Dyslexic job applicant felt ‘worthless’ after recruitment process

> “The maths in the test is no problem, it’s just the way it’s packaged up in double negatives, triple negatives.

> “You couldn’t have devised a more awkward test.”

> Mr Johnston, a qualified maths teacher and psychology graduate, requested that he be allowed to sit an alternative numerical test in which the word content was reduced, or be offered a waiver.

This could have quite significant impact, as the tribunal agreed that the employer should develop a “word light” test.

This immediately made me think of accountancy exams. Anyone who has sat one will know that they pride themselves on having as dense, and misleading, questions as possible because they feel that *parsing the information out of the text* is part of the skill required as an accountant, but this obviously makes it harder for people with dyslexia and other conditions.

As a side note dyslexia covers a range of problems as it isn’t just “words swimming on the page”. Many adults know what dyslexia is (or is supposed to be) and still don’t realise they themselves are dyslexic.