Today, I wanted to tell you about the new "Virtual Package" I am offering which is designed to support professionals coping with Dyslexia in the workplace.
There has been much reported lately about Dyslexia. Well known professionals, entrepreneurs and celebrities all coming forward to help alleviate the stigma attached with being dyslexic. The sad fact, is that many highly intelligent and successful people in today’s world quietly go about their day coping with dyslexia, unbeknown to those colleagues around them.
Here's a great video put together for the charity Made By Dyslexia:
Interestingly, witnessing members of my own family, from different generations, there appears to have been only modest improvement in the support and attitude in the work place, towards those who are dyslexic. In fact, most cases in my own generation were never diagnosed during school years and therefore were often thought of as dumb, lazy and under-performing.
Even now, when a child is diagnosed and receives the support to take them through their educational years, they then find themselves catapulted into an adult working world that sadly is still lacking in knowledge and appropriate support.
In fairness, however, it must also be noted that there are a growing number of industries, that do offer support to their employees in providing templates and equipment to assist in form filling, report writing and general documentation.
I recently read the article “This man has dyslexia and has actually written a book!” by Richard Branson in which he says:
"I was also rubbish at spelling (still am!) but I learned early on there are other things I am good at and this is what I should be focusing on. I became an excellent delegator and learned to find people better than me to work with, whether on writing or accounting." (Sir Richard Branson)
It was with this article in my mind, whilst reviewing my business, I decided that for 2018 it would be great to help professionals with dyslexia by offering a NEW bespoke service.
“The Supporter" is an On-Call Virtual Package, set within agreed hours on an ad hoc basis, providing confidential services such as; Telephone Dictation, Proof Reading, Email and Document Reading, Manual Spell Checking (without unreliable predictive text!) with the option to add any other business support service required. Every package is adapted to meet the individual requirements of each client.
This bespoke service is available to individual professionals or employers wishing to offer it as support to their team.
- Are you a professional who would benefit from being able to pick up the Telephone, Text or WhatsApp any time you need assistance?
- Would you like to have your own personal 'go to' assistant available to deal with any queries or assignments immediately?
- Are you a business owner who has talented people in your team who would benefit from having a personal 'On-Call' Assistant - "The Supporter"?
Check out the new virtual package here: "The Supporter"
I personally have worked with some dynamic dyslexic professionals, at various levels, in a variety of industries. It is totally admirable seeing the extra time and effort involved in reading, re-reading and spell-checking reports and documentation daily that these professionals undertake.
During my time working on this new package I have had the extreme pleasure of collaborating with a remarkable lady, herself a professional coping with Dyslexia, Janette Beetham MIC FRSA.
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| Janette Beetham |
Janette is the Founding Director of Right Resources Limited and also the founder of Dyslexia Champions™ Training & Accreditation Programme.
Janette discovered her own Dyslexia during her late 30’s ("having struggled quite considerably - without knowing why") and she started up the company in order to have a platform for the specialist work she was doing in relation to Dyslexia and Associated Neuro-Divergent 'conditions' in the workplace. She is driven with a passion to ‘make a positive difference’.
Support and guidance in relation to Dyslexia & Co-occurring 'processing differences'; Dyspraxia/Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD), Attention Deficit Disorder, Dyscalculia and Autistic Spectrum Disorder/Autistic Spectrum Condition).
I think you will all agree, this is a subject of enormous value to many people. I for one am thrilled that people are becoming more confident in talking about Dyslexia in their workplaces. If you would like to comment and give your thoughts, as always I would be thrilled to hear from you.
Take care.
Nicky :)
