Top tips for dealing with dyslexia in the workplace

Take these steps:

• Address the problem early. If you suspect your child has dyslexia, talk to your child’s doctor.
• Read aloud to your child. It’s best if you start when your child is 6 months old or even younger.
• Work with your child’s school.
• Encourage reading time.
• Set an example for reading.

Lack of education or training, lack of transportation, the need for special features at the job, and a person’s own disability were among the barriers reported. Among persons with a disability who were employed, over half had some difficulty completing their work duties because of their disability.

1. Choose the font that works for you. Fonts are an effective tool to enable reading and understanding.
2. Select a background colour.
3. Plan your work, and work your plan.
4. Use text-to-speech software.
5. Talk to your colleagues.

Common Barriers to Participation Experienced by People with Disabilities

• a physical environment that is not accessible,
• lack of relevant assistive technology (assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices),
• negative attitudes of people towards disability,

3 Strategies To Overcome Barriers To Equality And Diversity On Boards

1. Public Boards: Increasing Awareness.
2. Improve Training.
3. Private Boards: Improve the Appointment Process.
4. Develop Mentoring.
5. Fix Pipeline Issues.
6. Improve Access to Professional Networks.
7. Use Governance Codes to Set Targets.
8. Special Measures.

5 ways to… promote inclusion

1. Find the common ground. It’s human nature to be more drawn to those who are similar to us, and distrustful of those who are not.
2. Pop your filter bubble.
3. Make it ok to speak up.
4. Keep your door open.
5. Overcome your triggers.

There are lots of reasons for not being physically active. Here’s a list of some common reasons with some ways to overcome them….Build activities into everyday tasks no matter where you are:

1. Bike to work.
2. Use the stairs.
3. Take walk breaks at work.
4. Garden.
5. Park your car farther away from stores.

Identifying barriers to physical activity It a 21-item measure assessing the following barriers to physical activity: 1) lack of time, 2) social influence, 3) lack of energy, 4) lack of willpower, 5) fear of injury, 6) lack of skill, and 7) lack of resources (eg, recreational facilities, exercise equipment).

Types of Physical Barriers:

• Chain Link Fences.
• Ornamental Fences.
• Razor Wire/Barbed Wire.
• Bollards.
• Barrier Gates.
• Security Glass.
• Bars on Windows.
• Access Control System.

5 TYPES OF SECURITY BARRIERS

• The Xpanda Rollerguard Pedestrian Barrier. Thieves might not be the only type of visitor you’d like to deter from your commercial property.
• Trolley system – fully removable.
• Expandoor.
• Steel Gates.
• Aluminium Roller Shutter.

Natural barriers can include lakes and bodies of water, mountains, deserts, and other difficult-to-traverse terrain.

A natural barrier refers to a physical feature that protects or hinders travel through or over. Mountains, swamps, deserts and ice fields are among the clearest examples of natural barriers.

Other types of barriers (human barriers, such as guards; animal barriers, such as dogs) are beyond the scope of this Web site. Manmade structural barriers include fences and walls, doors, gates, turnstiles, vehicular barriers, glazing (usually glass), and nearly all building materials.

Natural barriers include the skin, mucous membranes, tears, earwax, mucus, and stomach acid. Also, the normal flow of urine washes out microorganisms that enter the urinary tract. The immune system uses white blood cells and antibodies to identify and eliminate organisms that get through the body’s natural barriers.

The skin, mucous membranes, and endothelia throughout the body serve as physical barriers that prevent microbes from reaching potential sites of infection.