‘Are You Lazy Or Stupid?’: The Reality Of Navigating The Workplace With Dyslexia

We’re often told that dyslexia is a ‘gift’ or a ‘superpower,’ but for many adults, the day-to-day reality feels more like carrying a backpack full of bricks.

After making the same mistake twice in relatively quick succession at my former workplace, a manager said to me “are you lazy, or are you stupid?”. The mistake itself was small. I had sent a quote in pounds instead of dollars. But it happened twice, and what my manager saw as carelessness, was actually my dyslexia.

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