Question reference: S5W-27982
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 16 March 2020
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 26 March 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to increase the identification of dyslexia in young people and adults who were not recognised with the condition when they were at school.
Answer
The Scottish Government’s Disability Delivery Plan to 2021, A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People, sets out our ambitions and commitments to supporting disabled people - including those with dyslexia and other learning difficulties and disabilities.
The Scottish Government also provides funding to Dyslexia Scotland who offer the following services:
- 3 Adult Networks
- Assessment and tutoring service (for adults as well as children and young people)
- Career development service for adults (which includes training and resources for careers advisers and others working with adults – e.g. this film on career journeys )
- Our Helpline is open to anyone with an interest in dyslexia
- A wide range of events throughout the year including Adult Masterclasses, Dyslexia Awareness Week events
- Open meetings run by our Branch network (18 volunteer-led branches)
- We held our first Dyslexia Festival in October 2019 – and have another planned in February 2020
- Dyslexia awareness training for a range of organisations including employers and service providers
- Modules for CLD practitioners and others working with adults
- Over 30 leaflets , including for adults
The Scottish Government is working with representative organisations across the Scottish economy, including organisations representing those who have been diagnosed with dyslexia, to assess the support that is needed to enable people to move into and stay in work.
We expect all boards to undertake individualised assessments of employees’ workplace needs and to provide tailored workplace adjustments where necessary, in line with their legal obligations under the Equality Act 2010.