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Subject: Re: need help

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Sharon B.

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Date Posted: 21:15:39 03/05/12 Mon
In reply to: lovelylady 's message, "need help" on 14:02:42 03/05/12 Mon

I am in my 40's and I to have felt shame in the work place as well. My employer would get so frustrated with me asking her to explain a task over and over she would yell and say that I wasn't paying attention as well as told other staff members that I was dumb. I tried to explain to her I have dyslexia even brought in information about it. However I believe she still didn't understand, or didn't bother reading it at all. I remained at that job until she retired her business. I choose to deal with her ignorance it's a SHAME she didn't want to understand me. I look at shame differently now, I guess she did teach me something after all. Thanks for leaving your post Lovelylady you helped me discover something new.

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[> Subject: Re: need help

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Malcolm
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Date Posted: 22:35:51 03/10/12 Sat

Morning Sharon.

First of all you have nothing to be a shame of about. You have a disability. As a disability the law says your employer if they know about your dyslexia has to give you the help and support that you need. If you're in a union or union rape should know this. I found out from personal experience that most union rips note little. So if your union rape does not know asking for her to speak to someone more senior yet the information so that a can get your employer to help you more. If you are not in a union you can get this information from this website or the British dyslexia Association website if you e-mail them and say you want the information they will point you in the right direction or send you the information that you need. Then if you have a chat with your employer and shown the information that may be more sympathetic with you and understand the problems that you have.
It is against the law to discriminate against a person with dyslexia this law was put in place in 1995. But if you have not disclosed your dyslexia to your employer they are not breaking the law as they did not know. They still may be in breach of the law for not trying to find out what your problems are.

So Sharon do not ever consider yourself is stupid because you are not you are just with a disability that other people have to deal with. It is their problem to deal with you not your problem to deal with them.

I do not know how you wrote your e-mail I wrote this e-mail by dictating it this is the only way for me to cope with my dyslexia are used naturally speaking Dragon version 11.5 to dictate this to you. If I cannot read some things on the computer I use natural reader software to read for me this is a free download if you download the trial version it is free this is the only version I use are not bothered buying the full version it does a lot more apparently but at the moment I find this free version enough for me.

If you type in to your computer dyslexia groups in London you might be to find something away.
I hope this has been helpful to you do not feel ashamed ever again you have nothing to be ashamed of.

Malcolm