldn't say you are lying because it doesn't sound like you want deceive anyone but you are terribly misinformed and wrong about having it. You sound a bit lazy too.

Okay, so I'm slightly confused now I understand it is a difficult question to answer, as of course you wouldn't refuse help when it is clear it would be beneficial to you.

Okay let me ask you this, if in work you were given a week to complete a task and due to your dyslexia, that was not a workable time frame for you, but that is what the job requires, and your colleagues are able to do it in that time. Would you expect to get extra time, when your colleagues did not, and the task actually needs to be done in that time frame?

Also, if you couldn't complete the work in said time, when you were told that it needs to be done in a week or else they would have to let you go, would you consider getting sacked, being wrongfully dismissed?

I'm quite interested to hear your opinions on the matter

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That guy you just corrected claimed to have dyslexia... Do you see the point I'm trying to make? He obviously has no clue about how the system works yet he claims to have it.

Faking dyslexia doesn't need to be an elaborate conspiracy. I can do a bit of research prior to these 'tests' and deliberately do badly in certain areas which would make me look dyslexic.

He obviously has no clue about how the system works yet he claims to have it.

I don't know the ins and outs of employment law, but I certainly think it could be viewed as such, yes. There are various bits of legislation governing this area and which I am not particularly familiar with, such as the Equality Act 2010 and Disability Discrimination Act 2005. Prima facie, employers are not allowed to discriminate on the basis of disability, but there is a defence relating to the capacity for the employee to perform his duties, so it would depend on the precise interaction of this defence with the general rule. I don't have time to research unfamiliar areas of the law right now, but I imagine the most accurate answer to your question would be "it is a matter of degree".

I know you weren't asking me but I think I can give you an answer speaking as a dyslexic and dyspraxic. It's about budgeting you're time differently yes some tasks are going to take me longer e.g. typing but that just means that I have to work a bit longer than other people to complete the same task perhaps taking a shorter lunch break or staying a little. The difference between an exam environment and the workplace is that you're not competing with however many people are taking that particular exam you're just completing the task to the spec. asked of you by your superiors.

back tothe original point. i agree
my college brags about being the 3rd/4th best college in the country and the best in my area. On our first day we were all tested for dyslexia. i know many people who have never had any problems before, that now have extra time in exams.

Enlighten us, please.

From start to finish, i.e. first screening test through to receiving your support plan DOES take 6 weeks, give or take.
It can take up to 12 weeks to actually receive your support.
These vary between funding body, uni and local authority, but in general 6 weeks is a close approximation to the average timescale.
So far its taken me 7 weeks (taking away 4 weeks Christmas) to get to the point where I've receive confirmation for my funding body and am about to get information of what support I will get.

I love the fact you are disregarding information from people going through this 'system' first hand, when you seem to believe dyslexia is all a lie!

My english Lit ones were about critiquing literature, I was more looking at english language ones... mine were pretty much testing your writing ability. Extra time in literature is a bit more of a grey area, that is as you say not about your writing ability. I don't agree that other exams are tested on spelling and grammar.

I think the majority exams should be sat on computers anyway, no one really writes stuff by hand anymore and it will be even less so in the future. I'm fine at typing, I can just not make my hands work fast enough!