“I feel that I have had the best support that I could at WMP and as a result the force gets the best from me. Being able to spell isn’t everything – we all have different skills to bring to the workforce. The benefits for any employer are massive.
“Along with the frustrations and difficulties though, there are definite benefits of dyslexia – including creativity, problem solving and being able to look at something from a different dimension. You can have a dyslexia assessment and then you’ll get given one. “Like for a lot of people with dyslexia, my main difficulty lies in reading black on white, but the force can provide screens that you can stick on in a variety of colours. The inspector at the time saw past that – he still hired me! Under pressure I can’t speak properly, I crumble, I stutter. I went with little cue cards to prompt me – otherwise I would have forgotten things or said Redmond Jess instead of my actual name. “I was open and honest about it in my job interview. The words are kept at the back of the shelf not the front, you could say. But this is just the way I am, my brain isn’t wrong, just different. Dyslexia does have a stigma around it, because for so many years it wasn’t considered to be a real thing. The spiritual, or religious knowledge shared by Celtic pagan practioners (on the left), and the academic view of historical information (on the right).Science, anthropology and archeology of today is constantly growing and breaking new ground that supports or even proves the information passed down through spiritual lineage. “I wasn’t formally diagnosed with dyslexia until I was 18 and I wasn’t happy about it at the time. Traditions: Celtic These sections are categorized in 2 parts. It was crushing at the time but it has been a massive catalyst in making me want to do well. I remember failing my SATS and my parents being told I was never going to achieve anything. “In primary school, I remember being told I was stupid. #HumansofWMP: Jessica Redmond – Engagement and Consultation Officer, Sandwell
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