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Navigating workplace psychosocial hazards with dyslexic employees is everyone’s responsibility.
Navigating workplace psychosocial hazards with dyslexic employees is everyone’s responsibility. The cost of excessive work stress, such as feeling overwhelmed and emotionally exhausted, may have significant consequences for individuals and their...
Unmasking Dyslexia: Understanding the Impact of Masking on Mental Health and Advocacy
Living with dyslexia can present various challenges, both at work and in everyday life. One aspect that often goes unnoticed is the phenomenon of “masking.”
Disrupt the norm: Dyslexics we need to seizing our place at the table!
Disrupt the norm: Dyslexics we need to seize our seat at the table! In the ever-evolving landscape of the modern workplace, diversity and inclusion are pivotal forces that drive innovation, creativity, and progress. Among the various dimensions of diversity,...
Embracing Neurodivergence at Work: Empowering Dyslexic Individuals by Closing the Support Gap
Embracing Neurodivergence at Work: Empowering Dyslexic Individuals by Closing the Support Gap In today's rapidly evolving professional landscape, diversity, inclusion and neurodivergence have become more than just buzzwords. Organisations worldwide are striving to...
New Workplace Inclusion and Diversity Program Launches
Empowering You: Funding Support to Unleash Your True Potential! Are you a dyslexic individual looking for an opportunity to thrive in the workplace? Look no further! At re:think dyslexia, we are committed to supporting individuals like you by providing the...
Unlocking Potential: Why Coaching is an Effective Tool for Dyslexic Employees
In today's diverse workforce, it is essential to recognise and cater to the unique needs of employees with different abilities and challenges. Dyslexia, a learning disability that affects reading, writing, and language processing, is one such challenge that affects...
Breaking Down Barriers: Why it’s Time to Address Recruitment Challenges Faced by Dyslexics
1 in 10 employees are dyslexic and they make up 50% of the neurodivergent population! Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that affects reading, writing, and spelling abilities. Dyslexic individuals often face challenges in school and in the workplace due to the...
Maintaining a healthy work balance as a Dyslexic
Tips for Maintaining a Healthy Work Balance as a Dyslexic We all know the ups and downs of managing work with dyslexia. For some of us dyslexics, maintaining a healthy work balance can be especially challenging, as reading, and writing tasks may take longer and...
Simple steps to help you and your business during times of grief
Simple steps to help you and your business during times of grief and loss. My daughter was three months old when I found out the horrifying news that my beautiful mum Victoria was diagnosed with an aggressive, rare, stage four cancer. The words of nightmares still...
Why Self-Care is my word of the year: Neurodivergent Entrepreneurs
Why Self-Care is my word for the year! Why it’s so important for Neurodivergent Entrepreneurs Okay, so my word for 2023 is Self-Care! Usually, I don’t have a word of the year but this year it was important to me to prioritise self-care, especially after losing my mum...
What is dyslexia and why should I care?
Have you ever been so lost you could not find a way out? Felt so sad you did not know how to start your day? Not wanted to go to work because someone is bullying you, taunting you because your spelling is not always right, and you needed help with your writing? Well,...
5 Tips That Empower You to Better Support Your Dyslexic Employees
5 Tips That Empower You to Better Support Your Dyslexic Employees A new cultural movement is emerging. Since covid there has never been a time in history where employees have had the power to influence workplace culture and change. It is also evident that...
An interview with Shae our founding Director
Dyslexia affects 2.5million Australians. That is 1 in 10 people in our community. Dyslexia is a neurobiological specific learning disability which creates considerable difficulty learning how to decode and read words because of challenges in processing the sounds of...
How leaders can support their neurodivergent employees during unsettling these times
5 Tips That Empower You to Better Support Your Dyslexic Employees A new cultural movement is emerging. Since covid there has never been a time in history where employees have had the power to influence workplace culture and change. It is also evident that...
“You Don’t Look Dyslexic”: Using the Job Demands—Resource Model of Burnout to Explore Employment Experiences of Australian Adults with Dyslexia
Hot off the press - “You Don’t Look Dyslexic”: Using the Job Demands—Resource Model of Burnout to Explore Employment Experiences of Australian Adults with Dyslexia. Shae Wissell, Leila Karimi Tanya Serry, Lisa Furlong and Judith Hudson Our CEO Shae Wissell is a...
Why is it important to create psychologically safe workplaces for people to openly disclose their disability?
Employment is crucial in allowing us to participate meaningfully in society. Our quality of life at work can be affected by organisational systems and processes, team dynamics, relationships with our supervisor, workplace culture, and inclusion. For employees with...
Dear Dyslexic Community
Welcome to the Dear Dyslexic Community. I'm Shae the founder of Dear Dyslexic and re:think dyslexia and I established this community in 2015. I established the group following a gap I found after I was diagnosed at the age of 27 with dyslexia and dysgraphia. I...