Do you have this or know anyone who does? Ever worked with someone who had it? My, one and only time, working with someone who had it was very difficult for me. It was a new Materials Department and I was hired in as the Materials Coordinator. The Director/Supervisor of this new Department was looking for a warehouseman. So, he had given me some applications to review for the position. One of the applications, of which he ended up hiring, spelled the word "Army" wrong, along with a couple of other misspelled words. The word Army was spelled "Amry". Part of the warehouse person's job was to receive in and put away stock. The person had to count, write down quantities and locations of the product they put away. The packing list and Receiver (that had the quantities and locations on it) would then come to me to put into Inventory in the computer. So I entered into the computer exactly what was written on the Receiver. Well, when an order would come into me, I would go into inventory on the computer and fill the order from the amounts and locations he had put on the Receiver and I had entered into the computer. Unfortunately, he, the warehouseman had put away a number of things into marked locations in the warehouse, but had put had wrote down a different location, and sometimes quantities on the Receiver he had given me. I knew something was wrong with the guy when I seen the misspelled words on his application, but the Director/Supervisor still hired him. Actually, my wife knew what he had and told me "this person should never be working with numbers". I told the Director/Supervisor what my wife had told me and I darned near got fired. IOW, the Director/Supervisor just didn't want to hear the problem. The guy REALLY made my job difficult, because of the transposing of numbers (quantities) and letters (locations). After about a year, the man was terminated due to a bad "random" drug test. Apparently, while on vacation in New York, visiting his brother, he done some lines of cocaine the day before returning home and to work. He failed the drug test. Just where can someone work that has Dyslexia? What kind of life do they live? One thing for sure, unlike other problems, Dyslexia isn't talked about much if any.
I have two sons (identical twins) who both suffer from the malady. They struggled a lot when they were younger, and we homeschooled them as the public school system had no solution other than to hold them back from advancement. Their understanding of everything was way above average, but their written skills were nearly at kindergarten level. With great patience, we helped them learn. They both graduated from college and one is now a mechanical engineer (PE). Dyslexics are generally of above-average intelligence, but something in the way the brain interprets information makes them appear not to be so.
The guy that was the warehouseman was very nice, but his transposing of numbers and letters really messed up the inventory at times. Actually I was very glad to see him go. Like I said, nice guy, but....
Would really like to know is how people who have dyslexia do? IOW, do they transpose numbers and letters to the point, they can only take certain jobs and do certain thing that don’t involve numbers or letters?
Like I said, my son is now an engineer. He now longer transposes numbers or letters. His writing is sloppy and, although he does read well, he doesn't enjoy it. It is a struggle for even now and he is 37 years of age. I think it all depends on how it is addressed early in life; at least that is what we believe. I think if he had been put into the public school system, he would have ended up as a loading dock worker or a mechanic, or something. His twin was a biologist for a while, which wasn't as stressful from a reading/writing standpoint, but he got through the courses and was successful at it. I know many dyslexics who have demanding jobs, but it is more of a struggle for them to be successful since they have to work so much harder and make so many adjustments.
My hubby has more of an issue with nbrs. And difficulty in reading and spelling. Bosses were always made aware of these issues...but was never a problem.He is also red green color blind...
Our boss, aka our Director/Supervisor knew the warehouseman had a problem. I even offered, to the Director/Supervisor, to check the quantities and locations of product, after it was put away, but he didn’t want me to saying it would take to much time. So, mistakes continued, until he (the warehouseman), was terminated. I actually lost some respect for the Director/Supervisor for allowing the mistakes continue and him to stay. The guy made my job pretty hard by not writing down correct quantities and locations. To a point, I was in-charge of keeping a very good inventory and he kept messing it up.
I had never worked with someone with a problem like this before. I was taught, both thru OJT and Purchasing/Inventory Control college classes how, and why, to keep a good-to-excellent inventory of warehouse items. The dude would act so shocked, and in disbelief, when I’d tell him either or both his count and locations were wrong. Guess he just didn’t want to know he had a problem.
I have it ,and ADD, which is a noxious combo. One can work anywhere that reading (and especially writing) is not a focus. I never had a job where it was a major problem, but then I was careful which jobs to take.