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Dyslexia Awareness 1 Day Seminar's
In city's near you
London, Enfield, Kidderminster, Glasgow, Aberdeen,
Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham, Belfast, Sheffield,
Bristol, Leeds, Cardiff and Liverpool.
details here
SUPPORT DYSLEXIA CAMPAIGN
Dyslexia friendly website
This is a campaign to get government departments, service providers and companies to make their websites more accessible to dyslexic people and disabled people. We are already working with www.TEXTHELP.com to ensure people can have text read to them on all enabled websites. Any development will be demonstrated on our new website. We welcome your input and comments before the launch in Spring 2003.
ADO (National Registered Charity No. 1022854) is at a turning point in its development and we need your help to ensure we carry on supporting you and representing you out there.
There are currently three campaigns the ADO would like to bring to your attention.
DYSLEXIA EMPLOYMENT CAMPAIGN
Is a campaign to bring awareness of dyslexia to the employment market, targeting employers and service providers. We will highlight the practical things that could be done for dyslexics, demonstrate some of the new innovations approaches to training and aim to influence all relevant company policies.
Note: Dyslexia in Employment Conference June 4th 2003 (contact above for further details)
Adult Dyslexia Organisation
ADO is a charity run by dyslexics for adults with dyslexia and all those concerned with them, regardless of background, gender or ethnic origin. ADO is supported in its work by a wide range of consultants.
ADO advises, supports and empowers dyslexic adults, taking account of the special abilities and disabilities associated with dyslexia. ADO seeks to raise awareness of dyslexia in the worlds of work, education, professions and public authorities.
ADO handled 24,000 inquiries, comprised of Helpline, Faxes, Post, Internet and face to face, made by adult dyslexics, their families and professionals. The nature of these calls covered:
Guidance advice
Case studies
Assessments
Tuition/Courses
Training,
Computer and software
Support issues.
Education
Employment
Grants
Setting up support groups
Dyslexia friendly products
Policy and best practice
Lobbying government
Event/Activities
ADO ran a successful UK wide programme to set up new groups and to support existing groups for dyslexic. The groups who attended our tailor-made courses were provided with information and resources about facilitating and establishing new groups. Other groups outside the UK, which was established with the help of ADO, are Jamaica, Brussels (a French and an English Groups) and a New York, which is still in the process.
For more detailed information on the work that ADO has done with government departments, Dyslexia organisations, other professional bodies, it will be available on the new website along with new developments which are taking place in education and employment.
Adult Dyslexia Organisation
Admin: 0207-737-7646
Helpline: 0207-924-9559
Fax: 0207-207-7796
Email:
dyslexia.hq@dial.pipex.com
Adult Dyslexia Organisation 1998 - 2004©