Succeeding and Adult Dyslexia: Personal Perspectives, Practical Ideas, and Theoretical Directions

This book provides a comprehensive discussion of the relationship between dyslexia and success, including challenges in work-related contexts and potential solutions. It offers a framework for conceptualizing adult dyslexia and provides personal stories and strategy-based solutions for dyslexic adults and professionals.

Format: Hardback
Length: 334 pages
Publication date: 01 February 2024
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Dyslexia is a learning disorder that affects the way individuals process and interpret written language. Despite the challenges often associated with dyslexia, there is a need to demonstrate the potential that dyslexic adults have to achieve success. A focus on adults with dyslexia is pertinent given that individual life experiences can make dyslexia in adulthood more variable in manifestation than in childhood. This book offers a comprehensive discussion of the relationship between dyslexia and success, based on current understanding derived from theory and practice. It includes a range of potential solutions for the challenges of dyslexia in work-related contexts, such as accommodations and assistive technologies. The book also presents a framework to conceptualise adult dyslexia and these individual difficulties, providing a basis for success. Personal stories of adult dyslexics who have faced work-related challenges are included alongside a set of strategy-based solutions for dealing with and responding to such challenges. This is an essential resource for dyslexic adults themselves, as well as coaches, HR departments, and managers in organisations and training institutions.

Dyslexia is a learning disorder that affects the way training individuals process and interpret written language. Despite the challenges often associated with dyslexia, there is a need to demonstrate the potential that dyslexic adults have to achieve success. A focus on adults with dyslexia is pertinent given that individual life experiences can make dyslexia in adulthood more variable in manifestation than in childhood. This book offers a comprehensive discussion of the relationship between dyslexia and success, based on current understanding derived from theory and practice. It includes a range of potential solutions for the challenges of dyslexia in work-related contexts, such as accommodations and assistive technologies. The book also presents a framework to conceptualise adult dyslexia and these individual difficulties, providing a basis for success. Personal stories of adult dyslexics who have faced work-related challenges are included alongside a set of strategy-based solutions for dealing with and responding to such challenges. This is an essential resource for dyslexic adults themselves, as well as coaches, HR departments, and managers in organisations and training institutions.

Weight: 652g
ISBN-13: 9781108844819