I've got a guy working(sort of) for me who's dyslexic. He does seem to make a lot of mistakes and I'm not sure whether he's going to be suitable for the job but I'm willing to give him a chance. My boss wasn't happy with me allowing this guy a chance but he's bowed to my decision. Some people don't understand what dyslexia is. If you think it will affect your ability to do a job then I would mention it but if it won't then don't.

do you consider your dyslexia to affect the way you could do the job you are applying for? Will you need any special measures to be put in place to enable you to do the job if you get it?

If yes then mention it on the form if not then don't.

If you do mention it on your form and you don't get the job and think its because of your admission then you could go to tribunal under the Diability Discrimination Act... Under the law employers have to consider making reasonable adjustments to a job for candidates with a disability before deselecting a candidate

I used to work as a personnel/recruitment manager and would more or less agree with what others have said. In principle, dyslexia shouldn't be a barrier to almost any job, and to discriminate against you for it would be illegal. However, in practice it's not always easy to find out whether or prove you've been discriminated against (how do you know you were a better candidate than the competition?).

All I would say is that if you're asked a specific question about disability and you don't mention the dyslexia, you could find yourself "fairly" dismissed if it becomes an issue later.

A tough choice, I know. Good luck, and enjoy drinking the wages!

I'm applying for a couple of jobs, from barwork to various office work. My reading and typing are fine, as is my handwriting, but I can't write by hand for any length of time: so it might have to be a consideration for office jobs. Retail stuff should be ok: I'm crap at mental arithmatic, but who isn't. Trouble is I can't know for sure it it'll affect the me on-job until I'm there, there's always some eventuality you don't cover.

My preferred option would be to be up-front, but I'm a realist, and at the end of the day jobs are about making as much cash as possible, not providing welfare. Anyone know if there's a particular wording/approach employers prefer?

BTW, I'm not remotely interested in sueing anyone: I can't afford it, I haven't the time, and if I take law exams it's not going to look good if I'm responsible for a failed lawsuit!

It's pretty rare for jobs these days to involve any significant amount of handwritten work, although the advent of PCs and word processors have brought about a decline in traditional secretarial skills, so some office workers get landed with note-taking at meetings.

Generally, though, that's not a requirement, so I'd suggest if you need to mention the dyslexia you qualify the reference (whether you're asked to or not) with something like what you've said here - i.e. explain how the disability does and doesn't affect you (as you say, most people probably don't have much of an understanding of dyslexia, and lots of dyslexic people hold down very senior responsible positions).

Dont mention it!

Even if there is an aspect of the job you will have trouble performing, we have other gifts we can use. We're better in some areas than the non-dys's.

Albert Einstine was crap at maths and english and geography, his teachers gave him horrible reports from school. where would we be without him?

The code breakers of the world wars were dyslexic, we'd be speaking german if not for them!

If it's sereious enough to affect reading or writing, it should be mentioned. Anything else can be over come.

I've spent my life overcoming prejudice. Until i was 22. I was constantly getting pressure at a job because i couldnt spell. (cheap gits wouldnt put a spell checker on their system). One day i snapped and said to the supervisor "i'll learn to spell if you can explain the meaning behind E=MC2". she finally got it, despite being told numerious times, before. she was never snide or condecending again.